Background
Shadur, Milton I. was born on June 25, 1924 in St. Paul. Son of Harris and Mary (Kaplan) Shadur.
Shadur, Milton I. was born on June 25, 1924 in St. Paul. Son of Harris and Mary (Kaplan) Shadur.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1943; Juris Doctor cum laude, University of Chicago, 1949.
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Shadur received a Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Chicago in 1943 and was a lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy during World World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He then received a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1949, entering private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1949 to 1980. On April 2, 1980, Shadur was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Hubert L. Will.
Shadur was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1980, and received his commission on May 23, 1980.
He assumed senior status on June 25, 1992. On January 29, 2010, a federal appeals court reviewing a decision by Shadur reversed it and remanded the case to a different judge, claiming that Shadur had been too lenient in sentencing a well-known former Chicago lawyer and politician to probation in a corruption case and had committed gross procedural errors.
On June 17, 2014, he was forced to remove himself from a case involving Michael Jordan after Jordan"s attorneys claimed in a court filing that the judge had “demeaned and disparaged” Jordan by characterizing the former Bulls superstar as greedy and attempting to bully him into reducing his damages claim. On November 14, 2014, a federal appeals court in Chicago tossed Shadur from a sex-bias case because of the “abruptness and irregularity” in handling the case as well as the “unmistakable (and to us incomprehensible) tone of derision that pervades his opinion” dismissing the plaintiff’s suit.
Chairman visiting committee University Chicago Law School, 1971-1976, member visiting committee, 1989-1992, 99-2002. Board directors Legal Assistance Foundation Chicago, 1972-1978. Trustee Village of Glencoe, 1969-1974, Ravinia Festival Association, 1976-1993, executive committee 1983-1993, vice chairman 1989-1993, life trustee, since 1994.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (special committee on youth education for citizenship 1975-1979), Illinois State Bar Association (joint committee on rules of judicial conduct 1974), Chicago Bar Association (chairman legislation committee 1963-1965, judicial committee 1970-1971, professional ethics committee 1975-1976, secretary 1967-1969), Chicago Council Lawyers, Order of Coif.
Married Eleanor Pilka, March 30, 1946. Children: Robert, Karen, Beth.