Appointed for a fourteen year term of office pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 152 on October 1, 1986; reappointed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on December 14, 1999 to a second 14-year term beginning October 1, 2000. Term expires 2014. Elevated to Chief Bankruptcy Judge on July 20, 1998.

University of Illinois B.A., 1969; The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1973.

Consumer Protection Division, Litigation Section, 1977-1978; Office of the Illinois Attorney General; Chief, Consumer Protection Division, 1978-1983; Assistant Attorney General; United States Trustee, Northern District of Illinois, 1983-1986

American College of Bankruptcy; Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Inn of Court; Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Federal Judicial Training Center, Law Faculty; Practicing Law Institute;  National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America, Executive Council, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section; Lawyers Club of Chicago; Nordic Law Club.

Married to Peter R. Sonderby.