Elaine E. Bucklo (born 1944) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Bucklo received an A.B. from Saint Louis University in 1966 and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1972. She was a law clerk, Hon. Robert Sprecher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit from 1972 to 1973. She was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, 1973-1978 from 1980 to 1985. She was a Visiting professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law from 1978 to 1980.
United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1985-1994.
Bucklo was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Bucklo was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 16, 1994, to a seat vacated by John A. Nordberg. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994.