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Philip Reinhard
Phillip Godfrey Reinhard is a federal district (Article III) judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Reinhard represents the Rockford Division. He is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
Reinhard received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1962 and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1964.[1]
Professional career
- Assistant state's attorney, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1964-1967
- Private practice, Rockford, Illinois, 1967-1968
- State's attorney, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1968-1976
- Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois, 1976-1980
- Judge, Second District Court of Appeals, Illinois, 1980-1992[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
Reinhard was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President George H.W. Bush on August 1, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat., 5089 approved by Congress. Reinhard was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 6, 1992 on a senate vote and received his commission on February 10, 1992. Reinhard assumed senior status on January 12, 2007.[1]
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Officeholder United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reinhard Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Northern District of Illinois 1992–2007 Seat #22 |
Succeeded by: Frederick Kapala
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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