Elaine E. Bucklo

Elaine Patricia Edwards Bucklo (born October 1, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Elaine E. Bucklo
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Assumed office
October 31, 2009
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
October 11, 1994 – October 31, 2009
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Albert Nordberg
Succeeded byEdmond E. Chang
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
1985–1994
Personal details
Born
Elaine Patricia Edwards[1]

(1944-10-01) October 1, 1944
Chelsea, Massachusetts
EducationSaint Louis University (AB)
Northwestern University School of Law (JD)

Education and career

Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Bucklo received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Saint Louis University in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1972.[2] She was a law clerk to Judge Robert Sprecher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1972 to 1973, and was thereafter in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 1978 and from 1980 to 1985, having been a visiting professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law from 1978 to 1980. She was then a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1985 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

On August 16, 1994, Bucklo was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by John Albert Nordberg. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994. She assumed senior status on October 31, 2009.

References
  1. Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary. 1994
  2. "Bucklo, Elaine E." Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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