Ilana Rovner
| Ilana Rovner | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | Chicago, IL |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 8/17/1992 - Current |
| Preceded by: | Harlington Wood |
| Past post: | Northern District of Illinois |
| Past term: | 1984-1992 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1938 |
| Home State: | Riga, Latvia |
| Bachelors: | Bryn Mawr College '60 |
| Law School: | Chicago-Kent Law '66 |
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Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner (b. 1938) is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. [1]
Early life and education
Born in Latvia turned American citizen, Rovner graduated from Bryn Mawr with her Bachelor's Degree in 1960 and later graduated from Chicago-Kent Law with her juris doctorate degree in 1966. [1]
Professional career
- Legal researcher, Richard J. Phelan, Esq., Chicago, Illinois, 1971
- Law clerk, Hon. James Parsons, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1972-1973
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1973-1977
- Deputy chief, Public Protection Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office, 1975-1976
- Chief, Public Protection Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office, 1976-1977
- Deputy governor and legal counsel, Office of Governor James R. Thompson, Illinois, 1977-1984 [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Charles Percy Rovner was nominated to the Northern District of Illinois by President Ronald Reagan on June 19, 1984 to a seat vacated by Joel Flaum. Rovner was confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1984 on a senate vote and received commission on September 12, 1984. Rovner left the Northern District of Illinois August 17, 1992, due to appointment to another judicial position. [1] Rovner was succeeded in this position by David Coar.
Seventh Circuit
On the recommendation of US Congressman Henry Hyde, Rovner was nominated to the Seventh Circuit by President George Bush on July 2, 1992 to a seat vacated by Harlington Wood. Rovner was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 12, 1992 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on August 17, 1992[2].
Awards and associations
Notable cases
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joel Flaum |
Northern District of Illinois 1984–1992 |
Succeeded by: David H. Coar |
| Preceded by: Harlington Wood |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1992–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: James Holderman • Ruben Castillo • John Darrah • Samuel Der-Yeghiayan • Robert Dow • Ronald Guzman • Frederick Kapala • Virginia Kendall • Matthew Kennelly • Charles Norgle • Rebecca Pallmeyer • Amy St. Eve • James Zagel • Sharon Coleman • Gary Feinerman • Edmond E. Chang • John Z. Lee • John Tharp, Jr. • Thomas M. Durkin | ||
| Senior judges |
Marvin Aspen • Elaine Bucklo • Suzanne Conlon • Robert Gettleman • Joan Gottschall • John F. Grady • William Hart • Charles Kocoras • Joan Lefkow • Harry Leinenweber • George Lindberg • Blanche Manning • George Marovich • John Nordberg • Philip Reinhard • Brian Duff • Milton Shadur • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Sidney Schenkier • Geraldine Soat Brown • Jeffrey Cole • Susan Cox • Morton Denlow • Arlander Keys • Michael Mason • Maria Valdez • Sheila Finnegan • Jeffrey Gilbert • Young Kim • Mary Rowland • Daniel G. Martin • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Wayne Andersen • David Coar • William Hibbler • James Moran • Ann Williams • Paul Plunkett • Joel Flaum • Ilana Rovner • Mark Filip • Thomas Drummond • Henry Williams Blodgett • William Bauer • Philip Tone • Peter Stenger Grosscup • Christian Cecil Kohlsaat • Solomon Hicks Bethea • Kenesaw Mountain Landis • George Albert Carpenter • Adam Cliffe • James Herbert Wilkerson • John Peter Barnes • George Johnson • William Harrison Holly • Philip Leo Sullivan • Michael Igoe • William Lynch • James Alesia • Richard Austin • Nicholas Bua • William Campbell • John Crowley • Bernard Decker • Susan Getzendanner • Julius Hoffman • Alfred Kirkland • Winfred Knoch • Walter LaBuy • George Leighton • Abraham Marovitz • Prentice Marshall • Frank McGarr • Richard McLaren • Thomas McMillen • Julius Miner • Alexander Napoli • James Parsons • Joseph Perry • Edwin Robson • Stanley Roszkowski • Elwyn Shaw • Hubert Will • Charles Woodward • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Marvin Aspen • John F. Grady • Charles Kocoras • James Moran • John Peter Barnes • Philip Leo Sullivan • William Campbell • Frank McGarr • James Parsons • Edwin Robson • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
