Biggert, Judy, 1937-

Judith Borg Biggert (born August 15, 1937) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, she served as U.S. Representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district, serving from 1999 to 2013. Prior to serving in Congress, she served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998. After leaving Congress, she was appointed to serve on the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board.

Born Judith Gail Borg in Chicago, she was raised in Wilmette, graduating from New Trier High School before attending Stanford University, where she received a B.A. in international relations in 1959. She then attended Northwestern University School of Law where she was an editor of the Northwestern University Law Review from 1961 to 1963, earned a J.D. in 1963, then clerked for federal judge Luther Merritt Swygert of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1963 to 1964. Biggert left her federal court law clerkship to have her children, but later did some legal work from her home for family and friends on wills, trusts, and real estate. She served on numerous boards of voluntary and civic organizations.

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