Edmond E-Min Chang
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Edmond E-Min Chang is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in 1994. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1970 · age 56
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan 1991 · Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1994
- Succeeded
- Elaine E. Bucklo
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern District of Illinois succeeded Elaine E. Bucklo | Obama (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of Michigan | B.S.E. | 1991 |
| Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) | J.D. | 1994 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Chang was assigned 4,908 district-court cases (1969–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 142 days across 4,283 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 161 of Chang’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 130 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 7 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Chang authored 2 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Saban v. Caremark RX, L.L.C. (15 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Saban v. Caremark RX, L.L.C. | 780 F. Supp. 2d 700 | 15 |
| 2011 | Whitmore v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc. | 798 F. Supp. 2d 917 | 7 |
Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Edmond E-Min Chang?
- President Barack Obama appointed Edmond E-Min Chang to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2010.
- Was Edmond E-Min Chang appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edmond E-Min Chang was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edmond E-Min Chang's confirmation vote?
- Edmond E-Min Chang was confirmed by voice vote on December 18, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Edmond E-Min Chang on?
- Edmond E-Min Chang is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/_assets/_news/Judicial%20Firsts%20Flyer.pdf (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).