Donald Cassling '76 Appointed to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Donald Cassling, '76, has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Immediately before taking the bench, Cassling worked as a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP who handled bankruptcy and commercial litigation.

Cassling, 61, earned an undergraduate degree at Duke University and a law degree at the University of Chicago Law School.

After finishing law school, Cassling served as a law clerk to the late Chief Judge John R. Brown of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Cassling previously was a partner at Jenner & Block LLP.