James R. Sweeney II

James R. Sweeney II
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Assumed office
September 13, 2018
Appointed by Donald Trump
Preceded by Sarah Evans Barker
Personal details
Born 1961 (age 56–57)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Political party Republican
Education United States Naval Academy (BS)
Notre Dame Law School (JD)
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1983–2013
(Reserves 1992–2013)
Rank Colonel
Unit United States Marine Corps Reserves
Battles/wars Gulf War
Awards

James Russell Sweeney II (born 1961) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Biography

Sweeney received a Bachelor of Science, with merit, in 1983 from the United States Naval Academy. From 1983 to 1992 Sweeney was an active duty Naval Flight Officer in the United States Marine Corps. He received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1996 from Notre Dame Law School. Sweeney then clerked for Judge John Daniel Tinder of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and Judge James L. Ryan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 1999, Sweeney joined the Barnes & Thornburg law firm, where he practiced corporate law until becoming a judge in 2018.[1]

Federal judicial service

His nomination was announced and sent to the Senate on November 1, 2017.[2] President Trump nominated Sweeney to the seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated by Judge Sarah Evans Barker, who assumed senior status on June 30, 2014. A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on January 10, 2018.[3] On February 8, 2018 the Judiciary Committee voted to report his nomination by voice vote.[4][5] On August 28, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote.[6] He received his judicial commission on September 13, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Nomination of Indiana Attorney James Sweeney to Fill Judicial Emergency".
  2. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Nomination of Indiana Attorney James Sweeney to Fill Judicial Emergency". EIN Presswire. IPD Group. November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  4. ↑ Quinn, Melissa. "Senate Judiciary Committee approves four Trump judicial nominations".
  5. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 8, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "PN1198 — James R. Sweeney II — The Judiciary". United States Senate. November 1, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Sarah Evans Barker		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
2018–present		 Incumbent
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