--- title: "Edmond E-Min Chang | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/edmond-e-min-chang" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Edmond E-Min Chang U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - State: Illinois - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Illinois, 2010-present - Edmond E‐Min Chang is a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate by unanimous consent - Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1999-2010 - Law clerk to Judge Marvin E. Aspen, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1995–1997) - Law clerk to Judge James L. Ryan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1994–1995) ### Education - Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in — J.D. (1994) ### Additional information - Beyond the bench, Chang has served on the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Chair since 2023) and the Seventh Circuit Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. - President Obama nominated him on April 21, 2010 to replace Judge Elaine E. Bucklo, who had assumed senior status in 2009. - In 2009, Chang applied to the Illinois screening committee for a federal judgeship. - Private practice, Chicago, IL, 1997-1999 - Born in New York City in 1970 to Taiwanese American immigrants, Chang obtained a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991 - Date of birth: 1970-01-01 - He graduated with honors and was a member of the Northwestern Law Review - He has also taught Civil Rights Litigation at Northwestern University School of Law - Birth place: New York, NY ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393546) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393546) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393546) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/587/edmond-e-min-chang/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/587/edmond-e-min-chang/) - [Wikidata: Edmond E. Chang](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5338859) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/edmond-e-min-chang", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/edmond-e-min-chang", "name": "Edmond E-Min Chang | KnowJudges", "description": "Edmond E-Min Chang, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.