James Zagel

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James Block Zagel (born March 4, 1941 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American lawyer and current judge in the federal district court for the northern district of Illinois. He studied at the University of Chicago (BA; MA 1962) and at Harvard Law School (J / D /, 1963). Zagel gained widespread publicity for his conviction of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich .

Zagel was also responsible as a judge in other important trials . In 2005, the FBI operation “Family Secrets” resulted in various arrests. As a result, major mobsters - such as James Marcello , Joseph Lombardo , Paul Schiro and Frank Calabrese, but also Frank Schweihs and the former police officer Anthony Doyle - had to appear in front of Zagel . On February 5, 2009, Zagel pronounced a life sentence for Marcello for the murder of Anthony Spilotro .

Prior to his 1987 nomination as federal district judge by Ronald Reagan , Zagel served as assistant prosecutor in Cook County from 1965 to 1969 and then as assistant federal prosecutor for Illinois until 1977 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ilnd.uscourts.gov
  2. ↑ James Zagel on UPI.COM ( accessed on July 15, 2009)
  3. ↑ "Murders in Chicago: Aged Mafiosi in Court" by Katja Gelinsky in Washington on faz.net from June 21, 2007
  4. ↑ Former top mob boss Marcello gets life on www.chicagobreakingnews.com (English)
  5. ↑ Sentencing dates for Family Secrets 5 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on blogs.suntimes.com (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.suntimes.com

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personal data
SURNAME Zagel, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zagel, James Block
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois