Leonard P. Stark
Leonard P. Stark | |
|---|---|
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
| In office July 1, 2014 – July 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Gregory M. Sleet |
| Succeeded by | Colm Connolly |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
| Assumed office August 10, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Kent A. Jordan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonard Philip Stark July 5, 1969 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | University of Delaware (BA, BS, MA) Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil) Yale University (JD) |
Leonard Philip Stark (born July 5, 1969) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and was a United States Magistrate Judge of the same district.
Early life and education[]
Born in Detroit, Stark earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in history and political science and a Master of Arts in history from the University of Delaware, all in 1991.[1] Stark also earned a Doctor of Philosophy in politics from Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in 1993 as a Rhodes Scholar.[1] Finally, Stark earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1996.[1] From 1996 until 1997, Stark served as a law clerk to United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judge Walter King Stapleton.[1][2]
Professional career[]
From 1997 until 2001, Stark was an associate with the Wilmington, Delaware office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. From 2002 until 2007, Stark served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Wilmington.[1][2]
Federal judicial service[]
In 2007, the judges on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware selected Stark to be a United States Magistrate Judge in Wilmington.[2]
In January 2009, Stark submitted his resume to Vice President Joe Biden, expressing his interest in a federal district judgeship vacancy in Delaware. The following month, Stark submitted his information to United States Senator Tom Carper as well. After Stark underwent nearly a year of interviews with Carper, representatives from Carper's staff, representatives from the United States Department of Justice and the Office of White House Counsel,[citation needed], on March 17, 2010, President Obama nominated Stark to fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Kent A. Jordan to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2006.[3] On August 5, 2010, he was confirmed in the United States Senate by unanimous consent and he received commission on August 10, 2010. He became Chief Judge on July 1, 2014 and served until July 1, 2021.[2] Judge Leonard Stark has been considered a potential nominee for a federal judgeship in the Federal Circuit by President Joe Biden.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e President Obama Nominates Judge Leonard Stark and Amy Totenberg to the United States District Court Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, whitehouse.gov (March 17, 2010).
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Stark, Leonard Philip – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 3/17/2010, whitehouse.gov (March 17, 2010).
- ^ https://vettingroom.org/2021/08/23/where-we-stand-assessing-vacancies-and-nominations-in-the-federal-judiciary-the-atlantic-coast/
External links[]
- Leonard P. Stark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Leonard Stark at Ballotpedia
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American judges
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Delaware lawyers
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- People from Wilmington, Delaware
- American Rhodes Scholars
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- United States magistrate judges
- University of Delaware alumni
- University of Delaware faculty
- Yale Law School alumni