Lindsay Jenkins was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on February 14, 2023. Previously, she was a partner at Cooley LLP, where she had worked since 2021. Before that, she was an Assistant District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Jenkins served as a law clerk for Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 2002 to 2004. Jenkins received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, in 2002 and her B.A. from Miami University of Ohio in 1998.