2012, almost 84%, also making it the federal district with the most public corruption convictions in the nation between 1976 and 2012. Cases It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the nation. Famous cases have included those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight. Current judges : Vacancies and pending nominations Former judges Chief judges Succession of seats List of U.S. Attorneys since 1857 Augustus M. Herrington, 1857–1858 Henry S. Fitch, 1858–1861 Edwin C. Larned, 1861 Joseph O. Glover, 1869 Mark Bangs, 1875–1879 Joseph B. Seake, 1879–1884 Richard S. Tuthill, 1884–1886 William G. Ewing, 1886–1890 Thomas E. Milchrist, 1891–1893 Sherwood Dixon, 1893–1894 John C. Black, 1895–1899 Solomon H. Bethea, 1899–1905 Charles B. Morrison, 1905–1906 Edwin W. Sims, 1906–1911 James Herbert Wilkerson, 1911–1914 Charles F. Clyne, 1914–1922 Edwin A. Olson, 1922–1927 George E. Q. Johnson, 1927–1931 Dwight H. Green, 1931–1935 Michael L. Igoe, 1935–1938 William Joseph Campbell, 1938–1940 J. Albert Woll, 1940–1947 Otto Kerner Jr., 1947–1954 Irwin N. Cohen, 1954 Robert Tieken, 1954–1961 James P. O'Brien, 1961–1963 Frank E. McDonald, 1963–1964 Edward Hanrahan, 1964–1968 Tom Foran, 1968–1970 William J. Bauer, 1970–1971 James R. Thompson, 1971–1975 Samuel K. Skinner, 1975–1977 Thomas P. Sullivan, 1977–1981 Gregory C. Jones, 1981 Dan K. Webb, 1981–1985 Anton R. Valukas, 1985–1989 Ira A. Raphaelson, 1989–1990 Fred Foreman, 1990–1993 Michael J. Shepard, 1993 Jim Burns, 1993–1997 Scott R. Lassar, 1997–2001 Patrick Fitzgerald, 2001–2012 Gary S. Shapiro, 2012–2013 Zachary T. Fardon, 2013–2017 Joel R. Levin, 2017 John R. Lausch Jr., 2017–present See also Courts of Illinois List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Illinois References External links United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Official Website Office of Special Counsel, Northern District of Illinois Illinois, Northern District Organizations based in Illinois 1855 establishments in Illinois Chicago Rockford, Illinois Courthouses in Illinois Courts and tribunals established in 1855