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.

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 ...

Jeremy Daniel, of Oak Park, has been confirmed to sit on the bench as a federal judge in the Northern District of 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.

Touche as the saying goes!” Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert wrote about the defendant's seemingly hypocritical request. “So, ...

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.

Judge Nancy Maldonado would be first Hispanic judge on 7th Circuit if confirmed Biden also nominated trial court judges in Arizona, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

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.

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.

As of Jan. 24, Superior Judge Cristal C. Brisco is now the first Black judge and woman of color to serve as a lifetime federal judge in the Northern District of Indiana, The Times reports.