Ronald A. Guzman

Ronald A. Guzman

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office November 16, 2014
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office November 15, 1999 – November 16, 2014
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Brian Barnett Duff
Succeeded by	Jorge Luis Alonso
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office 1990–1999

Personal details
Born	Ronald A. Guzman (1948-11-18) November 18, 1948 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Education	Lehigh University (B.A.) New York University Law School (J.D.)

Ronald A. Guzman (born November 18, 1948) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Guzman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lehigh University in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from New York University Law School in 1973. He was in private practice from 1973 to 1974, and was an assistant states attorney of Cook County, Illinois from 1975 to 1980. He was a staff attorney (part-time), for the Association House of Chicago from 1980 to 1984, returning to private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1980 to 1990. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1990 to 1999.

On August 5, 1999, Guzman was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Brian Barnett Duff. Guzman was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 10, 1999, and received his commission on November 15, 1999. He assumed senior status on November 16, 2014.

Legal offices
Preceded by Brian Barnett Duff	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1999–2014	Succeeded by Jorge Luis Alonso

Current senior district judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
C. Illinois	Baker Mihm Mills McDade
N. Illinois	Aspen Shadur Kocoras Hart Plunkett Leinenweber Conlon Marovich Lindberg Reinhard Manning Gettleman Bucklo Gottschall Guzman Lefkow Zagel
S. Illinois	Gilbert
N. Indiana	Lee Moody Miller Lozano
S. Indiana	Barker McKinney
E. Wisconsin	None
W. Wisconsin	Crabb

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