Senior District Judge Marvin E. Aspen was appointed to the Northern District of Illinois by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Judge Aspen received his undergraduate and law degrees from Northwestern University. He served as an assistant state's attorney in Cook County from 1960 to 1963, then as assistant corporation counsel in Chicago heading the Appeals and Review Division from 1963 to 1971. He served on the Illinois Circuit Court bench in Cook County from 1971 to 1979 before his federal appointment. He served as Chief Judge of the Northern District of Illinois from 1995 to 2002, and was a member of the Federal Judicial Center Board from 1994 to 1998 and the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2000 to 2003. He assumed senior status in 2002.
Education
- Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1958
- Northwestern University, B.S., 1956
Career
- Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1995–2002)
- Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1979–present)
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County (1971–1979)
- Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, Appeals and Review Division (1963–1971)
- Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County (1960–1963)
- Law Clerk, Court of Claims Section, U.S. Department of Justice (1958)