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Robert Michael Dow Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2007

Robert Michael Dow Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The Senate voted 86–0 on the nomination on Nov 13, 2007 (Nomination Confirmed).

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
110th Congress · Nomination Confirmed86–0 · Nov 13, 2007

Education

Yale UniversityB.A., 1987
University of OxfordD.Phil., 1990
Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1993

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1993-1994; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1995-2007; Counselor to Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., 2022-

Biography

Robert Michael Dow Jr. (born 1965) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and concurrently serves as counselor to Chief Justice John Roberts.

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