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John R. Lausch Jr. (born 1970) is an American attorney who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 2017 to 2023. Previously, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from 1999 to 2010. During his time in the U.S. Attorney's Office, he served as a Deputy Chief ...
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois is the federal prosecuting office for cases arising in 38 counties in Southern Illinois. The Office is headquartered in Fairview Heights and also has branch offices in Benton and East St. Louis. William E. Trautmann 1905-10 [4] Charles A. Karch 1914-1918? James G ...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States, with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight. [1]
The Office of the United States Attorney was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, along with the office of Attorney General and United States Marshal.The same act also specified the structure of the Supreme Court of the United States and established inferior courts making up the United States Federal Judiciary, including a district court system.
The Cook County State's Attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke, [1] functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 600 attorneys and 1,200 employees. [2] In addition to direct criminal prosecution, the state's attorney's office ...
The Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, commonly referred to as the Dirksen Federal Building, is a skyscraper in the Chicago Loop at 219 South Dearborn Street. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1964.
The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502. [4] [5] The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court.
James A. Lewis (born 1940) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois from 2010 to 2016. [1] [2] He graduated from Yale University in 1962, the University of Chicago Law School in 1966. Lewis earned Master of Laws degree from Duke University School of Law in 1975. [3]