{{Short description|American judge (born 1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = James Shadid | honorific_suffix = | image = James Shadid (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Shadid in 2014 | office = 13th President of Bradley University | term_start = April 1, 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = Stephen Standifird | successor = | office1 = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | term_start1 = September 27, 2024 | term_end1 = April 1, 2025 | office2 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | term_start2 = March 12, 2012 | term_end2 = March 12, 2019 | predecessor2 = Michael P. McCuskey | successor2 = Sara Darrow | office3 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | term_start3 = March 10, 2011 | term_end3 = September 27, 2024 | appointer3 = Barack Obama | predecessor3 = Michael M. Mihm | successor3 = Jonathan E. Hawley | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|9|27}} | birth_place = Peoria, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Bradley University (BS)<br />{{nowrap|University of Illinois Chicago (JD)}} <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}
'''James Edward Shadid''' (born September 27, 1957) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, serving from 2011 to 2025. In April 2025, he was appointed as president of Bradley University.
==Early life and education==
Shadid was born in 1957 in Peoria, Illinois.<ref name=judicial_senate_questionnaire>[http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/111thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/JamesShadid-PublicQuestionnaire.pdf Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire: James Edward Shadid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205055541/http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/111thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/JamesShadid-PublicQuestionnaire.pdf |date=December 5, 2010 }}, (June 4, 2010).</ref> His father was George Shadid,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pjstar.com/photos/x401816400/Judge-James-Shadid-Sworn-In?foto=1 |title=Judge James Shadid sworn in |quote=U. S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., reaches in front of George Shadid Wednesday to shake the hand of Shadid's wife, Lorraine, after their son, newly sworn U. S. District Judge James Shadid, gave most of the credit for his opportunity to his mother. |last=Zalaznik |first=David |date=April 27, 2011 |work=PJStar.com |location=Peoria, Illinois |access-date=October 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193926/http://www.pjstar.com/photos/x401816400/Judge-James-Shadid-Sworn-In?foto=1 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> who eventually became sheriff of Peoria County, Illinois, and an Illinois state senator.<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1993–1994, Biographical Sketch of George Shadid, pg. 111</ref> Shadid earned a Bachelor of Science from Bradley University in 1979 and his Juris Doctor from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, then known as the John Marshall Law School, in 1983.<ref name=whgov_20100527>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-names-two-united-states-district-court-52710 President Obama Names Two to United States District Court, 5/27/10], ''whitehouse.gov'' (May 27, 2010).</ref><ref name="fjc.gov">{{FJC Bio|nid=1393631|inline=yes}}</ref>
== Career ==
Shadid was in private practice from 1983 to 2001, additionally acting as part-time public defender in Peoria County from 1986 to 2001 and a commissioner of the Illinois Court of Claims from 1996 to 2001.<ref name=whgov_20100527/> In December 2001, Shadid was appointed to the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois.<ref name=pjstar_20100226>Andy Kravetz, [http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1570102470/Judge-James-Shadid-nominated-for-federal-judge-position Shadid recommended for federal bench], ''Peoria Journal Star'' (February 26, 2010).</ref> He was primarily in felony court, with other work in misdemeanor and civil court.<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref name="hilltopics10summer">{{cite journal | url = http://www.bradley.edu/hilltopics/10summer/profiles/index.shtml#shadid | title = Obama nominates former baseball MVP for federal bench | date = Summer 2010 | volume = 16 | issue = 3 | journal = Hilltopics | publisher = Bradley University | location = Peoria, Illinois | archive-date = April 30, 2011 | access-date = October 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110430110547/http://www.bradley.edu/hilltopics/10summer/profiles/index.shtml#shadid | url-status = dead }}</ref>
=== Federal judicial service ===
On May 27, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Shadid to replace Judge Michael Mihm on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.<ref name=whgov_20100527/><ref name="hilltopics10summer"/> On March 7, 2011, he was confirmed by the Senate by an 89–0 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00032.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation James E. Shadid, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois)|website=senate.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm |title=Judicial Nominations and Confirmations: 112th Congress |website=judiciary.senate.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108213625/http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm |archive-date=January 8, 2011}}</ref> He received his commission on March 10, 2011.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> Shadid served as the chief judge of the Central District from March 12, 2012, to March 12, 2019;<ref name="fjc.gov"/> he was sworn in by his predecessor Judge Michael P. McCuskey.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://illinoisstate.edu/trustees/mccuskey.shtml | title = Michael McCuskey – Board Chair | publisher = Illinois State University | location = Normal, Illinois | access-date = March 16, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120505193229/http://illinoisstate.edu/trustees/mccuskey.shtml | archive-date = May 5, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1569573780/James-Shadid-takes-oath-as-chief-judge | title = Shadid takes oath as chief judge | work = Peoria Journal Star | date = March 13, 2012 | page = B1 | publisher = GateHouse Media | location = Peoria, Illinois | access-date = March 15, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Illinois State University's Trustee biography says that McCuskey's chief judge term started on December 14, 2004; Kravetz in the ''Peoria Journal Star'' says "since 2005".</ref> He assumed senior status on September 27, 2024. Shadid retired from active service on April 1, 2025.<ref name="fjc.gov" />
=== Bradley University === The Bradley University Board of Trustees appointed Shadid the president of the university to replace Stephen Standifird. Shahid assumed the role on April 1, 2025.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schopp|first=Collin|title=Federal judge James Shadid named next president of Bradley University|date=March 14, 2025|newspaper=NPR Illinois|access-date=March 17, 2025|url=https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-03-14/federal-judge-james-shadid-named-next-president-of-bradley-university}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{FJC Bio|nid=1393631}} *{{Ballotpedia|James_E._Shadid}}
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