James B. Loken | |
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
In office April 1, 2003 –March 31, 2010 | |
Preceded by | David R. Hansen |
Succeeded by | William J. Riley |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
Assumed office October 17,1990 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Gerald Heaney |
Personal details | |
Born | Madison,Wisconsin,U.S. | May 21,1940
Spouse | Caroline Loken [1] |
Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BS) Harvard University (LLB) |
James Burton Loken (born May 21,1940) is an American lawyer serving since 1990 as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Loken earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1962 and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1965. After law school,he clerked for Judge J. Edward Lumbard of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1965 to 1966 and for Justice Byron White of the United States Supreme Court from 1966 to 1967. [2]
Loken was in private practice in Minneapolis,Minnesota,from 1967 to 1970. He was General Counsel to the President's Committee on Consumer Interests in 1970 and a staff assistant to President Richard M. Nixon from 1970 to 1972. Loken returned to private practice in Minneapolis from 1973 to 1990 at the white shoe law firm of Faegre &Benson. [2]
On September 10,1990,President George H. W. Bush nominated Loken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit seat vacated by Gerald William Heaney. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 12 and received his commission on October 17. Future Dean of Brooklyn Law School Michael T. Cahill served as his law clerk from 1999 to 2000.
Loken served as chief judge of the court from April 1,2003,to March 31,2010,when he was succeeded by William J. Riley. He has been the oldest Eighth Circuit judge who still occupies their seat (meaning not in senior status) since December 14,2018,when Roger Leland Wollman went senior. [2]
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