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Rubén Castillo | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
In office July 1, 2013 – July 1, 2019 | |
Preceded by | James F. Holderman |
Succeeded by | Rebecca R. Pallmeyer |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
In office May 9, 1994 – September 27, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Nicholas John Bua |
Succeeded by | Franklin U. Valderrama |
Personal details | |
Born | Rubén Castillo August 12, 1954 Chicago, Illinois |
Education | Loyola University Chicago (BA) Northwestern University School of Law (JD) |
Rubén Castillo (born August 12, 1954) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In 1994, Castillo was the first person of Latino descent to be named a judge in the Northern District of Illinois, and in 2013 the first to become chief judge.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Chicago, Illinois to a Mexican father and a Puerto Rican mother,[2] Castillo was the first member of his family to finish college.[3] Castillo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1976 from Loyola University in Chicago, working nights as a clerk at the Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County to put himself through school.[3] He then earned a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1979.[4]
Professional career
From 1979 until 1984, Castillo worked in private law practice in Chicago as an associate attorney for the law firm Jenner & Block.[5] In 1984, he was named an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. He worked as an Assistant United States Attorney until 1988, when he became a regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund. In 1991, Castillo returned to private law practice, where he worked as a partner at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis until 1994.[5][4]
Federal judicial service
On January 27, 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Castillo to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Nicholas John Bua. At his confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 25, 1994, Castillo told senators that "...in my career I have had the privilege of serving various clients from all walks of life, from some of the corporate 100 organizations to individuals who had literally no assets, and I have always enjoyed the role of being the advocate for those clients, but I really came to a conclusion that I would like to have only one client from now on, and that client being justice, per se, and that is why I want to be a Federal district court judge."[3][4]
Castillo was confirmed by the full United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received his commission on May 9, 1994. Upon his confirmation, Castillo became the first Latino federal judge in the state of Illinois.[3] He also served as a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission from 1999 to 2010.[6][4]
Castillo became the Northern District's chief judge on July 1, 2013 and served his term until July 1, 2019.[7][4] Castillo retired from active service on September 27, 2019.[8]
Personal
Castillo and his wife, Sylvia Mojica-Castillo, were married in 1978. They live on Chicago's Northwest Side.[3]
See also
- Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates
- List of Hispanic/Latino American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Illinois
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Ruben Castillo (boxer)
Notes
- ^ Sobol, Rosemary. "Rebecca Pallmeyer to be first female chief judge in long history of Chicago's federal court". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/19/supreme_court/index1.html Ten picks for Obama's Supreme Court Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e "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". (March 25; April 21, 22, 29; May 12 and 25) United States Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Castillo, Rubén - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20071010180331/http://www.knox.edu/x5621.xml. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2008.
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(help) - ^ "Former Commissioner Information". 28 October 2013.
- ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-castillo-chief-judge-20130707,0,4875017.story
- ^ "Former Chief Judge Rubén Castillo to Retire on September 27, 2019" (PDF). Court Information Release. United States District Court Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
References
- Ruben Castillo at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1954 births
- Living people
- American judges of Mexican descent
- American people of Puerto Rican descent
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Lawyers from Chicago
- Loyola University Chicago alumni
- Members of the United States Sentencing Commission
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- Kirkland & Ellis alumni
- 20th-century American judges
- 21st-century American judges