John F. Grady

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Years in office: 1994 - 2019

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Years in office: 1975 - 1994

Education

Bachelor's

Northwestern University, 1952

Law

Northwestern University School of Law, 1954

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

John Francis Grady was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He joined the court in 1975 after being nominated by PresidentGerald Ford. He assumedsenior status on May 23, 1994. Grady's service ended on December 2, 2019, when he died.^[1]

Education

Grady graduated from Northwestern University with his bachelor's degree in 1952 and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law with hisJ.D. degree in 1954.^[1]

Professional career

• 1961-1976: Attorney in private practice, Waukegan,Illinois
• 1956-1961: Chief, Criminal Division, United States Attorney's Office,Northern District of Illinois
• 1954-1956: Attorney in private practice, Chicago,Illinois^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern District of Illinois

Grady was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by PresidentGerald Ford onOctober 20, 1975, to a seat vacated byEdwin Robson. Grady was confirmed by the Senate onNovember 20, 1975, and received commission onNovember 21, 1975. Grady served as thechief judge of theNorthern District of Illinois from 1986 to 1990 before assumingsenior status onMay 23, 1994. Grady's service ended on December 2, 2019, when he died.^[1]

Noteworthy cases

See also

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

External links

• Judge Grady's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited 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 byGerald 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

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