Joe Birkett

Cook County State's Attorney Joseph E. Birkett is an appellate court judge on the Illinois Appellate Court – Second District. He was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in December 2010, and was subsequently elected to a full term in November 2012. His current term runs through December 2032. Prior to being elevated to the bench, Justice Birkett was the State's Attorney of DuPage County, an office he had held since 1996. ^{Joe Birkett, American lawyer, judge, and politician}

13 February 1955

Born on the same birth day (13 February): Alfred Carlton Gilbert • Aqib Talib • Barbara von Annenkoff • Bogdan Tanjević • Bryan Thomas Schmidt • Gerald Regan • Hal Chase • Joyce DiDonato • Margaretta Scott • Memphis Depay • Rufus Wilmot Griswold • Todd Williams • William Sleator

Born in the same month (February 1955): Alain Prost • Bob Schreck • Bruno Stolorz • Charles Shaughnessy • Chet Lemon • Christopher McDonald • David Axelrod (political consultant) • Flip Saunders • Gilbert Gottfried • Greg Norman • Janice Dickinson • Jimmy Pursey • John Kuester • Michael Pollan • Miguel Ferrer • Mike Heath (baseball) • Mikuláš Dzurinda • Tim Young (ice hockey) • Tom LaGarde