Marvin Edward Aspen

Background

Aspen, Marvin Edward was born on July 11, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George Abraham and Helen (Adelson) Aspen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Loyola University, 1956; Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1958.

Career

Individual practice, Chicago, 1958-1959; draftsman joint commission to draft new Illinois criminal code, Chicago Bar Association-Illinois Bar Association, 1959-1960; assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1960-1963; assistant Corporate Counsel, City of Chicago, 1963-1971; private practice law, 1971; judge, Circuit Court Cook County, Illinois, 1971-1979; judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Illinois, Chicago, 1979-1995; chief judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Illinois, Chicago, since 1995. Edward Avery Harriman Adjunct Professor law Northwestern University Law School. Past chairman new judges, recent developers in criminal law, and evidence committees Illinois Judicial Conference, advisory board Institute Criminal Justice, John Marshall School Law.

Past member Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, Governor Illinois Advisory Commission Criminal Justice, Cook County Board Corrections. Past chairman associate rules committee Illinois Supreme Court, commission on ordinance violation problems. Past vice Chairman of Commission on pattern jury instrns. in criminal cases.

Lecturer at judicial conferences and trial advocacy programs nationally and internationally. Planner, participant in legal seminars at numerous schools including Harvard University, Emory University, U. Florida, University of Oxford (England), U. Bologna, Nuremberg (Germany) University, University Cairo, Egypt, U. Zimbabwe, U. Malta, U. ThePhilippines, U. Madrid. Past member Georgetown University Law Center Project on Plea Bargaining in the United States, special faculty NITA advanced Trial Advocacy Program introducing British trial techniques to experienced American litigators, special faculty of American Bar Association designed to acquaint Scottish lawyers with modern litigation and technical.

Frequent faculty member National Judiciary College, Federal Judicial Center, U. Nevada (Reno), National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Colorado. Board director Federal Judicial Center. Past member Judicial Conference Committee on Administration of the Bankruptcy System, Trial Bar Implementation Committee on Civility of the 7th Federal Circuit.

Executive Board Federal Judicial Center.

Achievements

• Marvin Edward Aspen has been listed as a reputable Federal judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past member visiting committee Northwestern University School Law, chairman advising committee for short courses (post law school educational program). Member visiting committee University of Chicago LawSch. Organizer, past president Northwestern University School of Law chapter Amincourt Program United States Judicial Conf.

Past member Cook County Board Corrections, John Howard Association With United States Air Force, 1958-1959. Trustee American Inns Court. Member American Bar Foundation (board directors), Judicature Society Illinois (past chairman committees), Chicago Bar Association (board of managers 1978-1979, past chairman criminal law committee, past board editors Chicago Bar Record, member of commission on criminal justice.coms. on continuing legal education, development of law, civil disorder and others), Illinois State Bar Association (past chairman public relations, corrections, fair trial/free press, criminal law committees, member others), Northwestern University Law Alumni Association (past president, Merit award), past member American Bar Association Board of Governors, member house delegations, past chairman exec committee, National Conference Federal Trial Judges, pastmem. county section litigation, past chairman, county section criminal justice, past co-chairman liason judicial committee section litigation, member jury comprehension study committee, president American Bar Association Museum.

Connections

Married Susan Alona Tubbs, December 18, 1966. Children: Jennifer Marion, Jessica Maile, Andrew Joseph.

Father:

George Abraham Aspen

Mother:

Helen (Adelson) Aspen

Spouse:

Susan Alona Tubbs

child:

Andrew Joseph Aspen

child:

Jessica Maile Aspen

child:

Jennifer Marion Aspen