In an important privacy law development, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Judge Sharon Coleman, has issued two of the first federal decisions applying a ...

Biden nominated April M. Perry to serve as the first female U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois last year, but Vance–who joined the ticket led by former President Donald Trump ...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Chicago attorney Nancy Maldonado to be a federal judge. She is the first Hispanic woman to join the U.S. District Court for the Northern District in Illinois.

A Gary native will be the first Black woman ever to sit as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Judge Harjani, who has made history as the first South Asian American to serve as a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Illinois, will undoubtedly extend his outstanding dedication to ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A new scholarship, available to students in northern Illinois, will honor the legacy of the region’s first black state representative, Chuck Jefferson.

The leadership face of the Tulsa County judiciary will soon make a change marking a first at the Tulsa courthouse. Effective in January, District Judge Carlos Chappelle will have the additional ...

Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, the first Black woman to become a judge in Northern California, will speak Saturday at the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at Modesto Junior College.

Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois ruled against the state of Illinois’ request to end court oversight of its disability services. Illustration by Capitol News ...

President Joe Biden marked yet another historic moment for his administration in his final days in office on Monday when the U.S. Senate confirmed his 40th Black female judge to the federal bench.

Theodis "Ted" Lewis, the first Black judge to be appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, died at his home in Chatham last week.