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Joshua Paul Kolar
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 66 to 25Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 8, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 66 to 25
- Confirmed
- January 30, 2024
- Commissioned
- January 31, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1976, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2003-2005, 2006-2007
- Law clerk, Hon. Wayne R. Andersen, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2005-2006
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 2007-2018; national security lead and antiterrorism advisory council coordinator, 2015-2018
- U.S. Navy Reserve (formerly U.S. Naval Reserve) (highest rank: lieutenant commander), 2009-2014, 2015-
- U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2014-2015
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