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James Donald Peterson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Active service.
Confirmed 70 to 24Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 8, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 6, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 70 to 24
- Confirmed
- May 8, 2014
- Commissioned
- May 12, 2014
- 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
- Assistant professor, Department of Film, Television and Theatre, University of Notre Dame, 1986-1993
- Lecturer, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1994-1995
- Law clerk, Hon. David G. Deininger, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Madison, Wisconsin, 1999-2014
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