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John Robert Blakey

John Robert Blakey

Illinois Northern District Court

Born 1965 in South Bend, IN

FJC ID: 3579

John Robert "Jack" Blakey (born August 1965) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and former Illinois prosecutor. He is also a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Special Prosecutions Bureau, Cook County [Illinois] State's Attorney's Office
    Chief · 2009–2014
  2. Northern District of Illinois
    Northern District of Illinois
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 2004–2009
  3. Southern District of Florida
    Southern District of Florida
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 2000–2004
  4. Cook County, Illinois
    Assistant state's attorney · 1996–2000
  5. Private practice, Chicago, Illinois
    1995–1996
  6. U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Appointments

  1. Illinois Northern District Court
    2014–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Education

  1. Notre Dame Law School
    J.D. · 1992
  2. London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
    C.F.A. · 1989
  3. University of Notre Dame
    B.A. · 1988