Ronald Guzman
| Ronald Guzman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #20 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 11/15/1999 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Brian Duff |
| Past post: | Magistrate Judge |
| Past term: | 1990 - 1999 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | Rio Piedras, PR |
| Bachelors: | Lehigh U., B.A., 1970 |
| Law School: | New York U. Law School, J.D., 1973 |
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Ronald A. Guzman is an Article III federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, one of the busiest courts in the nation. He joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life
Justice Guzman graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor's Degree in 1970 and his juris doctorate degree from New York University Law School in 1973. [1]
Professional career
Guzman started out as a private practice attorney for two years. In 1975, Guzman became an Assistant states attorney for Cook County until 1980. For the next four years, he served as a staff attorney for the Association House of Chicago, a Chicago Community center, while also working as a private practice attorney until his appointment to the federal judiciary. [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
From 1990 to 1999 Guzman served as a US Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Then in 1999 on the recommendation of Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, Guzman was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 5, 1999, to a federal seat vacated by Brian Duff. Guzman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 10, 1999, and received commission on November 15, 1999. [1]
Notable cases
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Mob wedding case
Judge Guzman presided in the trial of Casey Szaflarski. Szaflarski, who was charged of running an illegal gambling outfit in Chicago, will be released from home confinement in August in order to attend his daughter's wedding. The condition of release, which the judge set on May 4, 2010, is that Szaflarski will not be allowed to talk to the groom's family. Szaflarski's daughter is marrying Frank Caruso, Jr. who was involved in a racially-motivated assault in 1997. The judge felt that Szaflarski would discuss mob business if contact is initiated. [2]
Chicago sidewalk cafe case
On September 28, 2009, Judge Guzman ruled that the Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago's right to have a sidewalk cafe is protected in the Constitution of the United States. The judge ruled against the City of Chicago and 2nd District Alderman Robert Fioretti for not granting a permit, which had been denied due to a strike by hotel employees. The judge ruled the City of Chicago violated the National Labor Relations Act which prohibits cities or states from tipping a labor dispute to one side or the other. [3]
See also
External links
- Guzman Bio from the Federal Judicial Center
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Brian Duff |
Northern District of Illinois 1999–Current Seat #20 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 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 | ||
