William George Juergens (September 7, 1904 – December 7, 1988) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
William George Juergens
Illinois Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois
Born 1904 in Steeleville, IL
Died 1988
FJC ID: 1215
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois · 1956–1979District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1956–1979Illinois Southern District Court · 1979–1988
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, Third Judicial CircuitJudge · 1951–1956
- Randolph County [Illinois] CourtJudge · 1938–1950
- Private practice, Chester, Illinois1928–1938
- Chester, IllinoisCity attorney · 1930–1938
Appointments
1979–1988 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Death- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of IllinoisChief Judge1956–1979 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
J.D. · 1928- Carthage CollegeA.B. · 1925