Early Life
Lefkow was born in Nemaha County, Kansas. She attended Wheaton College in Illinois as an undergraduate, and obtained her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at Northwestern University law school in 1971. After graduation, she became a law clerk for Thomas E. Fairchild. From 1982 to 1997 she was a United States Magistrate Judge, and from 1997 to 2000 a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
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