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James B. Loken

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990

James B. Loken , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. James Burton Loken (born May 21, 1940) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was appointed in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush, and served as the Eighth Circuit's chief judge from 2003 to 2010.

Education

  • University of WisconsinB.S., 1962
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1965

Career

Law clerk, Hon. J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1965-1966; Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1966-1967; Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1967-1970, 1973-1990; General counsel, President's Committee on Consumer Interests, 1970; Staff assistant, President Richard M. Nixon, 1970-1972; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2003-2010

Biography

James Burton Loken (born May 21, 1940) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was appointed in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush, and served as the Eighth Circuit's chief judge from 2003 to 2010.

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