Susan Cox

Susan Cox

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Tenure

2007 - Present

Years in position

17

Education

Bachelor's

Allegheny College, 1980

Law

Boston University Law, 1983

Contact

Official website

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Susan E. Cox is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was appointed to this position on April 19, 2007, and her current term expired on April 18, 2023.

Education

Judge Cox graduated from Allegheny College in 1980 and from Boston University Law School in 1983.

Career

Judge Cox worked as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Wayne Anderson for three years before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney. After eight years, she became a lawyer and ran a civil practice for thirteen years. Prior to her appointment to the U.S. District Court, she was the president and owner of The Law Offices of Susan E. Cox, Ltd., where she specialized in federal criminal defense and litigation. From June 2005 to June 2007, she also worked as a Due Process Hearing Officer for the Illinois State Board of Education. She was a Federal Defender panel attorney from 2003 to 2007 and she was appointed to monitor the employment actions of the City of Chicago from August of 2005 until her judicial appointment.

See also

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

External links

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Footnotes

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Illinois courts

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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