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John R. Tunheim
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Senior status since December 1, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- July 10, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 28, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 26, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 22, 1995
- Commissioned
- December 26, 1995
- Senior status
- Since December 1, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1953, 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. Earl Larson, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1980-1981
- Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1981-1984
- Office of the Attorney General, State of Minnesota, 1984-1995; assistant attorney general and manager of Public Affairs Litigation Division, 1984-1985; solicitor general, 1985-1986; chief deputy attorney general, 1986-1995
- Adjunct professor, University of Minnesota Law School, 1994
- Chairman, Assassination Records Review Board, 1994-1995
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2021-2024
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