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Diane S. Sykes
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Senior status since October 1, 2025.
Confirmed 70 to 27Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 14, 2003
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 11, 2004
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 11, 2004
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 70 to 27
- Confirmed
- June 24, 2004
- Commissioned
- July 1, 2004
- Senior status
- Since October 1, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1957, 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. Terence T. Evans, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1984-1985
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1985-1992
- Judge, Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, 1992-1999
- Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1999-2004
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2020-2025
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