Mark R. Filip

Judge Mark R. Filip

Personal

Birthday:

1966

Birthplace:

Chicago, IL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1992-1993
Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-1995, 1999-2004, 2009-
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1995-1999
Adjunct professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1998-1999
Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 2000-2008
Deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2008-2009

Education

Name of School:

University of Illinois

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1988

Name of School - Second:

University of Oxford, Christ Church College

Degree - Second:

B.A., law

Degree Year - Second:

1990

Name of School - Third:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1992

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Court Name:

Illinois Northern District Court

President Nominating:

George W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

2/8/2004

Termination Date:

3/9/2008

Termination Reason:

Resignation