Joshua Kolar
2024 - Present
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Joshua Kolar is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on July 27, 2023, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 2024, by a vote of 66-25.[1][2][3][4] To see a full list of judges appointed by Joe Biden, click here.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts of appeal. They are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Prior to joining the court, Kolar was a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2024-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On July 27, 2023, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Kolar to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.[3] Kolar received commission on January 31, 2024.[4] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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Name: Joshua Kolar |
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Progress |
Confirmed 187 days after nomination. |
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Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
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Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Kolar by a vote of 66-25 on January 30, 2024.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
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Total | 66[5] | 25 | 9 |
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Kolar's nomination on September 6, 2023. Kolar was reported to the full Senate on September 28, 2023, after a 16-5 committee vote.[3] After his renomination, Kolar was again reported to the full Senate on January 18, 2023, after a 16-5 committee vote.[6]
Nomination
On July 27, 2023, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Kolar to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Kolar's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2024.[7] The president renominated Kolar on January 8, 2024.[1]
Kolar was nominated to replace Judge Michael Kanne, whose service ended on June 16, 2022, upon his death.[8]
The American Bar Association (ABA) rated Kolar well qualified.[9] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Biography
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Kolar earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1999 and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 2003.[4]
Professional career
- 2024-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- 2019-2024: Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- 2009-2014, 2015-present: U.S. Navy Reserve
- 2014-2015: U.S. Navy lieutenant commander
- 2015-2018: U.S. Navy Reserve
- 2007-2018: Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana
- 2005-2006: Law clerk
- 2003-2005, 2006-2007: Private practice[4]
About the court
Seventh Circuit |
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Court of Appeals |
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Judgeships |
Posts: 11 |
Judges: 11 |
Vacancies: 0 |
Judges |
Chief: Diane Sykes |
Active judges: Michael B. Brennan, Frank Easterbrook, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, Thomas L. Kirsch II, Joshua Kolar, John Z. Lee, Nancy Maldonado, Doris Pryor, Michael Scudder, Amy St. Eve, Diane Sykes Senior judges: |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction. It hears appeals from all of the circuit courts within its jurisdiction and its rulings may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Appeals are heard in the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago.
Three judges of the Seventh Circuit went on to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sherman Minton was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1949 by Harry Truman (D), John Paul Stevens was appointed in 1975 by Gerald Ford (R), and Amy Coney Barrett was appointed in 2020 by Donald Trump (R).
The Seventh Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over cases heard in one of its subsidiary districts. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law. Appeals of rulings by the Seventh Circuit are petitioned to the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the circuit justice for the Seventh Circuit.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:
- Central District of Illinois
- Northern District of Illinois
- Southern District of Illinois
- Northern District of Indiana
- Southern District of Indiana
- Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Western District of Wisconsin
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Congress.gov, PN1246 — Joshua Paul Kolar — The Judiciary," accessed January 8, 2024
- ↑ The White House, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 8, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Congress.gov, "PN905 — Joshua Paul Kolar — The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2023 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "cong" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Federal Judicial Center, "Kolar, Joshua Paul," accessed January 30, 2024
- ↑ Note: The bolded number reflects the largest number.
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024," January 19, 2023
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Kanne, Michael Stephen," accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ [https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/government_affairs_office/webratingchart-118.pdf American Bar Association, "STANDING COMMITTEE ONTHE FEDERAL JUDICIARY," accessed September 5, 2023]
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Preceded by Michael Kanne |
United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit 2024-Present |
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 2019-2024 |
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Commissioned in 2024 |
John Kazen • John Russell • Margaret Garnett • Cristal Brisco • Jacquelyn Austin • Gretchen Hess Lund • Micah Smith • Joshua Kolar • Karoline Mehalchick • Kirk Sherriff • Lisa Wang • David Leibowitz • Jacqueline Becerra • Julie Sneed • Melissa Damian • Kelly H. Rankin • Nicole Berner • Sunil Harjani • Leon Schydlower • Ernesto Gonzalez • Susan Bazis • Robert White • Ann Marie McIff Allen • Eumi Lee • Krissa Lanham • Eric Schulte • Camela Theeler • Angela Martinez • Jasmine Yoon • Nancy Maldonado • Meredith Vacca • Georgia Alexakis • Joseph Saporito • Amy Baggio • Stacey Neumann | ||
Commissioned in 2023 |
Kai Scott • Tamika Montgomery-Reeves • Margaret R. Guzman • Daniel Calabretta • Matthew Garcia • DeAndrea G. Benjamin • Cindy Chung • Adrienne Nelson • Lindsay Jenkins • Gina Méndez-Miró • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • Jamar Walker • Ana Reyes • Jamal Whitehead • Gordon Gallagher • Matthew Brookman• Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons • Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler • Jonathan Grey• Colleen Lawless • Arun Subramanian • Jessica Clarke • Robert Kirsch • Michael Farbiarz • Anthony Johnstone • Orelia Merchant • Wesley Hsu • Bradley Garcia • LaShonda A. Hunt • Nancy Gbana Abudu • Amanda Brailsford • Darrel Papillion • Jeremy Daniel • Hernan D. Vera • Julie Rikelman • Nusrat Choudhury • P. Casey Pitts • Myong Joun • Kymberly Evanson • Tiffany Cartwright • Rachel Bloomekatz • Natasha Merle • Dale Ho • Philip Hadji • Rita Lin • Brendan Hurson • Vernon D. Oliver • Matthew Maddox • Julia Munley • Brandy McMillion • Susan DeClercq • Julia Kobick • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ana de Alba • Kenly Kiya Kato • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Jamel Semper • Irma Ramirez • Richard Federico • Loren AliKhan • Brandon Long • Jerry Edwards Jr.• Sara Hill • Joseph Laroski | ||
Commissioned in 2022 | David Herrera Urias • Gabriel Sanchez • Holly Thomas • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • David Ruiz • Charles Fleming • Bridget Brennan • Leonard Stark • Alison J. Nathan • John Chun • Julie Rubin • Jacqueline Scott Corley • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro • Victoria Calvert • Georgette Castner • Anne Traum • Cristina Silva • Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) • Sarah Geraghty • Hector Gonzalez • Fred Slaughter • Jennifer Rochon • Robert Huie • Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci • Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
Commissioned in 2021 |
Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi • Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley • Florence Pan • Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn • Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens • Michael Nachmanoff • Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston • Stephen Locher • Charlotte Sweeney • Nina Nin-Yuen Wang • Arianna Freeman • Jerry Blackwell |
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Active judges |
Chief Judge: Holly Brady • Philip Simon • Gretchen Hess Lund • Damon Leichty • Cristal Brisco | ||
Senior judges |
Robert Miller (Indiana) • James T. Moody (Indiana) • Theresa Springmann • Joseph Van Bokkelen • Jon E. DeGuilio • | ||
Magistrate judges | John E. Martin (Indiana) • Susan Collins (Federal judge, Indiana) • | ||
Former Article III judges |
Allen Sharp • William Lee (Indiana) • Michael Kanne • Jesse Eschbach • Rudy Lozano (Indiana) • Thomas Whitten Slick • George Beamer • Robert Grant (Indiana) • Phil McNagny • William Parkinson (Indiana) • Luther Swygert • | ||
Former Chief judges |
Robert Miller (Indiana) • Allen Sharp • William Lee (Indiana) • Theresa Springmann • Jesse Eschbach • George Beamer • Robert Grant (Indiana) • Philip Simon • Luther Swygert • |
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana
State courts:
Indiana Supreme Court • Indiana Court of Appeals • Indiana Superior Courts • Indiana Circuit Courts • Indiana Small Claims Courts • St. Joseph County Probate Court, Indiana • Indiana Tax Court • Indiana Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Indiana • Indiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Indiana