Anton R. Valukas

Anton R. Valukas (born c. 1944) was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1985 to 1989. In 2007, he became the chairman of Chicago law firm Jenner & Block, in which capacity he gained notoriety in 2009, when he was appointed bankruptcy examiner in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.

Anton R. Valukas is the son of Anton J. Valukas, a former Illinois Circuit Court Judge. His grandfather, Anton Kasmir, migrated to the United States from Lithuania. He attended Lawrence University, graduating in 1965, and Northwestern University School of Law, graduating in 1968. He was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1968.

Valukas became an Assistant United States Attorney in 1970. In 1974, he became Chief of the Special Prosecutions Division of the United States Department of Justice. Then, in 1975-76, he served as First Assistant United States Attorney. In addition to his duties at the Department of Justice, from 1972 to 1976, Valukas was an instructor at the John Marshall Law School.

A Republican, Valukas left the DOJ in 1976 when Jimmy Carter became President of the United States. Valukas joined Jenner & Block as a partner at this time. He also served as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law, 1980-82.

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