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Lindsay Clayton Jenkins

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2023

Lindsay Clayton Jenkins, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The Senate voted 59–40 on the nomination on Feb 14, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed). Lindsay Carole Jenkins (née Clayton; born 1977) is an American judicial officer who is serving as a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is a former assistant United States attorney from Illinois.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
    118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    59–40 · Feb 14, 2023

Education

  • Miami University, OhioB.S., 1998
  • Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of LawJ.D., 2002

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2002-2004; Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 2004-2006; Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2006-2021; Deputy chief, General Crimes, 2011; Deputy chief, Narcotics and Gangs, 2011-2013; Deputy chief, Violent Crimes, 2013-2015; Deputy chief, Public Corruption and Organized Crime, 2015-2016; Chief, General Crimes, 2016-2018; Chief, Violent Crimes, 2018-2019; Chief, Criminal Division, 2019-2021; Adjunct professor, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 2016-; Adjunct professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2019-; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2021-2023

Biography

Lindsay Carole Jenkins (née Clayton; born 1977) is an American judicial officer who is serving as a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is a former assistant United States attorney from Illinois.

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