The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States,with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a federal district court covering approximately the southern third of the state of Illinois.
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
George Wakem Lindberg was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Richard Bevan Austin was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Todd Jerome Campbell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee,serving as Chief Judge of the court from 2005 to 2012.
Suzanne Elizabeth Brown Conlon is an American attorney and jurist who is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
John Walter Darrah was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Joan Beth Gottschall is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Phyllis Jean Hamilton is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
William Thomas Hart was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Joe Billy McDade is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois,with chambers in Peoria,Illinois. He is the first judge of the newly created seat,and was appointed by President George H. W. Bush.
Richard Henry Mills was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
John Albert Nordberg was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Paul Edward Plunkett was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Philip Godfrey Reinhard is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Stanley Julian Roszkowski was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
David Lynn Russell is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He served as the United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1982.
John Joseph Tharp Jr. is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois since 2012. He concurrently serves as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court since 2018.
Iain David Johnston is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
