John Crowley (Illinois)

John Crowley

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Years in office: 1976 - 1981

Education

Law

De Paul University College of Law, 1961

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

John Powers Crowley (1936-present) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Crowley was nominated by President Gerald Ford on May 18, 1976, to a seat vacated by Richard Austin; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 16, 1976, and received commission that same day. He served the Northern District of Illinois until his retirement on June 30, 1981.^[1] Crowley was succeeded in this position by William Hart.

Early life and education

• De Paul University College of Law, LL.B., 1960
• New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1961^[1]

Professional career

• Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1961-1965
• Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1965-1976^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern District of Illinois

Crowley was nominated by President Gerald Ford on May 18, 1976, to a seat vacated by Richard Austin; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 16, 1976, and received commission that same day. He served the Northern District of Illinois until his retirement on June 30, 1981.^[1] Crowley was succeeded in this position by William Hart.

External links

• Judge Crowley's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Active judges	Chief Judge: Virginia Kendall   •  Robert Dow  •  Sharon Coleman  •  Edmond E. Chang  •  Jorge L. Alonso  •  Franklin U. Valderrama  •  John Tharp, Jr.  •  Mary Rowland  •  Sara Lee Ellis  •  Andrea R. Wood  •  Manish Shah  •  Iain D. Johnston  •  John Robert Blakey  •  LaShonda A. Hunt  •  Martha Pacold  •  Steven Seeger  •  John Kness  •  Jeffrey Cummings  •  Sunil Harjani  •  Lindsay Jenkins  •  Jeremy Daniel  •  Georgia Alexakis  •  April Perry
Senior judges	Marvin Aspen  •  Elaine Bucklo  •  Suzanne Conlon  •  Robert Gettleman  •  Joan Gottschall  •  Ronald Guzman  •  Frederick Kapala  •  Matthew Kennelly  •  Charles Kocoras  •  Joan Lefkow  •  George Marovich  •  Charles Norgle  •  Rebecca Pallmeyer  •  Philip Reinhard  •  James Zagel  •  Thomas M. Durkin  •
Magistrate judges	Jeffrey Cole  •  Susan Cox  •  Maria Valdez  •  Sheila Finnegan  •  Jeffrey Gilbert  •  Young Kim (Illinois)  •  Daniel G. Martin  •  David Weisman  •  Gabriel Fuentes  •  Lisa Jensen  •  Beth Jantz  •  Heather McShain  •  Margaret Schneider  •
Former Article III judges	James Holderman  •  Wayne Andersen  •  Ruben Castillo  •  David Coar  •  John Darrah  •  Samuel Der-Yeghiayan  •  John F. Grady  •  William Hart  •  William Hibbler  •  Harry Leinenweber  •  George Lindberg  •  Blanche Manning  •  James B. Moran  •  John Nordberg  •  Ann Williams (Federal judge)  •  Paul Plunkett  •  Joel Flaum  •  Brian Duff  •  Ilana Rovner  •  Mark Filip  •  Milton Shadur  •  Thomas Drummond  •  Henry Williams Blodgett  •  William Bauer  •  Philip Tone  •  Peter Stenger Grosscup  •  Christian Cecil Kohlsaat  •  Solomon Hicks Bethea  •  Kenesaw Mountain Landis  •  George Albert Carpenter  •  Adam Cliffe  •  James Herbert Wilkerson  •  John Peter Barnes  •  George Johnson (Illinois)  •  William Harrison Holly  •  Philip Leo Sullivan  •  Michael Igoe  •  William Lynch (Illinois)  •  James Alesia  •  Richard Austin  •  Nicholas Bua  •  William Campbell (Illinois)  •  John Crowley (Illinois)  •  Bernard Decker  •  Susan Getzendanner  •  Julius Hoffman  •  Alfred Kirkland  •  Winfred Knoch  •  Walter LaBuy  •  George Leighton  •  Abraham Marovitz  •  Prentice Marshall  •  Frank McGarr  •  Richard McLaren  •  Thomas McMillen  •  Julius Miner  •  Alexander Napoli  •  James B. Parsons  •  Joseph Perry (Illinois)  •  Edwin Robson  •  Stanley Roszkowski  •  Elwyn Shaw  •  Hubert Will  •  Charles Woodward  •  Gary Feinerman  •  John Z. Lee (Illinois)  •  Nancy Maldonado  •
Former Chief judges	Marvin Aspen  •  Ruben Castillo  •  John F. Grady  •  Charles Kocoras  •  James B. Moran  •  Rebecca Pallmeyer  •  John Peter Barnes  •  Philip Leo Sullivan  •  William Campbell (Illinois)  •  Frank McGarr  •  James B. Parsons  •  Edwin Robson  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Gerald Ford
1974	Bauer • Bramwell • Cahn • Churchill • Clarke • Cook • Elfvin • Fitzgerald • Flaum • Gerry • Kirkland • Sessions • Torruella • Graafeiland
1975	Brimmer • Brotman • Grady • Haden • Henley • Higginbotham • Kennedy • Leighton • McNagny • Meskill • O'Conor • Rogers • Shell • Siler • Stafford • Stevens • Thompson • Tjoflat • Wong
1976	Ackerman • Anderson • Aronovitz • Broderick • Callister • Cohill • Copenhaver • Crowley • Davis • Fay • Goettel • Guy • Haight • Hall • Hill • Ingram • Manos • Munson • Poole • Pratt • Richey • Schwartz • Schwarzer • Sear • Sterling • Takasugi • Waters • Williams • Wood