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James B. Loken
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 10, 1990
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 5, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 11, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 12, 1990
- Commissioned
- October 17, 1990
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1940, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1965-1966
- Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1966-1967
- Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1967-1970, 1973-1990
- General counsel, President's Committee on Consumer Interests, 1970
- Staff assistant, President Richard M. Nixon, 1970-1972
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2003-2010
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