Paul Plunkett, 82, passed away March 19, 2018. After graduating from Loyola Academy, then in Chicago, Plunkett went on to Harvard University, completing his undergraduate degree in 1957 and earning a law degree in 1960. He returned to Chicago and joined the law firm now known as Mayer Brown. He left there a few years later to join the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of Illinois. As an assistant U.S. attorney, he helped to obtain the conviction of Teamsters leader Hoffa on fraud charges in 1964. One of the high-profile trials over which he presided was a jury trial that resulted in the 1996 conviction of eight members or associates of the Gangster Disciples. In 1966, he joined his father's firm, McMahon & Plunkett, as a partner. In 1978, he returned to Mayer Brown as a partner. He was nominated to the bench in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in late 1982 by President Ronald Reagan, was confirmed and began his work on the bench in early 1983. Plunkett moved to senior status with the District Court in 1998, reducing his caseload but continuing to hear cases until about ten years ago. In addition to his long career as a judge, Plunkett taught students at John Marshall Law School and Loyola University Chicago School of Law in Chicago and at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU. In addition to his son, Plunkett is survived by his wife, Martha, his other three sons, a sister, a brother and ten grandchildren. A family service will be private. (Source: ASU Foundation)