Gretchen S. Lund | |
---|---|
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | |
Assumed office January 29, 2024 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Jon DeGuilio |
Judge of the Elkhart County Superior Court | |
In office 2015 –January 29,2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gretchen Suzanne Hess 1975 (age 48–49) Elkhart,Indiana,U.S. |
Political party | Republican [1] |
Education | Butler University (BA) Valparaiso University (JD) |
Gretchen Suzanne Lund (born 1975) [2] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Elkhart County Superior Court from 2015 to 2024.
Lund received a Bachelor of Arts from Butler University,cum laude,in 1998 and a Juris Doctor,summa cum laude,from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2001. [3]
From 2001 to 2002,Lund was an associate at Ice Miller LLP in Indianapolis,Indiana. From 2002 to 2006,she served as a law clerk for then U.S. Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. From 2006 to 2007,she served as a deputy prosecutor in the Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. From 2008 to 2014,she served as a judge on the Goshen City Court. From 2015 to 2024,she served as a judge of the Elkhart County Superior Court. [3] She was elected as a Republican in 2014 and won a second six-year term in 2020. [4]
In 2022,Governor Eric Holcomb considered appointing Lund to the Indiana Supreme Court. [5]
On November 15,2023,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lund to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. On November 27,2023,her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Lund to the seat vacated by Judge Jon DeGuilio,who assumed senior status on July 17,2023. [6] [7] On December 13,2023,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [8] On January 3,2024,her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate [9] and she was renominated on January 8,2024. [10] On January 18,2024,her nomination was reported out of committee by a 20–1 vote. [11] [12] On January 25,2024,the Senate confirmed her nomination by an 87–6 vote. [13] She received her judicial commission on January 29,2024. [14]
Ramona Villagomez Manglona is the Chief United States district judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Her term ended on July 28,2021. She was nominated for reappointment in September 2023.
Florence Yu Pan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 2021 to 2022 and a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2009 to 2021.
Claria Denise Horn Boom is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. She is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Maria Araújo Kahn is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She previously served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 2017 to 2023.
Jacqueline Scott Corley is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She served as a United States Magistrate Judge of the same court from 2011 to 2022.
Loren Linn AliKhan is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since 2023. She previously served as an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 2022 to 2023 as well as the solicitor general of the District of Columbia from 2018 to 2022.
Bridget Meehan Brennan is an American lawyer from Ohio who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She served as acting United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2021 to 2022.
Georgette Castner is an American lawyer from New Jersey who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Julie Rebecca Rubin is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She served as Maryland state court judge from 2013 to 2022.
Cristina Dionne Silva is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Arianna Julia Freeman is an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Ana Isabel de Alba is an American attorney who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California from 2022 to 2023.
President Joe Biden began his presidency with fewer vacancies to fill than his predecessor. He pledged to nominate people with diverse backgrounds and professional experience;further he pledged to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Doris Lenea Pryor is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2022. She served as a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Indiana from 2018 to 2022.
Kai Niambi Scott is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2023.
Charnelle Marie Bjelkengren is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Spokane County Superior Court since 2019. She is a former nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Jennifer Lynne Hall is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware since 2024. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2019 to 2024.
Joshua Paul Kolar is an American lawyer from Indiana who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 2019. He is the designate to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Jacquelyn Denise Austin is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina since 2024. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2011 to 2024.
Cristal C. Brisco is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court from 2021 to 2024.