Marvin E. Aspen

Marvin E. Aspen (born 1934) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Marvin E. Aspen
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Assumed office
July 1, 2002
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
1995–2002
Preceded byJames Byron Moran
Succeeded byCharles P. Kocoras
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
July 24, 1979 – July 1, 2002
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded bySeat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded bySamuel Der-Yeghiayan
Personal details
Born
Marvin E. Aspen

1934 (age 85–86)
Chicago, Illinois
EducationLoyola University (B.A.)
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Aspen received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1956 and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1958. He was a law clerk in the Court of Claims Section of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in 1958. He was in the Illinois National Guard from 1958 to 1960, and was an Air Force Reserve Command Airman from 1960 to 1964. He was also in private practice as an attorney in Chicago from 1958 to 1959, and in 1971, serving in the interim as an assistant state attorney of Cook County, Illinois from 1960 to 1963, and as an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago's Head of Appeals and Review Division, from 1963 to 1971. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University since 1969. He was a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois from 1971 to 1979.[1]

Federal judicial service

On April 30, 1979, Aspen was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1979, and received his commission on July 24, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1995 to 2002, assuming senior status on July 1, 2002.[1]

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References
  1. Marvin E. Aspen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
1979–2002		 Succeeded by
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan
Preceded by
James Byron Moran		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
1995–2002		 Succeeded by
Charles P. Kocoras
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