William Joseph Bauer

1926–2025 · Chicago, IL

Judicial Service

Court	Title	Appointed By	Commissioned	Termination
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Judge	Richard M. Nixon (Republican)	Nov 10, 1971	Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Jan 3, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Judge	Gerald Ford (Republican)	Dec 20, 1974	Death, Dec 15, 2025

Education

Elmhurst College, A.B., 1949
DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 1952

Professional Career

U.S. Army, 1945-1947; Assistant state's attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1952-1956; Private practice, Illinois, 1953-1964; Instructor, Elmhurst College, 1952-1959; First assistant state's attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1956-1958; State's attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1959-1964; Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 1964-1970; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1970-1971; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1987-1993

Opinions on This Site

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External Links

Federal Judicial Center Biography