Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner (born July 24, 1939)
is a former
United States district judge
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of the
, and in 2013 was listed as a
NAFTA
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adjudicator.
Education and career
Getzendanner was born in
Chicago
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,
Illinois
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. She received a
Bachelor of Business Administration
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from
Loyola University Chicago
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in 1966 and a
Juris Doctor
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from
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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in 1966. She was a
law clerk
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for Judge
Julius Hoffman
Julius Jennings Hoffman (July 7, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He presided over the Chicago Seven ...
of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1966 to 1968. Thereafter, she entered private practice in Chicago.
Federal judicial service
Getzendanner was nominated by President
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...
on June 4, 1980, to a new seat on the
created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed on September 29, 1980, and received her commission on September 30, 1980. On September 30, 1987, she resigned and re-entered private practice.
Notable case
She was the presiding judge in the second trial of
Wilk v. American Medical Association (May/June 1987).
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1939 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
Loyola University Chicago School of Law alumni
20th-century American women judges