Robert Michael Dow Jr.

Robert Michael Dow Jr. (born 1965) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Dow received a B.A. from Yale University in 1987, a D. Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1990, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993. He was a law clerk, Hon. Joel Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1993 to 1994. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1995 to 2007.

On July 17, 2007, Dow was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Charles P. Kocoras. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 13, 2007, and received his commission on December 5, 2007.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent. Closing the locks could undermine commerce and pose flood-control problems.

Sources

Robert Michael Dow Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Charles Petros Kocoras	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 2007–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

C. Illinois	Shadid Myerscough Darrow Bruce

N. Illinois	Castillo Norgle Pallmeyer Kennelly Darrah St. Eve Der-Yeghiayan Kendall Kapala Darrow Dow Feinerman Coleman Chang Lee Tharp Durkin Ellis Wood Shah Alonso Blakey 1 seat vacant

S. Illinois	Reagan Herndon Rosenstengel Yandle

N. Indiana	Simon Springmann Van Bokkelen DeGuilio 1 seat vacant

S. Indiana	Magnus-Stinson Young Lawrence Pratt 1 seat vacant

E. Wisconsin	Griesbach Stadtmueller Adelman Pepper 1 seat vacant

W. Wisconsin	Conley Peterson

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