Franklin U. Valderrama

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Franklin Ulyses Valderrama (born 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois .

Contents

• 1 Education

• 2 Career

  • 2.1 State judicial service

  • 2.2 Federal judicial service

• 3 See also

• 4 References

• 5 External links

Education

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Valderrama earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the DePaul University College of Law in 1988.

Career

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Valderrama began his career in 1988 as a staff attorney for the United States Bankruptcy Court for Northern Illinois, where he worked for a year. In 1989, he joined the Law Office of Tom Leahy, where he was an associate . In 1992, he joined the Chicago office of Landau, Omahana & Kopka, where he was an associate. Starting in 1993, he then worked at Sanchez, Daniels & Hoffman in Chicago , where his practice focused on trial litigation. He left the firm as a partner when he became a judge. He has also served as an adjunct professor at UIC John Marshall Law School , where he taught pre-trial civil litigation.

State judicial service

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From 2007 to 2020, Valderrama served as an associate judge of the Cook County Circuit Court . His state court service terminated when he became a federal district judge.

Federal judicial service

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On February 5, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Valderrama to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as part of a bipartisan package of nominees which included David W. Dugan . On February 12, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate . President Trump nominated Valderrama to the seat vacated by Judge Rubén Castillo , who retired on September 27, 2019. A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on June 24, 2020. On July 30, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote. On September 17, 2020, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a 68–26 vote, with a majority of Republicans opposed and all Democrats in favor.

He received his judicial commission on September 23, 2020. He was sworn in on September 28, 2020.

See also

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• List of African-American federal judges

• List of African-American jurists

• List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

References

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   "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Franklin Valderrama" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2022.

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   "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee – The White House" . trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

3. ↑ "Senate Confirms 2 Ill. Judges — 1 Over Rare GOP Opposition - Law360" . www.law360.com. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

4. ↑ "Fifteen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" . trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

5. ↑ "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" . www.judiciary.senate.gov. June 24, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

6. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 30, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2022.

7. ↑ ["On the Nomination (Confirmation: Franklin Ulyses Valderrama, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois)"](https://www.senate

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