Michael Patrick McCuskey (born June 30, 1948) is the Illinois Legislative Inspector General since his appointment on February 17, 2022. He has served as a state circuit and appellate judge, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Michael Patrick McCuskey
Illinois Central District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Born 1948 in Peoria, IL
FJC ID: 2765
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
Illinois Central District Court · 1998–2014
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 Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1988–1990, 2014–present
- State of IllinoisLegislative inspector general · 2022–present
- Illinois Appellate Court, Third DistrictJustice · 1990–1998
- Private practice, Lacon, Illinois1975–1988
- Marshall County, IllinoisChief public defender · 1976–1988
Appointments
1998–2014 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- St. Louis University School of LawJ.D. · 1975
- Illinois State UniversityB.S. · 1970