Marvin E. Aspen (born July 11, 1934) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Marvin E. Aspen
Illinois Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Born 1934 in Chicago, IL
FJC ID: 67
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 36/year
Illinois Northern District Court · 1979–2002
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
Adjunct professor of law · 1969–present- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2000–2003
Board member · 1994–1998- Illinois Circuit Court, Cook CountyJudge · 1971–1979
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1958–1959, 1971
- head of Appeals and Review Division, Chicago, IllinoisAssistant corporation counsel · 1963–1971
U.S. Air Force Reserve airman1960–1964- Cook County, IllinoisAssistant state's attorney · 1960–1963
- Illinois National Guard1958–1960
Court of Claims Section, U.S. Department of JusticeLaw clerk · 1958
Appointments
1979–2002 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
- Northwestern UniversityB.S. · 1956