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Thomas Lee Kirsch, II
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- November 16, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 18, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 10, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- December 15, 2020
- Commissioned
- December 17, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1974, 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
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1999-2000, 2008-2017
- Law clerk, Hon. John D. Tinder, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2000-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 2001-2008
- Counsel to the assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2006-2007
- U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 2017-2020
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