14 Facts About Ilana Rovner

Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Ilana Rovner was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ilana Rovner was born in Riga, Latvia to middle-class Jewish parents.

Ilana Rovner earned her Artium Baccalaureus degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1960.

Ilana Rovner studied at King's College London for one year and attended Georgetown University Law Center for two years before moving to Chicago.

Ilana Rovner received a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1966.

Ilana Rovner was a legal researcher for Richard J Phelan of Chicago, Illinois in 1971.

Ilana Rovner was a law clerk for Judge James Benton Parsons of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1972 to 1973.

Ilana Rovner was an assistant United States attorney of the Northern District of Illinois from 1973 to 1977, serving as Deputy Chief of the Public Protection Unit from 1975 to 1976 and chief of the Public Protection Unit from 1976 to 1977.

Ilana Rovner was a deputy governor and legal counsel for Governor James R Thompson of Illinois from 1977 to 1984.

Ilana Rovner was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12,1984, and received commission the same day.

Ilana Rovner's service was terminated on August 17,1992, due to elevation to the court of appeals.

Ilana Rovner was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 12,1992, and received her commission on August 17,1992.

On January 12,2024, Ilana Rovner informed President Joe Biden that she would be assuming senior status upon confirmation of her successor.