Franklin U. Valderrama

Franklin Ulyses Valderrama (born 1962)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Franklin U. Valderrama
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Assumed office
September 23, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byRubén Castillo
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
In office
2007 – September 23, 2020
Personal details
Born
Franklin Ulyses Valderrama

1962 (age 58–59)
Panama City, Panama
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Chicago (BA)
DePaul University College of Law (JD)

Education

Valderrama earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and his Juris Doctor from the DePaul University College of Law.[2]

Valderrama began his career at the Chicago office of Landau, Omahana & Kopka, where he was an associate for a year. He then worked at Sanchez, Daniels & Hoffman in Chicago, where his practice focused on trial litigation. He left the firm as a partner when he become a judge. He has also served as an adjunct professor at UIC John Marshall Law School, where he taught pre-trial civil litigation.[2]

State judicial service

From 2007 to 2020, Valderrama served as an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.[2] His state court service terminated when he became a federal district judge.

Federal judicial service

On February 5, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Valderrama to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On February 12, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Valderrama to the seat vacated by Judge Rubén Castillo, who retired on September 27, 2019.[3] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on June 24, 2020.[4] On July 30, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote.[5] The full Senate confirmed his nomination on September 17, 2020 by a 68–26 vote.[6] He received his judicial commission on September 23, 2020.

References
  1. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Franklin Valderrama
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee" White House, February 5, 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Fifteen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, February 12, 2020
  4. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 24, 2020
  5. Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 30, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  6. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Franklin Ulyses Valderrama, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois)" United States Senate, September 17, 2020
Legal offices
Preceded by
Rubén Castillo		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
2020–present		 Incumbent


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