Elaine E. Bucklo

Who is Elaine E. Bucklo?

Elaine E. Bucklo is a United States federal judge.

Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Bucklo received an A.B. from Saint Louis University in 1966 and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1972. She was a law clerk, Hon. Robert Sprecher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit from 1972 to 1973, and was thereafter in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 1978 and from 1980 to 1985, having been a visiting professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law from 1978 to 1980. She was then a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1985 to 1994.

On August 16, 1994, Bucklo was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by John A. Nordberg. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994.