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Edmond Chang
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Born in New York, New York to immigrants from Taiwan, Chang earned a bachelor"s degree in aerospace engineering in 1991 from the University of Michigan and a law degree in 1994 from Northwestern University School of Law. From 1994 until 1995, Chang served as a law clerk for United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge James L. Ryan. From 1995 until 1997, Chang served as a law clerk for United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Judge Marvin East. Aspen.
In 1999, Chang became an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago, serving as a Deputy Chief of General Crimes from 2004 until 2005 and as the Chief of Appeals for the Criminal Division from 2005 until late 2010.
In 2009, Chang submitted an application to an Illinois screening committee for one of three federal district judgeship vacancies. On April 21, 2010, President Obama nominated Chang to a federal judgeship to fill the seat vacated by Judge Elaine East. Bucklo, who assumed senior status on October 31, 2009.
On December 18, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed Chang by unanimous consent. He received his commission on December 20, 2010.
Chang lives in Northbrook, Illinois.
