--- title: "Gary Scott Feinerman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-scott-feinerman-1040" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Gary Scott Feinerman 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: 2026-06-30 ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Illinois, 2010-present - Former United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, serving from June 29, 2010, until his resignation on December 31, 2022 - U.S. Department of Justice (1994–1996) as counsel to the Office of Policy Development, with a detail to the Office of the Counsel to the President (1995) - Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994 - He clerked for Judge Joel Flaum on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1991–1992) and for Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993–1994) - Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1991-1992 ### Education - Stanford University — J.D. (1991) - Stanford Law School in, finishing second in his class and serving on the Stanford Law Review and Order of the Coif — J.D. (1991) - Yale University in — B.A. (1987) - Yale College in — B.A. (1987) ### Additional information - President Barack Obama nominated Feinerman on February 24, 2010, to replace Judge Robert Gettleman, who had assumed senior status in 2009. - Private practice, Chicago, IL, 2007-2010 - Solicitor general, State of Illinois, 2003-2007 - Private practice, Chicago, IL, 1996-2003 - Born February 19, 1965, in Skokie, Illinois. - Date of birth: 1965-01-01 - City of Chicago) and media coverage about his handling of a mistrial. - He returned to private practice, notably at Sidley Austin, where he had worked before his judicial appointment - Received Best Brief Awards from the National Association of Attorneys General during his tenure as Illinois Solicitor General - Birth place: Skokie, IL ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1040/gary-scott-feinerman/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1040/gary-scott-feinerman/) - [U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1040/gary-scott-feinerman/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1040/gary-scott-feinerman/) - [Feinerman, Gary | Federal Judicial Center](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/feinerman-gary) - [Gary Feinerman - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Gary_Feinerman) - [Wikidata: Gary Feinerman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525056) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-scott-feinerman-1040", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gary-scott-feinerman-1040", "name": "Gary Scott Feinerman | KnowJudges", "description": "Gary Scott Feinerman, 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.