Background
McGarr, Frank J. was born on February 25, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
McGarr, Frank J. was born on February 25, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Arts, 1942. Juris Doctor, 1950). Alpha Sigma Nu. Blue Key. Instructor, English and Public Speaking, Loyola University, 1946-1949.
Assistant Professor, Loyola University School of Law, 1950-1955.
Instructor, Legal Ethics, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 1983-1985. First Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District, Illinois, 1955-1958.
First Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1969-1970. Judge, United States District Court, Northern District, Illinois, 1970-1988.
Honorary Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1987.
McGarr served in the United States Army for the remainder of World World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He received a Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1950. McGarr was an Assistant to the president, Loyola University Chicago from 1946 to 1952.
He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1952 to 1954.
He was a First assistant United States. attorney of Northern District of Illinois from 1954 to 1958. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1958 to 1969.
He was a First assistant state attorney general of Illinois from 1969 to 1970. McGarr was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
McGarr was nominated by President Richard Nixon on September 22, 1970, to a new seat created by 84 Statistics
294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1970, and received his commission on October 14, 1970. He served as chief judge from 1981-1986.
He assumed senior status on June 30, 1986.
McGarr served in that capacity until January 15, 1988, due to retirement. After leaving the federal bench in 1988, McGarr went into private practice with the Chicago law firm of Phelan, Pope & John. In recent years, McGarr had suffered from Parkinson"s disease.
He died on January 6, 2012, at his home in Downers Grove, Illinois of complications from the disease.
Chairman law observance committee Chicago Crime Communications, vice president, board directors. Chairman Law Enforcement Week Committee. President Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1994.
Chairman Ill Governor's Communications on Death Penalty, 2000. Fellow: American College Trial Lawyers. Member: Society Trial Lawyers, Chicago Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (president chicago chapter 1962-1963, member executive committee), 7th Circuit Bar Association.
Married; 6 children.