Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner

Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner (born 1939) is a former United States federal judge, and in 2013 was listed as a NAFTA adjudicator.

Getzendanner was born in Chicago, Illinois. She received a B.B.A. from Loyola University Chicago in 1966 and a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1966. She was a law clerk for Julius J. Hoffman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1966 to 1968. Thereafter, she entered private practice in Chicago.

Getzendanner was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on June 4, 1980, to a new seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed on September 29, 1980, and received her commission on September 30, 1980. On September 30, 1987, she resigned and re-entered private practice.

She was the presiding judge in the second trial of Wilk v. American Medical Association (May/June 1987).

References

• Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1980–1987	Succeeded by George Michael Marovich