James Zagel, 'Renaissance man' judge who presided over Blagojevich, 'Family Secrets' trials, dies at 82
Zagel, 82, passed away Saturday after a long illness, according to a statement from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where he served for nearly 30 years with"trademark brilliance and unflappable demeanor."
The Chicago native and Harvard Law School graduate went on to serve in the Illinois attorney general's office, as director of the Illinois Department of Revenue and then, from 1980 to 1987, director of the Illinois State Police. He also presided over several trials involving corruption in Illinois politics, most notably those of Blagojevich, who Zagel sentenced to 14 years in prison following his conviction on more than a dozen charges in 2011.
"Judge James Zagel was not only a much-admired federal judge; he played one in the movies," Chief U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer said in the court's statement Sunday."Anyone who knew him could see why: he looked the part, and he truly inhabited the role, reflecting the best of the third branch in his wisdom, common sense, and dry wit.
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