Marvin Aspen

Marvin Aspen
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2002
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office 1995–2002
Preceded by	James Byron Moran
Succeeded by	Charles P. Kocoras
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office July 24, 1979 – July 1, 2002
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by	Samuel Der-Yeghiayan
Personal details
Born	Marvin E. Aspen (1934-07-11) July 11, 1934 (age 87)[1] Chicago, Illinois
Education	Loyola University Northwestern University (BS) Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (JD)

Marvin E. Aspen (born July 11, 1934) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career[]

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Aspen received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1956 and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1958. He was a law clerk in the Court of Claims Section of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in 1958. He was in the Illinois National Guard from 1958 to 1960, and was an Air Force Reserve Command Airman from 1960 to 1964. He was also in private practice as an attorney in Chicago from 1958 to 1959, and in 1971, serving in the interim as an assistant state attorney of Cook County, Illinois from 1960 to 1963, and as an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago's Head of Appeals and Review Division, from 1963 to 1971. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University since 1969. He was a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois from 1971 to 1979.^[2]

Federal judicial service[]

On April 30, 1979, Aspen was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1979, and received his commission on July 24, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1995 to 2002, assuming senior status on July 1, 2002.^[2]

Other Highlights[]

In 1984, he was the presiding judge for a trial involving the singer Michael Jackson, where the King of Pop successfully defended himself against an accusation of copyright infringement for the song "The Girl Is Mine."^[relevant?]

See also[]

• List of Jewish American jurists

References[]

External links[]

• Marvin E. Aspen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.