George W. Lindberg
| George Wakem Lingberg | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
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Assumed office June 21, 2001 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
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In office November 6, 1989 – June 21, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Prentice Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Amy J. St. Eve |
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| Born |
George Wakem Lindberg June 21, 1932 Crystal Lake, Illinois |
| Education |
Northwestern University B.S. Northwestern University School of Law J.D. |
George Wakem Lindberg (born June 21, 1932) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Born in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Lindberg received his Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1954 and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1957.
Lindberg was the vice president and legal counsel for John E. Reid and Associates in Chicago from 1955 to 1968, becoming an expert in financial fraud investigations. In 1966, Lindberg was elected to the first of three terms in the Illinois House of Representatives, serving until 1972. During his tenure in the General Assembly, Lindberg was a private practice attorney in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake in McHenry County from 1968 until 1973. While in the state legislature, he was the architect of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. His proposed legislation provided for campaign disclosures, but these provisions did not make the final bill passed by the General Assembly. Lindberg also served as chair of a special Illinois House committee investigating judicial misconduct, which resulted in the resignation of two Illinois Supreme Court justices.
In 1972, Lindberg won election as the Comptroller of Illinois and served until 1977. Lindberg's voluntary disclosure of personal political spending from his 1972 campaign—something he did every year as comptroller—was a first for an Illinois statewide-officeholder, and drew widespread praise. He was defeated for re-election in 1976 by Democrat Michael Bakalis.
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