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# Margaret Schneider Remillard

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · U.S. Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- State: Illinois
- Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge Schneider Remillard took her oath of office on February 11, 2021
- Margaret J. Schneider Remillard is a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed in 2021 to a renewable eight‐year term
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy Chief, Branch Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, IL, 2006-2021
- She then joined Mayer Brown in Chicago as a litigation associate (2002–2006) From 2006 to 2021, she held the role of an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, in both Rockford and Chicago offices, rising to Deputy Chief in the narcotics and violent crimes sections and Chief of the Rockford Office
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Paul Niemeyer, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, ?-present

### Education

- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor — J.D. (2001)
- BA — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — 1998

### Additional information

- Magistrate, District Court, N.D. Illinois, IL, 2021-present
- Practitioner, Mayer Brown, Chicago, IL, 2002-2006
- As a magistrate judge, Judge Schneider Remillard handles pretrial, trial, and certain post‐trial matters in federal cases within her district.
- Appointed by the district’s judges to a renewable eight‐year term.
- The President of the P. Michael Mahoney (Rockford) chapter of the Federal Bar Association
- She is also a member of the court’s Detention Committee

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15362/margaret-schneider-remillard/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15362/margaret-schneider-remillard/)
- [U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15362/margaret-schneider-remillard/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15362/margaret-schneider-remillard/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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.