Joel Flaum

Joel Flaum
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Assumed office
November 30, 2020
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
August 1, 2000 – November 27, 2006
Preceded byRichard Posner
Succeeded byFrank Easterbrook
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office
May 5, 1983 – November 30, 2020
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byRobert Arthur Sprecher
Succeeded byCandace Jackson-Akiwumi
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
December 20, 1974 – June 1, 1983
Appointed byGerald Ford
Preceded byPhilip Willis Tone
Succeeded byIlana Rovner
Personal details
Born
Joel Martin Flaum

(1936-11-26) November 26, 1936 (age 87)
Hudson, New York
EducationUnion College (BA)
Northwestern University School of Law (JD, LLM)

Joel Martin Flaum (born November 26, 1936) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.