Jonathan Eugene Hawley (born 1971) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois since 2024. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2014 to 2024.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Federal Public Defender's Office · 1999–2014- Chief federal public defender2011–2014
Adjunct professor · 2013- Acting federal public defender2010–2011
- Appellate DivisionChief · 2000–2010
- First assistant federal public defender2003–2010
- Assistant federal public defender2000–2003
- Research and writing specialist1999–2000
- Illinois Supreme CourtLaw clerk , Hon. James D. Heiple · 1998–1999
- Illinois Appellate Court, Third DistrictLaw clerk , Hon. Michael P. McCuskey · 1997–1998
Law clerk , Hon. Michael P. McCuskey · 1998
Appointments
- 2024–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
- DePaul University College of LawJ.D. · 1997
- University of Illinois at ChicagoB.A. · 1992