Joel Martin Flaum

Joel Flaum
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 1983
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert Sprecher
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office 2000–2006
Preceded by	Richard Posner
Succeeded by	Frank Easterbrook
Judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office December 20, 1974 – May 5, 1983
Nominated by	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Philip Tone
Succeeded by	Ilana Rovner
Personal details
Born	1936 (age 75–76) Hudson, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Charlene Posner
Alma mater	Union College Northwestern University

Joel Martin Flaum (born 1936) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Hudson, New York, Flaum received a B.A. from Union College in 1958, a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1963, and an LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1964. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, JAG Corps from 1981 to 1992.

Flaum was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1964 to 1965. He then transitioned into public service as an Assistant state's attorney of Cook County, Illinois from 1965 to 1969. He served as a Lecturer, Northwestern University School of Law from 1967 to 1969, and he helped found the Police Legal Advisory Program at Northwestern. Flaum was an Assistant attorney general of Illinois from 1969 to 1970, and he became First assistant attorney general of Illinois from 1970 to 1972. He was First assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1972 to 1975.

On November 18, 1974, at the age of 38, Flaum was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Philip W. Tone. Flaum was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1974, and received his commission on December 20, 1974. Flaum served in that capacity until June 1, 1983, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Flaum was then nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 14, 1983, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Robert Arthur Sprecher. Flaum was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 4, 1983, and received his commission on May 5, 1983. He served as chief judge from 2000 to 2006. He remains in active service on the Seventh Circuit.

Sources

Joel Martin Flaum at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Philip Tone	Judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1974–1983	Succeeded by Ilana Rovner
Preceded by Robert Sprecher	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 1983–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Richard Posner	Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2000–2006	Succeeded by Frank Easterbrook

Current active judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Lynch, Torruella, Boudin, Lipez, Howard, Thompson

2nd Circuit	Jacobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Katzmann, Raggi, Wesley, Hall, Livingston, Lynch, Chin, Lohier, Carney, Droney

3rd Circuit	McKee, Sloviter, Scirica, Rendell, Ambro, Fuentes, Smith, Fisher, Chagares, Jordan, Hardiman, Greenaway, Vanaskie, 1 seat vacant

4th Circuit	Traxler, Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Motz, King, Gregory, Shedd, Duncan, Agee, Davis, Keenan, Wynn, Diaz, Floyd, 1 seat vacant

5th Circuit	Jones, King, Jolly, Davis, Smith, Garza, Benavides, Stewart, Dennis, Clement, Prado, Owen, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson

6th Circuit	Batchelder, Martin, Boggs, Moore, Cole, Clay, Gibbons, Rogers, Sutton, Cook, McKeague, Griffin, Kethledge, White, Stranch, Donald

7th Circuit	Easterbrook, Posner, Flaum, Kanne, Rovner, Wood, Williams, Sykes, Tinder, Hamilton, 1 seat vacant

8th Circuit	Riley, Wollman, Loken, Murphy, Bye, Melloy, Smith, Colloton, Gruender, Benton, Shepherd

9th Circuit	Kozinski, Pregerson, Reinhardt, O'Scannlain, Thomas, Silverman, Graber, McKeown, Wardlaw, Fletcher, Fisher, Gould, Paez, Berzon, Tallman, Rawlinson, Clifton, Bybee, Callahan, Bea, M Smith, Ikuta, N Smith, Murguia, Christen, 4 seats vacant

10th Circuit	Briscoe, Kelly, Lucero, Murphy, Hartz, O'Brien, Tymkovich, Gorsuch, Holmes, Matheson, 2 seats vacant

11th Circuit	Dubina, Tjoflat, Edmondson, Carnes, Barkett, Hull, Marcus, Wilson, Pryor, Martin, 2 seats vacant

DC Circuit	Sentelle, Henderson, Rogers, Tatel, Garland, Brown, Griffith, Kavanaugh, 3 seats vacant

Federal Circuit	Rader, Newman, Lourie, Bryson, Linn, Dyk, Prost, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna, Wallach, 1 seat vacant

Persondata
Name	Flaum, Joel Martin
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1936
Place of birth	Hudson, New York
Date of death
Place of death