Sunday, February 05, 2006

Illinois District and Bankruptcy judges

Post or read anonymous comments regarding info on Illinois District and Bankruptcy judges

129 comments:

Anonymous said...

Leinenweber not hiring until March-April 2007

Anonymous said...

Andersen not hiring

Anonymous said...

Judge Aspen is scheduling.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard from Mihm?

Anonymous said...

Denlow is emailing

Anonymous said...

Goldgar is emailing

Anonymous said...

Why is Aspen the only N.D.Ill. judge on here for today?

Anonymous said...

N.D. Ill.: Shadur and Filip are calling.

Anonymous said...

I have not heard from Mihm - and had expected to....

Anonymous said...

anything on Scott or Reagan?

Anonymous said...

Judge Bruce Black has filled the position.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard from Judge St. Eve or Judge Kennelly?

Anonymous said...

heard Mihm called a student in another state besides Illinois

Anonymous said...

St. Eve started interviewing people out of law school beginning a few weeks ago and will also be interviewing law students.

Anonymous said...

what about bucklo/pallmeyer? have they made calls?

Anonymous said...

Holderman is only taking those with 2 years of post-law school experience

Anonymous said...

Pallmeyer has not reviewed resumes yet.

Anonymous said...

St. Eve just hired a clerk for 2007.

Anonymous said...

Is Judge St. Eve done hiring, or is she hiring more than one clerk?

Anonymous said...

I was trying to sneak an interview with Judge St. Eve while visiting another judge and was told by someone in her chambers that she just hired a clerk for 2007, so I assumed that meant she was done.

Anonymous said...

Kocoras has not reviewed resumes yet.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know the hiring and/or interviewing patterns of the district judges in Chicago? Ivy League, Illinois schools, out-of-staters, etc?

Anonymous said...

anyone know if McDade in Peoria has called anyone?

Anonymous said...

Kendall is full for 2007 and Kocoras is only looking for a career clerk.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard from/know about Hibbler, Kendall, or Lefkow?

Anonymous said...

yeah, seriously, why is there such a lack of reports of n.d.ill. judges scheduling? are people just not posting or are they not calling (yet)?

Anonymous said...

yes, it seems like some judges are quick to call and other lag behind. I am hoping many lag behind because that will lessen the competition for the later go'ers

Anonymous said...

yes, but it also makes it hard for candidates who have ealier interviews in less desirable districts..

Anonymous said...

anyone who has an interview should be thankful regardless of how desirable the district is....

Anonymous said...

oh, i totally agree. sorry- i didn't mean to sound like a snob or anything. i didn't mean "desirable" in a prestigious kind of way- i meant for personal reasons...

Anonymous said...

It sounds like McDade has not called anyone yet?? Good news if that is true, as I would live to clerk in my hometown of Peoria. Can someone confirm McDade has not called yet?

Anonymous said...

anyone here from Valdez?

Anonymous said...

Valdez is not hiring. I think her current clerk decided to stay on an additional year at the last minute.

Anonymous said...

Reagan in East STL anyone?

Anonymous said...

Has anyone tried leveraging their way into an interview with any of the N.D.Ill. judges who apparently still haven't called?

Anonymous said...

Who else is done hiring/not hiring? Here is the list I have so far:
St. Eve
Kendall
Andersen

Anonymous said...

I tried to leverage without much luck. Chambers just said they have not reviewed apps yet and therefore aren't ready to interview candidates.

Anonymous said...

who did you call that responded that they have not reviewed apps yet?

Anonymous said...

Kennelly has called.

Anonymous said...

Kocoras and Pallmeyer said they had not reviewed apps of the chambers I called.

Anonymous said...

I know someone who has interviews scheduled with Shadur and Filip -- both judges called last Thursday.

Anonymous said...

Pallmeyer is scheduling.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know how long Judge Pallmeyer's clerkship is?

Anonymous said...

Pallmeyer clerkship is one year.

Anonymous said...

Judge Zagel is calling.

Anonymous said...

Judge Doyle (Bankr. ND Ill.) has filled the position.

Anonymous said...

Mihm, McDade, or Scott update anyone....Mihm is the only one linked to calls above....

Anonymous said...

Is Mihm done interviewing?

Anonymous said...

Scott has hired.

Anonymous said...

As of Friday, Hibbler and Lefkow are still reviewing applications

Anonymous said...

Aspen has extended offers.

Anonymous said...

Kennelly is done hiring.

Anonymous said...

any news on Darrah or Moran?

Anonymous said...

Moran's chambers told me he wasn't hiring back in July.

anon said...

no word from darrah yet--anybody?

anon said...

darrah has hired

Anonymous said...

Any status on Mihm or McDade?

Anonymous said...

Mihm has hired. McDade - no clue.

anon said...

has anyone heard from pallmeyer?

anon said...

has anyone heard from pallmeyer?

Anonymous said...

Reagan is calling

Anonymous said...

I know of people who have heard from Pallmeyer

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard from Gilbert?

Anonymous said...

Anyone heard from Zagel?

Anonymous said...

Zagel was interviewing through yesterday.

Anonymous said...

where did Mihm hire from?

Anonymous said...

In case anyone is wondering, I checked on the Rockford judges and was told there were no openings because they had career clerks.

Anonymous said...

FYI, there's only 1 current rockford fed judge and he's taking senior status. they're in the process of hiring a new, active fed judge... but yes, the judge on sr. status does have career clerks... keep watching for the new judge though--he might not and so that could be a way to get a clerkship after the fact...

Anonymous said...

The clerk in Rockford thought the new federal judge might have to take at least one of the soon to be senior current career clerks so that clerk would not be out of a job as the number of clerks a senior gets is only one....at most, there would be one opening, and that would be assuming the new judge didn't want to fill both with career clerks....

Anonymous said...

Got the official "I am done hiring" email from Kenelly today.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard from Pallmeyer, Hibbler or Lefkow?

Anonymous said...

Pallmeyer has interviewed, but I don't know if she has hired. Anyone?

Anonymous said...

Zagel is done - got 500+ apps per his email....wow...

Anyone know if Denlow has made his decision??

Anonymous said...

Castillo is done

Anonymous said...

McDade update anyone? When I called chambers late last week they were still reviewing the applications that they had received?

Anonymous said...

Bucklo hasn't done anything yet. Unclear on whether she ever will.

Anonymous said...

what do you mean by "unclear if she ever will"? does she have clerks who may stay on??

Anonymous said...

Unclear means unclear. Sorry, but I just don't know.

Anonymous said...

Unclear means unclear. Sorry, but I just don't know.

So in other words, your comment was pretty pointless and of no practical value to anyone. Thanks for the update.

Anonymous said...

pallmeyer is done.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard from the bankr judges yet??

Anonymous said...

Yes, Goldgar is done.

Anonymous said...

So is Doyle. No word on Wedoff.

Anonymous said...

Wedoff has hired at least one. Don't know how many he gets.

Anonymous said...

From Lefkow's secretary today: "She has interviewed and she has made a hiring decision."

Anonymous said...

Where did Goldgar hire from?

Anonymous said...

Any updates on Bucklo, Darrah, Holderman, Hibbler, Moran, or Meyers?

Anonymous said...

Darrah hired one from Michigan.

Anonymous said...

I've heard that Judge Holderman isn't hiring anyone.

Anonymous said...

Goldgar hired from Minnesota

Anonymous said...

Schmetterer posted a job opening for a clerk on the IL ND Bankruptcy website on 9/29

Anonymous said...

Does Darrah still have a slot left or is he done?

P.S. McDade in Peoria will be a while yet per a call to chambers.

Anonymous said...

Any updates on Hibbler? And have Lefkow and Pallmeyer definitley hired?

Anonymous said...

Pallmeyer has hired.

Anonymous said...

Anyone know McDade's timeframe? I'd love to interview with him because he is my hometown federal judge but I have other judicial interviews in process and may not be on the market much longer....

Anonymous said...

Gilbert anyone?

Anonymous said...

Anyone know anything about Bucklo or Holderman?

Is Darrah officially done?

Anonymous said...

Anyone have a status update on:

Denlow
Hibbler
Moran
Reagan

Anonymous said...

Updates on Moe, Larry, and Curly?

Anonymous said...

I just called Hibbler's office. The woman said that he is interviewing now and that if he wants to interview someone he will call them.

Anonymous said...

Is Gilber done?

Anonymous said...

Reagan's done.

Anonymous said...

Moran update anyone??

Anonymous said...

"Anyone know McDade's timeframe? I'd love to interview with him because he is my hometown federal judge but I have other judicial interviews in process and may not be on the market much longer...."

Don't tell us--we don't care! Call chambers, you silly goose.

Anonymous said...

I believe the blog above stated chambers had been called to no avail. Perhaps the poster was trying to see if anyone had any inside information, but that was probably a misguided hope given that few posters on this board actually seem to have any useful information.

Anonymous said...

Moran is calling.

Anonymous said...

Bucklo or Holderman updates anyone?

Anonymous said...

Just got an e-mail from Holderman stating that he has hired for 2007.

Anonymous said...

just out of utter curiousity, anyone know where Mihm hired from?

Anonymous said...

Mihm hired from Marquette

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard anything from McDade yet? I know he had not started a few weeks ago, but has he started since then?

I just accepted a state supreme court clerkship, and I suspect several others who applied have accepted other clerkships - any idea why he waits so long as his list dwindles? That said, it will be good info for next year as my state supreme court clerkship is just one year, and I might be willing to apply for a one year federal district court clerkship for the following year before hitting the billable hours machine of big law. It'd be nice to know for future reference when he typically hires.

Anonymous said...

McDade guy -- nobody wants your life story.

Anonymous said...

FWIW, McDade just switched his status in OSCAR to not accepting apps. However, he did not change his status in FLCIS to filled nor has he sent rejection emails via OSCAR like most judges do, so he may just have cut off the ability for further individuals to send in apps but not yet hired.

Anonymous said...

Anyone know if Leinenweber only considers alums or if he also considers 3Ls?

Anonymous said...

Hibbler is done.

Anonymous said...

"District Judge Joe Billy McDade in Peoria [Illinois] has had a law clerk who has been on sick leave for two months. The law clerk has just resigned due to illness so he is looking for a law clerk who can start now. If you know of any interested persons, please refer them to Judge McDade. He has a strong preference for applicants who have prior law clerk experience."

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the above - do you know if this is a term or career vacancy? McDade, I think, has one of each.

Anonymous said...

Actually, per our career services office, it looks like the above post is on the wrong board - our career services office stated the Illinois State COA Judge McDade (federal judge McDade's ex-wife), not the federal judge J. B. McDade, was the one searching for a clerk....

Anonymous said...

I believe it is the federal judge, though he doesn't appear to be advertising the opening. Alums of a few law school who knew about the opening contacted their career services departments.

Does the state court McDade have an opening though?

Anonymous said...

McDade does have one career and one term clerk. The career position was open, but has now been filled. The Central District should be done entirely for awhile.

Anonymous said...

Anyone know if Leinenweber is scheduling or calling yet?

Anonymous said...

not to my knowledge, but he is going to find all the best players are gone at this point.

Anonymous said...

Despite the previous poster's insightful analysis, I consider myself a decent "player," and I haven't heard anything from Leinenweber. Think 5 weeks out, I can assume I'm toast? Should I expect a rejection letter? Any new info?

Anonymous said...

he sent emails today to schedule interviews...

Anonymous said...

do you know if he sent for the fall or the january position or both?

Anonymous said...

Has anyone heard anything from Judge Bucklo? Is she scheduling interviews? Has she hired?

Anonymous said...

re: Leinenweber- the email was sent for both, but it's hard to know if they're doing multiple rounds of interviews or not...

Anonymous said...

Does Leinenweber prefer those currently in practice at a firm over 3Ls?

Anonymous said...

Does Leinenweber prefer those currently in practice at a firm over 3Ls?