- James B. Loken
James B. Loken (born in 1940 in Madison,
Wisconsin ) is a federal appeals court judge who has served on theEighth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1990.Education and legal training
Loken earned his B.S. from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1962 and his law degree fromHarvard Law School in 1965. After law school, he clerked for JudgeJ. Edward Lumbard of theSecond Circuit Court of Appeals from 1965 to 1966 and forAssociate Justice Byron White of theU.S. Supreme Court from 1966 to 1967.Professional career
Loken was in private practice in
Minneapolis ,Minnesota from 1967 to 1970. He wasGeneral 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.Federal judicial service
Loken was nominated to the Eighth Circuit by President
George H. W. Bush on September 10, 1990, to a seat vacated byGerald William Heaney . He was confirmed by the Senate on October 12, and received his commission on October 17. He has served as the chief judge of that court since 2003.ee also
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List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
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