Joseph S. Van Bokkelen

Joseph S. Van Bokkelen
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Incumbent
Assumed office September 29, 2017
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
In office July 18, 2007 – September 29, 2017
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Rodolfo Lozano
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana
In office September 21, 2001 – July 2007
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Jon DeGuilio
Succeeded by	David A. Capp
Personal details
Born	Joseph S. Van Bokkelen 1943 (age 74–75) Chicago, Illinois
Education	Indiana University (B.A.) Indiana University Maurer School of Law (J.D.)

Joseph S. Van Bokkelen (born 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Education and career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Van Bokkelen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1969. He was a Deputy attorney general of Office of the Indiana Attorney General from 1969 to 1970. He was an Assistant attorney general of Office of the Indiana Attorney General from 1971 to 1972. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana from 1972 to 1975. He was in private practice in Indiana from 1975 to 2001. He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana from 2001 to 2007.

Federal judicial service

Van Bokkelen with Richard Lugar in 2007

On January 9, 2007, Van Bokkelen was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana vacated by Rodolfo Lozano. Van Bokkelen was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 2007, and received his commission on July 18, 2007. He assumed senior status on September 29, 2017.

Sources

• Joseph S. Van Bokkelen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.