LaShonda Annette Hunt at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 26, 2023–present
LaShonda Annette Hunt
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Regulatory outreach manager, Com Ed, Chicago, Illinois, 2009-2010
- Professional Career: Assistant general counsel, Exelon Business Services Company, Chicago, Illinois, 2007-2009
- Professional Career: General counsel, Illinois Department of Central Management Services, 2016
- Professional Career: Staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1998-2001
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, appellate advocacy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2005
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William J. Hibbler, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2001-2003
- Professional Career: Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1995-1998
- Professional Career: Chief legal counsel, Illinois Department of Corrections, 2015-2016
- Professional Career: Schools project director, Just the Beginning Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, 2006-2007
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2003-2005, 2010-2015
Judicial service
- Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois, 2017-present
Education
- University of Illinois · B.S., 1992
- University of Michigan Law School · J.D., 1995
Personal record
Born 1970 · Clarksdale
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13622031CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 3, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8794/lashonda-a-hunt/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts