Magistrate Judge M. David Weisman was appointed to the bench on June 16, 2016.

Judge Weisman pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, where he earned a B.S. in Commerce with distinction. He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, where he received a J.D. with honors.

After graduating, he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he was a special agent. After serving in the Federal Bureau of Investigation for four years, Judge Weisman joined Glasser & Glasser PLC in Norfolk, Virginia. Judge Weisman then served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago. There, his duties included working in a program that combated drug and gang activity in the Englewood and Bronzeville neighborhoods, through the enforcement of quality-of-life municipal ordinances. Judge Weisman then served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 2001 to 2012, where he served in several supervisory positions, and focused his prosecutorial efforts on gun and gang prosecutions, as well as restorative justice initiatives. Prior to his appointment, Judge Weisman was a partner at Miller Shakman & Beem, where he focused on various areas of federal litigation, and was also a partner at Katten Muchin and Rosenman from 2012 to 2014. He handled criminal and civil matters, including internal corporate investigations.