# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-zagel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:58:26.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-zagel"
name: "James Zagel"
slug: "james-zagel"
description: "James Block Zagel was an American judge and attorney. After a stint as a prosecutor, he became a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1987, assuming senior status in 2016. He presided over numerous high-profile trials, including those of several members of the Chicago Outfit and the corruption trial of former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Zagel also sat on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2008 to 2015."
tagline: "United States district judge (1941-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_B._Zagel%2C_U.S._District_Court_Judge.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1941-03-04"
deathDate: "2023-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.54
  momentum:             1.810344827586207
  historical:           4.415768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چيمس زاجيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Zagel"
    title: "James Zagel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Zagel"
    title: "James Zagel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Zagel"
    title: "James Zagel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%84"
    title: "جیمز زیگل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1681335"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump