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Joan Humphrey Lefkow

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2000

Joan Humphrey Lefkow , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Joan Marilyn Humphrey Lefkow (née Humphrey; born January 8, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education

  • Wheaton College, IllinoisA.B., 1965
  • Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)J.D., 1971

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1971-1972; Staff attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Inc., 1972-1975; Administrative law judge, Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1975-1979; Instructor, University of Miami Law School, 1980-1981; Executive director, Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., 1981-1982

Biography

Joan Marilyn Humphrey Lefkow (née Humphrey; born January 8, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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