Georgia N. Alexakis
American federal judge (born 1978)
Georgia Nick Alexakis (born 1978) is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Education
Alexakis earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 2000 and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2006. While at Harvard, Alexakis was managing editor of The Harvard Crimson.
Career
Between 2000 and 2003, Alexakis worked at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago, first as an associate and later as a consultant. From 2006 to 2007, she served as a law clerk for Judge Marsha Berzon of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The following year, she clerked for Judge Milton Shadur of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. From 2008 to 2012, Alexakis was an associate and then a partner at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP in Chicago. She worked as an assistant United States attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from 2013 to 2021, and again in the criminal division of that office from 2022 to 2024. Between 2021 and 2022, she was a partner at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, focusing on government enforcement, investigations, and white-collar criminal defense.
Federal judicial service
On February 21, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Alexakis to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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