ORAL HISTORIES OF JUDGES FROM THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
THAT HAVE BEEN COMPILED, BOUND AND ADDED TO THE
CIRCUIT LIBRARY COLLECTION AS OF November, 2016
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2012. Pages 60 (Plus 23 Pages of Appendices).
2. / The Oral History of Judge Harold A. Baker
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, CDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2011. Pages 118.
3. / The Oral History of Judge Sarah Evans Barker
Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2010. Pages 72.
4. / The Oral History of Judge William L. Beatty
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1977. Pages 44.
5. / The Oral History of Judge Gene E. Brooks
Retired Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2000. Pages 52.
6. / The Oral History of Judge William J. Campbell
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewers: Rayman L. Solomon, Director of the Court History Project, and Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1984. Pages: 84.
7. / The Oral History of Judge John L. Coffey
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2007. Pages. 83.
8. / The Oral History of Judge Basil H. Coutrakon
Senior Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, CDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1994. Pages 65.
9. / The Oral History of Judge Richard D. Cudahy
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2010. Pages. 164.
10. / The Oral History of Judge Thomas J. Curran
Judge, U.S. District Court, EDWI.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2004. Pages: 98.
11. / The Oral History of Thomas Decker & The History of the Northern District of Illinois
Federal Defender Program
Former Deputy Director of the Federal Defender for the Northern District of Illinois.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2009. Pages: 30 (Oral History) & 54. (History of the Federal Defender Program).
12. / The Oral History of Judge S. Hugh Dillin
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1994. Pages: 102.
13. / The Oral History of Michael Dobbins
Clerk, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2011. Pages: 52.
14. / The History of Judge James Doyle
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, EDWI.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2013. Pages: 45 (Plus 75 pages of Appendix).
15. / The Oral History of Judge Thomas E. Fairchild
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1992. Pages: 89.
16. / The Oral History of Judge James L. Foreman
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1996. Pages: 32.
17. / The Oral History of Judge J. Phil Gilbert
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2014. Pages 95 (Plus 13 pages of Appendix).
18. / The Oral History of Judge Aaron E. Goodstein
Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, EDWI.
Interviewer: Maria Kreiter, Shareholder Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Year of Interview: 2011. Pages: 38.
19. / The Oral History of Judge Myron L. Gordon
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, EDWI.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1998. Pages: 68.
20. / The Oral History of Judge John F. Grady
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2001. Pages: 82.
21. / The Oral History of Judge Robert A. Grant
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1988. Pages: 166.
22. / The Oral History of Judge Charles P Kocoras
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2015. Pages: 103.
23. / The Oral History of Judge Arlander Keys
Retired Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: J. Phil Gilbert, Senior Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
Year of Interview: 2014. Pages 126 (Plus 13 Pages of Appendices).
24. / The Oral History of Judge William C. Lee
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2011. Pages: 79.
25. / The Oral History of Judge George Neves Leighton
Retired Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2001. Pages: 193.
26. / The Oral History of Retired Federal Defender Program Director Terence MacCarthy &
The History of the Northern District of Illinois Federal Defender Program
Retired Federal Defender, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2009. Pages: 67 (Oral History) & 54. (History of the Federal Defender Program).
27. / The Oral History of Judge P. Michael Mahoney
Retired Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2014. Pages: 147.
28. / The Oral History of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1992 – 1997. Pages: 268 (Plus 103 Pages of Appendices).
29. / The Oral History of Judge Joe Billy McDade
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, CDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2011. Pages: 102.
30. / The Oral History of Judge Frank J. McGarr
Retried Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
nterviewers: Margaret D. McGarr, his wife, Bill McGarr, one of his sons, and Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2009. Pages: 95.
31. / The Oral History of Judge Larry J. McKinney
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIN.
Interviewer: Tim A Baker, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Year of Interview: 2009. Pages: 85.
32. / The Oral History of Judge Kenneth J. Meyers
Retired Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, SDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1999. Pages: 105.
33. / The Oral History of Judge Richard H. Mills
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, CDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1998. Pages: 77.
34. / The Oral History of Judge James T. Moody
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2016. Pages 68.
35. / The Oral History of Judge James B. Moran
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2006. Pages: 70 (Plus 44 Pages of Appendices).
36. / The Oral History of Judge G. Patrick Murphy
Retired Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2014. Pages: 78.
37. / The Unfinished Oral History of District Judge James Benton Parsons
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1996. Pages: 222.
38. / The Oral History of Judge Wilbur F. Pell, Jr.
Senior Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1994. Pages: 70.
39. / The Oral History of Judge John W. Reynolds
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, EDWI.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1997. Pages: 56 (Plus 2 Pages of Appendices).
40. / The Oral History of Judge Robert K. Rodibaugh
Senior Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, NDIN.
Interviewer: Harry C. Dees, Jr., U. S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Indiana
Year of Interview: 1997. Pages: 47.
41. / The Oral History of Judge Stanley J. Roszkowski
Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2010. Pages. 183.
42. / The Oral History of Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Years of Interview: 2003 & 2013. Pages: 147 (Plus 8 Pages of Appendices).
43. / The Oral History of Judge John Schwartz
Senior Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2006. Pages: 109.
44. / The Oral History of Judge Jeanne E. Scott
Retired Judge, U.S. District Court, CDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2011. Pages: 86.
45. / The Oral History of Judge Milton I. Shadur
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2008. Pages: 78.
46. / The Oral History of Judge Allen Sharp
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2007. Pages: 71.
47. / The Oral History of Judge William E. Steckler
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIN.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1987. Pages: 201.
48. / The Oral History of Judge William D. Stiehl
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, SDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2002. Pages: 93.
49. / The Oral History of Judge Luther M. Swygert
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewers: Rayman L. Solomon, Director of the Court History Project, and Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1985. Pages: 331.
The Unfinished Oral History of Judge Robert W. Warren
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, EDWI.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1998. Pages: 41 (Plus an 11page Epilogue).
51. / The Oral History of Judge Eugene R. Wedoff
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 2015. Pages: 67.
52. / The Unfinished Oral History of Judge Hubert L. Will
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, NDIL.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1995. Pages: 28 (Plus 23 Pages of Appendices).
53. / The Oral History of Judge Harlington Wood, Jr.
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Interviewer: Collins T. Fitzpatrick, Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Year of Interview: 1977. Pages: 72.
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Our collection also includes three Oral Histories that were not produced by the Seventh Circuit Personnel:
Indiana State Bar Association Oral History Program – Interview with Sarah Evans Barker
Interviewer: Judge Nancy Vaidik, Court of Appeals of Indiana
Years of Interview: 2009 & 2010.
Oral History – Hon. William J. Campbell (March 19, 1905 – October 18, 1988)
Interviewer: David Adair, Jr., Federal Judicial Center
Year of Interview: 1982.
Wisconsin Historical Society – An Oral History Interview with Dick Cudahy
Interviewer: Anita Hecht, Wisconsin Historical Society
Year of Interview: 2008
Items Peripheral to Oral History Project:
In Remembrance of Judge William L. Beatty 1925 – 2001
Photocopy of Letters to Jeanne (Mrs. William L.) Beatty
The Life of The Honorable Ihlenfeldt, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Author-Compiler: Hon. Dale E. Ihlenfeldt, Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin
The Life of The Honorable Robert E. Tehan, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin (1905 – 1975)
Author-Compiler: Hon. Dale E. Ihlenfeldt, Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin
An Unmarked Trail: The Odyssey of a Federal Judge
Author: Hon. Harlington Wood, Jr.
Dated: November 10, 2016Page 8 of 8Oral Histories– 7th Circuit