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Joseph S. Van Bokkelen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Senior status since September 29, 2017.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 9, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 11, 2007
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 3, 2007
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 28, 2007
- Commissioned
- July 18, 2007
- Senior status
- Since September 29, 2017
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, 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
- Deputy attorney general, State of Indiana, 1969-1970
- Assistant attorney general, State of Indiana, 1971-1972
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1972-1975
- Private practice, Indiana, 1975-2001
- U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 2001-2007
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