--- title: "Jon Ernest DeGuilio | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jon-ernest-deguilio" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Jon Ernest DeGuilio U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana - State: Indiana - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - 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. Indiana, 2010-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, having assumed senior status on July 17, 2023 - U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1993-1999 - Prosecutor, Lake County, IN, 1989-1993 - Deputy prosecutor, Lake County, IN, 1988-1989 - Public defender, Lake County, IN, 1984-1986 - Deputy prosecutor, Lake County, IN, 1981-1983 - Current role: Senior Judge, Northern District of Indiana ### Education - Valparaiso University — J.D. (1981) - University of Notre Dame — B.A. (1977) - Purdue University ### Additional information - Private practice, South Bend, IN, 1999-present - Legal advisor, Lake County Indiana Sheriff, 1987-present - Chief Judge from June 1, 2020, to July 17, 2023 - Service: held the role of a judge from May 13, 2010, to July 17, 2023 - Appointed: Nominated by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2010, to replace Judge Allen Sharp - executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, 2001-2010 - Peoples Bank SB/NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, Munster, IN, 1999-2010 - senior vice president, 1999-2001 - Attorney, Highland Indiana Police Commission and Water Board, 1987-1989 - Private practice, Schererville, IN, 1981-1989 - City councilman, Hammond, IN, 1984-1987 - Born 1955 in Hammond, Indiana. - Date of birth: 1955-01-01 - Jon Ernest DeGuilio is a veteran Indiana jurist with a background in law enforcement, federal prosecution, banking leadership, and public service, now serving on senior status on the Northern District of Indiana’s federal bench ## 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/1393136) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393136) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393136) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/847/jon-ernest-deguilio/) - [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/847/jon-ernest-deguilio/) - [Wikidata: Jon DeGuilio](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6270594) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jon-ernest-deguilio", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jon-ernest-deguilio", "name": "Jon Ernest DeGuilio | KnowJudges", "description": "Jon Ernest DeGuilio, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. 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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.