Michael M. Mihm

Michael Martin Mihm
Senior Judge of United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 2009
Judge of United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office August 6, 1982 – October 1, 2009
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert D. Morgan
Succeeded by	James E. Shadid
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office 1991–1998
Preceded by	Harold A. Baker
Succeeded by	Joe Billy McDade
Personal details
Born	1943 (age 73–74) Amboy, Illinois
Alma mater	Loras College Saint Louis University School of Law

Michael Martin Mihm (born 1943 in Amboy, Illinois) is a Senior United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, with chambers in Peoria, Illinois. He became a judge in 1982 by way of nomination by President Ronald Reagan. In 2004, he received the USAID Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation for his work with the Russian judicial system.

Mihm grew up on a farm, and his mother was a school teacher. He graduated with a B.A. from Loras College in 1964 and received a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1967.

Mihm was an assistant prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri from 1967 to 1968; assistant state's attorney for Peoria County, Illinois from 1968 to 1969; and assistant corporation counsel for the City of Peoria from 1969 to 1972. He was State's Attorney of Peoria County from 1972 to 1980, then in private law practice in Peoria from 1980 until becoming a federal judge in 1982.

Mihm was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 27, 1982, to the seat vacated by Robert D. Morgan in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 5, 1982, and received his commission on August 6, 1982. Mihm served as the district's chief judge from 1991 to 1998.

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