Manish Suresh Shah

Judge Manish Suresh Shah

Personal

Birthday:

1972

Birthplace:

New York, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

Asian American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1998-1999
Law clerk, Hon. James B. Zagel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1999-2001
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2001-2014; deputy chief, general crimes, 2007-2008; deputy chief, financial crimes & special prosecutions, 2008-2011; chief, criminal appeals, 2011-2012; chief, criminal division, 2012-2014

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, September 19, 2013; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Stanford University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1994

Name of School - Second:

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1998

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Court Name:

Illinois Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

5/1/2014