Lindsay C. Jenkins became a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago in February 2023. President Joseph R. Biden nominated Judge Jenkins to a seat on the bench in July 2022, and her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 14, 2023.

Born and raised in Cleveland, Judge Jenkins graduated from Miami of Ohio with a BS in Business Administration and is a summa cum laude graduate of CSU College of Law. Judge Jenkins started her legal career in Cleveland, first as a law clerk to the Honorable Solomon Oliver, Jr. and later as an Associate at Jones Day in Cleveland. She moved to Chicago in 2006 and spent 15 years as a Federal Prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. While a Federal Prosecutor, Judge Jenkins held a number of supervisory roles and by the end of her tenure, she was the Chief of the Criminal Division, supervising the work of approximately 150 prosecutors in nine criminal prosecution sections. Prior to taking the bench, she was a partner with the Law Firm Cooley, LLP in Chicago.