Michael Joseph Reagan (born 1954) is a former
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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, Reagan received a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
degree from
Bradley University
Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The ...
in 1976 and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
St. Louis University School of Law
Saint Louis University School of Law, also known as SLU LAW, is a private American law school located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of the professional graduate schools of Saint Louis University. The University hosted a law school briefly fro ...
in 1980. He was a
law clerk
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in the Office of the Appellate Defender for the Fifth Appellate District of Illinois in 1978. He was in private practice from 1979 to 2000, also working as an instructor in business law,
Belleville Area College
Southwestern Illinois College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Belleville, Granite City, and Red Bud. It also has off-campus sites throughout the district, including Scott Air Force Base and the East St. Louis Commun ...
from 1980–83 and as an adjunct assistant professor of law at
St. Louis University from 1982-88. He was an assistant
public defender
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for
St. Clair County, Illinois
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from 1996 to 2000.
Federal judicial service
On May 11, 2000, Reagan was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
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to a new seat on the
new seat created on November 2, 2002 by 116 Stat. 1758.
[Seat superseded Seat 6 on October 11, 2001 pursuant to 71 Stat. 586. Seat made permanent on November 2, 2002 by 116 Stat. 1758] Reagan was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on October 3, 2000, and received his commission on October 13, 2000. He was designated Chief Judge on October 1, 2014.
He retired from active service on March 31, 2019.
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1954 births
Living people
Bradley University alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Illinois lawyers
People from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Public defenders
Saint Louis University alumni
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
Date of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges