Ilana Rovner

Ilana Rovner
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Assumed office
July 10, 2024
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
August 17, 1992 – July 10, 2024
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byHarlington Wood Jr.
Succeeded byNancy L. Maldonado
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
September 12, 1984 – August 17, 1992
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byJoel Flaum
Succeeded byDavid H. Coar
Personal details
Born
Ilana Kara Diamond

(1938-08-21) August 21, 1938 (age 86)
Riga, Latvia
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRichard Rovner (died 2009)
Children1
EducationBryn Mawr College (BA)
King's College London
Georgetown University
Illinois Institute of Technology (JD)

Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner (Latvian: Ilana Rovnere, born August 21, 1938) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.[1] Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit.[2] She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

  1. ^ Marquis Who's Who (1996). Who's Who of American Women, 1997–1998. Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 9780837904221. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Profiles of Women in Leadership". Archived from the original on September 21, 2003. Retrieved April 13, 2015.