Joan Gottschall

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Joan Gottschall is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, one of the busisest federal courts in the nation.

Legal career

After law school, Gottschall had two stints as a private practice attorney in Chicago from 1973 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1982. Then from 1976 to 1978 Gottschall was a staff attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois public defenders program serving poor and indingent clients who needed legal representation. Before her appointment as a federal magistrate judge, Gotschall was a staff attorney in the legal office of the University of Chicago from 1982 to 1984.^[1]

Federal judicial career

Gotschall served as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1984-1996 before being nominated by President Bill Clinton on March 29, 1996, to a seat vacated by James Byron Moran. Gottschall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 25, 1996 on a senate vote and received commission on August 1, 1996^[2].

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Active judges	Holderman • Andersen • Bucklo • Castillo • Coar • Conlon • Darrah • Der-Yeghiayan • Gottschall • Guzman • Hibbler • Kapala • Kendall • Kennelly • Lefkow • Lindberg • Manning • Nordberg • Norgle • Pallmeyer • Reinhard • St. Eve • Zagel
Senior judges	Aspen • Gettleman • Grady • Hart • Kocoras • Leinenweber • Marovich • Nordberg
Magistrate judges	Schenkier • Ashman • Brown • Cole • Cox • Denlow • Keys • Mahoney • Mason • Nolan • Valdez
Former judges	Alesia • Austin • Barnes • Bauer • Bethea • Blodgett • Bua • Campbell • Carpenter • Cliffe • Crowley • Decker • Dow • Drummond • Duff • Filip • Flaum • Getzendanner • Grosscup • Hoffman • Holly • Igoe • Johnson • Kirkland • Knoch • Kohlsaat • LaBuy • Landis • Leighton • Lynch • Marovitz • Marshall • McGarr • McLaren • McMillen • Miner • Moran • Napoli • Parsons • Perry • Plunkett • Robson • Roszkowski • Rovner • Shadur • Shaw • Sullivan • Tone • Wilkerson • Will • Williams • Woodward

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Bill Clinton
1993	Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson
1994	Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams
1995	Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata
1997	Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash
1998	Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young
1999	Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson
2000	Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore •