Gregory Haanstad | |
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United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | |
Assumed office September 19, 2022 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Matthew Krueger |
Acting | |
In office 2016–2018 | |
Preceded by | James Santelle |
Succeeded by | Matthew Krueger |
Personal details | |
Education | University of Wisconsin,La Crosse (BS) University of Wisconsin (JD) |
Gregory Haanstad is an American attorney who is serving as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. In 2022,he was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate after being nominated by President Joe Biden.
Haanstad received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin,La Crosse in 1995 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude ,from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2000. [1]
Haanstad served as a law clerk for magistrate judge William E. Callahan Jr. on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 2000 to 2002. Beginning in 2002,he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. [1] He became first assistant to U.S. attorney James Santelle in 2010. [2]
He was appointed to the post on an acting basis on August 1,2015,and served in that capacity until 2016. [3] He was previously United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 2016 to 2018.
In May 2021,his name was among five lawyers who was submitted to the White House by senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson. [4] On June 6,2022,President Joe Biden nominated Haanstad to be the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. [5] On July 28,2022,his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a voice vote. [6] On September 13,2022,his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote. [7] He was sworn in on September 19,2022. [8]
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