Background
Gettleman, Robert William was born on May 5, 1943 in Atlantic City. Son of Charles Edward and Beulah (Oppenheim) Gettleman.
Gettleman, Robert William was born on May 5, 1943 in Atlantic City. Son of Charles Edward and Beulah (Oppenheim) Gettleman.
Boston University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, cum laude, 1965). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1968).
Gettleman received a Bachelor of Surgery/Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 1965. He received a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1968. He was a Staff law clerk, United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit in 1968.
He was a law clerk, Honorary
Latham Castle, United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit from 1968 to 1969. He was a Law clerk, Honorary
Luther Swygert, United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit in 1970. Gettleman was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1970 to 1994.
He joined the firm of Doctorate"Ancona & Pflaum as an associate in the firm"s litigation department in 1970, and became a partner in 1974.
He remained with the firm until being appointed to the federal bench. Gettleman is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Gettleman was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 16, 1994, to a seat vacated by John F. Grady.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994.
Gettleman took senior status on May 5, 2009.
Board of directors Illinois division American Civil Liberties Union, 1973-1978. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, 7thFed.
Circuit Bar Association, Chicago Council Lawyers.
Married Joyce Reinitz, December 23, 1964. Children: Lynn Katheryn, Jeffrey Alan.