John Z. Lee

John Zihun Lee (born March 30, 1968)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

John Z. Lee
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Assumed office
May 8, 2012
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byDavid H. Coar
Personal details
Born (1968-03-30) March 30, 1968
Aachen, West Germany
(now Germany)
EducationHarvard University (A.B.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Biography

John Z. Lee was born in Aachen, Germany.[1] He received his Artium Baccalaureus Degree from Harvard College in 1989. He received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1992. He first worked as a trial attorney in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice. He worked as an associate of Mayer Brown LLP from 1994 to 1996 and Grippo & Elden LLC from 1996 to 1999. He was a partner at Freeborn & Peters LLP where he handled complex federal civil litigation.[2][3]

Federal judicial service

On November 10, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Lee to be a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.[2] He would replace Judge David H. Coar who took senior status and has since retired. He received his hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 26, 2012 and his nomination was reported to the floor on February 16, 2012 by voice vote, with Senator Mike Lee recording the only no vote. On May 7, 2012, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote. He received his commission on May 8, 2012.[3]

Notable rulings

In July 2018, Lee, sitting by designation, wrote for the unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit when it found that the Madison Metropolitan School District was not liable for child sex abuse of a student by its security guard because the school's principal had not had actual knowledge of the abuse.[4][5]

On May 3, 2020, Zee ruled that Governor J. B. Pritzker's Stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois was constitutional, after an Evangelical church sought an injunction against the order to continue worship services.[6]

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References
  1. "Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire" (PDF).
  2. "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the US District Court Bench". 10 November 2011.
  3. "Lee, John Zihun – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  4. Note, Recent Case: Seventh Circuit Holds School Not Liable in Case of Child Sex Abuse, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 1550 (2019).
  5. Doe No. 55 v. Madison Metropolitan School District, 897 F.3d 819 (7th Cir. 2018).
  6. Pope, Ben (2020-05-03). "U.S. district judge rules Pritzker's stay-at-home order constitutional". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
Legal offices
Preceded by
David H. Coar		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
2012–present		 Incumbent
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