Joan N. Ericksen
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Joan N. Ericksen | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
Assumed office October 15, 2019 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
In office May 1, 2002 – October 15, 2019 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Paul A. Magnuson |
Succeeded by | Katherine M. Menendez |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Paul, Minnesota | October 11, 1954
Education | St. Olaf College (BA) University of Minnesota Law School (JD) |
Joan N. Ericksen (born October 11, 1954) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Early life and education[]
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ericksen graduated from St. Olaf College with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 and later from University of Minnesota Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1981.
Legal career[]
Ericksen began her legal career working in private practice from 1981 to 1983. She was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 1983 to 1993. She was in private practice in Minnesota from 1993 to 1995. She was a judge on the 4th Judicial District Court for Hennepin County, Minnesota, from 1995 to 1998. She was an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1998 to 2002.[1]
Federal judicial career[]
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Ericksen was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002 to a seat vacated by Paul A. Magnuson. Ericksen was confirmed by the Senate by a 99–0 vote on April 25, 2002 and received her commission on May 1, 2002. She assumed senior status on October 15, 2019.
References[]
- ^ Minnesota State Law Library-Joan Ericksen Lancaster Archived 2014-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Joan N. Ericksen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1954 births
- Living people
- American women judges
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- Minnesota state court judges
- Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court
- St. Olaf College alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- 21st-century American judges
- University of Minnesota Law School alumni
- 21st-century women judges
- 21st-century American women