Winfred George Knoch (May 24, 1895 – May 23, 1983) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Winfred George Knoch
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1895 in Naperville, IL
Died 1983
FJC ID: 1297
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 30/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 217/year
Illinois Northern District Court · 1953–1958Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1958–1983
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, Sixteenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1939–1953
- DuPage County [Illinois] CourtJudge · 1930–1939
- Private practice, Naperville, Illinois1917–1930
- DuPage County, IllinoisAssistant state's attorney · 1922–1930
InfantryU.S. Army lieutenant · 1917–1919
Appointments
1958–1983 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
1953–1958 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- DePaul University College of LawLL.B. · 1917