Zagel, James, 1941-2023
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Name (Latin)
Zagel, James, 1941-2023
Other forms of name
nnea Zagel, James, 1941-
Date of birth
1941-03-04
Date of death
2023-07-15
Associated country
Chicago (Ill.)
United States
Other associated place
Cook County (Ill.)
Field of activity
Law
Associate group
Illinois. Judicial Inquiry Board
Illinois. Judicial Inquiry Board (1973 - 1973)
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission (1977 - 1977)
Illinois. Department of Revenue
Illinois. Department of Revenue (1979 - 1979)
Illinois State Police
Illinois State Police (1980 - 1980)
United States. District Court (Illinois : Northern District)
United States. District Court (Illinois : Northern District) (1987)
United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (2008 - 2008)
Occupation
Lawyers (1965 - 1987)
Judges
(1987)
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
James Block
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Confessions and interrogations after Miranda, 1970.
- James Block Zagel, born 1941 in Chicago, Illinois; judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; confirmed by the Senate on April 21, 1987; assumed senior status on October 21, 2016; judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2008-2015; B.A., M.A., University of Chicago, 1962; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1965; assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1965-1969; assistant attorney general, State of Illinois, 1969-1977; deputy chief, Criminal Justice Division, 1969-1970; chief, Criminal Justice Division, 1970-1977; chief prosecutor, Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board, 1973-1975; chief assistant attorney general, State of Arizona, 1975; executive director, Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, 1977-1979; director, Illinois Department of Revenue, 1979-1980; chairman, Illinois Governor's Advisory Counsel on Criminal Justice Legislation, 1980-1987; director, Illinois State Police, 1980-1987 ( (Biographical directory of federal judges, viewed July 29, 2019) )
- James Block Zagel, born March 4, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois; senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and a novelist; played a Chicago judge in 1989 movie "Music box" and a physician in the 1991 movie "Homicide" under the stage name of J.S. Block ( (Wikipedia, viewed July 29, 2019) )
- Zagel, James Block; born March 4, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois; died July 15, 2023 ( (Biographical directory of Article III federal judges, 1789-present, viewed July 17, 2023) )
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James B. Zagel, U.S. District Court Judge
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
James Block Zagel (March 4, 1941 – July 15, 2023) was an American judge and attorney. After a stint as a prosecutor, he became a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1987, assuming senior status in 2016. He presided over numerous high-profile trials, including those of several members of the Chicago Outfit and the corruption trial of former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Zagel also sat on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2008 to 2015.
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