Gary Feinerman

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Gary Feinerman

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Successor: Jeremy Daniel

Education

Bachelor's

Yale College, 1987

Law

Stanford Law School, 1991

Personal
Birthplace
Skokie, Ill.

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Gary Scott Feinerman was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He was nominated to the court by President Barack Obama (D) and confirmed in 2010.

Feinerman retired on December 31, 2022.[1]

Biography

Education

Feinerman earned his B.A. from Yale College in 1987 and his J.D. from Stanford in 1991.[2]

Professional career

Judicial career

Northern District of Illinois

Nomination Tracker
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Nominee Information
Name: Gary Feinerman
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Progress
Confirmed 124 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: February 24, 2010
ApprovedAABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire: Questionnaire
ApprovedAHearing: March 10, 2010
QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: April 15, 2010 
ApprovedAConfirmed: June 28, 2010
ApprovedAVote: 80-0

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced that President Obama has nominated Feinerman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He was one of several recommendations for the seat from Senator Durbin. His nomination was subject to review by the Senate Judiciary Committee and confirmation by the U.S. Senate.[4]

Obama called Feinerman one "of our nation’s best and brightest."[2]

Feinerman received a rating of Unanimously Well Qualified from the American Bar Association.[5]

Judiciary Committee hearing

Feinerman's Public Questionnaire Available Here
Questions for the Record available here

Feinerman had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 10, 2010.[6] He was confirmed by the Senate on June 28, 2010 on a vote of 80-0.[5]

Awards and associations

As Solicitor General of Illinois, Feinerman received Best Brief Awards from the National Association of Attorneys General in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.[2] He was also president of the Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, a past Leadership Greater Chicago fellow, and recipient of a "Forty Under Forty" designation from Crain's Chicago Business.[4]

Noteworthy cases

Michael Jordan image infringement case (2012)
See also: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Jordan v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc, No. 10 C 340)

On February 16, 2012, Judge Gary Feinerman of United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled against basketball player Michael Jordan in a lawsuit against a store chain who made reference to Jordan in an ad-like magazine layout. According to Feinerman, the layout was constitutionally protected free speech, and did not constitute an advertisement.
The lawsuit centers around a layout published by Sports Illustrated in 2009. In it, Jewel congratulated Jordan on his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame, and included their logo in the layout. It also included basketball shoes with the number "23" on them, in reference to Jordan's jersey number while playing with the Chicago Bulls. Judge Feinerman's ruling stated that because the layout wasn't attempting to sell anything, there was no misappropriation of Jordan's image. He rejected the argument from Jordan's attorneys that the food chain didn't need to be selling a particular item to have used Jordan's image to promote the company.[7]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ U.S. Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed December 6, 2022
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 White House Press Release "President Obama Nominates Three for District Court Bench," February 24, 2010
  3. ↑ Chicago Breaking News Center "Obama nominates 2 for federal judgeships here," February 25, 2010
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Durbin Press Release "White House Nominates First Two to Fill Federal Judgeships in Northern District," February 24, 2010 (dead link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Senate Judiciary Committee, "Judicial Nomination Materials," accessed April 23, 2014
  6. ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Senate Judiciary Committee hearing," March 10, 2010
  7. ↑ Associated Press, "Federal judge deals blow to Jordan in ad lawsuit," February 16, 2012

Political offices
Preceded by
- 		United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
2010-2022		 Succeeded by
Jeremy Daniel


Illinois courts

Federal courts:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois

State courts:

Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court

State resources:

Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois

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