Frederick J. Kapala (born 1950) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 28/year
Illinois Northern District Court · 2007–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Illinois Appellate Court, Second DistrictJudge · 2001–2007
- Illinois Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1982–2001
- ↳associate judge · 1982–1994
- ↳circuit judge · 1994–2001
- Private practice, Rockford, Illinois1977–1982
U.S. Army Reserve captain1970–1980- Winnebago County, IllinoisAssistant state's attorney · 1976–1977
Appointments
2007–2019 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1976- Marquette UniversityB.A. · 1972