--- title: "Georgia Nick Alexakis | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/georgia-nick-alexakis" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Georgia Nick Alexakis U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - State: Illinois - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - On February 21, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Alexakis to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, filling the seat vacated by Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, who assumed senior status on August 1, 2024 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2013-2021, 2022-2024; civil rights and hate crimes program coordinator, 2019-2021; deputy chief of appeals, Criminal Division, 2019-2021; chief of appeals, Criminal Division, 2022-2024 - From 2008 to 2012, she was an associate and then partner at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP in Chicago Alexakis held the role of an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from 2013 to 2021 and again from 2022 to 2024, including as Chief of Appeals for the Criminal Division. - Between 2021 and 2022, she was a partner at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP - Law clerk, Hon. Milton I. Shadur, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2007-2008 - She clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2006–2007) and for Judge Milton Shadur of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2007–2008),. - Law clerk, Hon. Marsha S. Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2006-2007 - Judge Alexakis now serves on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, one of the 94 federal district courts in the U.S ### Education - Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) — J.D. (2006) - She then obtained her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2006 - Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 2000, where she held the role of managing editor of The Harvard Crimson ### Additional information - Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2008-2012, 2021-2022 - After Harvard, Alexakis worked at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago from 2000 to 2003, first as an associate and later as a consultant. - Date of birth: 1978 - During her tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Alexakis worked on high-profile cases, including the prosecution of Adel Daoud, a foiled Chicago bar bomber, and Marco Proano, a Chicago police officer convicted of excessive force. - focusing on government enforcement, investigations, and white-collar criminal defense - handling a wide range of civil and criminal cases. - She is recognized for her expertise in litigation and appellate matters and was rated Well Qualified by the American Bar Association prior to her confirmation - Birth place: Chicago ## 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/13761646) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761646) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761646) - [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) - [Judge Georgia Nick Alexakis](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761646) - [Wikidata: Georgia N. Alexakis](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125728884) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/georgia-nick-alexakis", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/georgia-nick-alexakis", "name": "Georgia Nick Alexakis | KnowJudges", "description": "Georgia Nick Alexakis, 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.