District court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
| Judge | Title | Appointed by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Mary Kendall | Judge | George W. Bush | Active |
| Robert Michael Dow, Jr. | Judge | George W. Bush | Active |
| Sharon Johnson Coleman | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| Edmond E-Min Chang | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| Sara Lee Ellis | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| Andrea Robin Wood | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| Manish Suresh Shah | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| Jorge Luis Alonso | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| John Robert Blakey | Judge | Barack Obama | Active |
| Martha Maria Pacold | Judge | Donald J. Trump | Active |
| Mary Margaret Rowland | Judge | Donald J. Trump | Active |
| Steven Charles Seeger | Judge | Donald J. Trump | Active |
| John Fitzgerald Kness | Judge | Donald J. Trump | Active |
| Iain David Johnston | Judge | Donald J. Trump | Active |
| Franklin Ulyses Valderrama | Judge | Donald J. Trump | Active |
| Lindsay Clayton Jenkins | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| LaShonda Annette Hunt | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| Jeremy Christen Daniel | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| Jeffrey Irvine Cummings | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| Sunil Ramesh Harjani | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| Georgia Nick Alexakis | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| April Michelle Perry | Judge | Joseph R. Biden | Active |
| Marvin E. Aspen | Judge | Jimmy Carter | Senior status |
| Charles Petros Kocoras | Judge | Jimmy Carter | Senior status |
| Charles Ronald Norgle, Sr. | Judge | Ronald Reagan | Senior status |
| Suzanne B. Conlon | Judge | Ronald Reagan | Senior status |
| George Michael Marovich | Judge | Ronald Reagan | Senior status |
| Philip Godfrey Reinhard | Judge | George H.W. Bush | Senior status |
| Elaine E. Bucklo | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Robert William Gettleman | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Joan B. Gottschall | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Matthew F. Kennelly | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Ronald A. Guzman | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Joan Humphrey Lefkow | Judge | William J. Clinton | Senior status |
| Frederick J. Kapala | Judge | George W. Bush | Senior status |
| John Joseph Tharp, Jr. | Judge | Barack Obama | Senior status |
| Thomas Michael Durkin | Judge | Barack Obama | Senior status |
The court’s website: https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov
From the Federal Judicial Center’s directory as of Nov. 4, 2026. This is a plain list: the full page could not be shown.