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Nicholas John Bua (February 9, 1925 – November 1, 2002) was a
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of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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, Bua was in the
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in 1943. He received a
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from
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in 1953. He was in private practice in Chicago from 1953 to 1963. He was the Presiding Judge of the Melrose Park Village Court in Illinois in 1963. He was an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division, County Department, in Illinois from 1964 to 1971. He was a Circuit Court Judge of
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, Illinois from 1971 to 1976. He was a justice of the Appellate Court of the State of Illinois First District from 1976 to 1977. He was the special counsel for the
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case from 1991 to 1993. He was in private practice in Chicago from 1991 to 2002.


Federal judicial service

Bua was a federal judge on the
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. Bua was nominated by President
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on July 19, 1977, to a seat on the
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vacated by Judge William Joseph Lynch. He was confirmed by the
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on October 7, 1977, and received his commission on October 11, 1977. Bua served in that capacity until November 4, 1991, due to retirement.


Death

Bua died on November 1, 2002, in Melrose Park, Illinois. Survived by his wife Camille, daughter Lisa Krinch (Scott) and grandchildren Nicole & Scott Krinch Jr.


See also

*
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