Nicholas John Bua (February 9, 1925 – November 1, 2002) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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, Bua was in the
United States Army
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in 1943. He received a
Juris Doctor
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from
DePaul University College of Law
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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
Cook County
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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
Inslaw
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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
. Bua was nominated by President
Jimmy Carter
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on July 19, 1977, to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
William Joseph Lynch. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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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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Italians in Chicago
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References
Sources
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1925 births
2002 deaths
DePaul University College of Law alumni
Illinois state court judges
Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
20th-century American judges
United States Army soldiers