Elaine E. Bucklo

Elaine 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 by Bill Clinton
Preceded by John Albert Nordberg
Succeeded by Edmond E. Chang
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
1985–1994
Personal details
Born 1944 (age 7172)
Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater Saint Louis University
Northwestern University School of Law

Elaine E. Bucklo (born 1944) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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[1] in 1972. She was a law clerk to the Hon. 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 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1985 to 1994.

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 A. 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. "Ms Elaine Edwards Bucklo, Attorney". Lawyer.com. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
John Albert Nordberg
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
1994–2009
Succeeded by
Edmond E. Chang
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