Edmond Chang | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Elaine E. Bucklo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmond E-Min Chang October 1970 (age 55) New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Education | University of Michigan (BSE) Northwestern University (JD) |
Edmond E-Min Chang (born October 1970) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Chang was born in New York City to Taiwanese American immigrants. [1] He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in aerospace engineering in 1991 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from Northwestern University School of Law. [2]
From 1994 until 1995,Chang served as a law clerk for Judge James L. Ryan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. [2] From 1995 to 1997,Chang served as a law clerk for Judge Marvin Aspen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. [2] [3] From 1997 to 1999,Chang served as an associate at the Chicago headquarters office of the global law firm Sidley Austin. [2] In 1999,Chang became an assistant United States attorney in Chicago,serving as a deputy chief of General Crimes from 2004 until 2005 and as the chief of appeals for the Criminal Division from 2005 to 2010. [2] [3]
In 2009,Chang submitted an application to an Illinois screening committee for one of three federal district judgeship vacancies. On April 21,2010,President Barack Obama nominated Chang to a federal judgeship to fill the seat vacated by Judge Elaine E. Bucklo,who assumed senior status on October 31,2009. [4] On December 18,2010,the United States Senate confirmed Chang by unanimous consent. He received his commission on December 20,2010. [3]
