Know Your Judge: Jorge L. Alonso

This week in Know Your Judge, we feature Judge Jorge L. Alonso of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Alonso took the bench in 2014 after being nominated by then-President Barack Obama. Born in Cuba, Alonso obtained his J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1991.

Last week, Alonso handed acomplete victory to Northwestern Universityin alawsuit challenginghow the university managed its workers’ retirement savings. In ruling against the workers, Alonso held that their theory—that certain investment options in their retirement plan lineup were imprudent because there were better ones—was “paternalistic.” ...