Elaine Patricia Edwards Bucklo (born October 1, 1944) is a

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United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Bucklo received an

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degree from

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in 1966 and a

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from Northwestern University School of Law in 1972. She was a

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to Judge

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1972 to 1973, and was thereafter in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 1978 and from 1980 to 1985, having been a visiting professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law from 1978 to 1980. She was then a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1985 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

On August 16, 1994, Bucklo was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by John Albert Nordberg. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994. She assumed senior status on October 31, 2009.

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