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Gretchen Hess Lund

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Gretchen S. Lund
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Tenure
2024 - Present
Years in position
2
Predecessor:Jon E. DeGuilio (Nonpartisan)
Prior offices:
Elkhart County Superior Court No. 4
Year left office: 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Butler University
Law
Valparaiso University
Contact

Gretchen Hess Lund is a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. She was nominated to the court by PresidentJoe Biden (D) on November 27, 2023, and confirmed by theUnited States Senate on January 25, 2024, by a vote of 87-6.[1][2][3] Lund was one of 235Article III judges nominated by PresidentJoe Biden (D) and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. To see a full list of judges appointed byJoe Biden,click here.

TheUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is one of 94U.S. District Courts. They are the generaltrial courts of theUnited States federal courts. To learn more about the court,click here.

Prior to joining the court, Lund was a judge of theElkhart County Superior Court inIndiana and as a judge for theGoshen City Court from 2008 to 2014.[4][5]

Judicial nominations and appointments

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (2024-present)

See also:Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden

On November 27, 2023, PresidentJoe Biden (D) nominated Lund to theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.[2] Lund received commission on January 29, 2024.[1] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.

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Nominee Information
Name: Gretchen Hess Lund
Court:United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Progress
Confirmed 59 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: November 27, 2023
ApprovedAABA Rating: Well Qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
ApprovedAHearing: December 13, 2023
Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: January 18, 2023 
ApprovedAConfirmed: January 25, 2024
ApprovedAVote: 87-6


Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Lund by a vote of 87-6 on January 25, 2024.[3] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.

Lund confirmation vote (January 25, 2024)
PartyYeaNayNo vote
Electiondot.pngDemocratic4503
Ends.pngRepublican3964
Grey.png Independent300
Total87[6]67

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

TheSenate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Lund's nomination on December 13, 2023. She was reported to the full Senate on January 18, 2023, after a 20-1 committee vote.[7]Click here for a list of other nominees awaiting a committee vote.

Nomination

On November 27, 2023, President Biden officially nominated Lund to theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.Click here for a list of other nominees who have been nominated by PresidentJoe Biden. Lund's nomination was returned to the president at thesine die adjournment of theU.S. Senate on January 3, 2024. The president renominated Lund on January 8, 2024.[3]

TheAmerican Bar Association (ABA) rated Lundwell qualified.[8] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.

Lund was nominated to replace JudgeJon E. DeGuilio, who assumedsenior status on July 17, 2023.[9]

Elections

2014

See also:Indiana judicial elections, 2014
Lund ran for election to theElkhart County Superior Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in theRepublican primary on May 6, 2014.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[5][10] 

Education

Lund received a B.A. from Butler University in 1998 and aJ.D. from Valparaiso University in 2001.[11][12]

Career

Awards and associations

Associations

  • 2014: President, Goshen Bar Association
  • Board of directors, Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital Health System
  • Board of directors, Goshen Salvation Army
  • Board of directors, Miss Elkhart County Scholarship Program[4]

About the court

Northern District of Indiana
Seventh Circuit
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Judgeships
Posts: 5
Judges: 5
Vacancies: 0
Judges
Chief:Holly Brady
Active judges:Holly Brady,Cristal Brisco,Damon R. Leichty,Gretchen S. Lund,Philip Simon

Senior judges:
Jon E. DeGuilio,Robert Miller,James T. Moody,Theresa Springmann,Joseph Van Bokkelen


TheUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is one of 94United States district courts. It was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that splitIndiana into two separate districts, northern andUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The Northern District of Indiana has courthouses in Fort Wayne, Hammond, Lafayette and South Bend,Indiana. Decisions of the court may be appealed to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit based inChicago, Illinois, at the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Courthouse and Building.


The Northern District of Indiana hasoriginal jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

There are three court divisions, each covering the following counties:

TheFort Wayne Division, coveringAdams,Allen,Blackford,DeKalb,Grant,Huntington,Jay,LaGrange,Noble,Steuben,Wells andWhitley counties.[13]

TheSouth Bend Division, coveringCass,Elkhart,Fulton,Kosciusko,LaPorte,Marshall,Miami,Pulaski,St. Joseph,Starke andWabash counties.[13]

TheHammond Division, coveringBenton,Carroll,Jasper,Lake,Newton,Porter,Tippecanoe,Warren andWhite counties.[13]

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 theSenate 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 ablue 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

External links

Officeholder

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

  • Website

    • Footnotes

    1. ↑1.01.1The Federal Judicial Center, "Lund, Gretchen Suzanne," accessed January 29, 2024
    2. ↑2.02.1Congress.gov, "PN1158 — Gretchen S. Lund — The Judiciary," accessed December 1, 2023
    3. ↑3.03.13.2Congress.gov, "PN1250 — Gretchen S. Lund — The Judiciary," accessed January 10, 2024
    4. ↑4.04.1Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs namedelkhart
    5. ↑5.05.1Indiana Election Division, "2014 Primary Election Candidates," May 6, 2014
    6. ↑Note: The bolded number reflects the largest number.
    7. ↑Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024," January 19, 2023
    8. ↑[https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/government_affairs_office/fjc-chart-118th-congress-dec-2023.pdfAmerican Bar Association, ""STANDING COMMITTEE ONTHEFEDERAL JUDICIARY,"" accessed December 12, 2023]
    9. ↑U.S. Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed September 13, 2022
    10. ↑Indiana Election Division, "Indiana Primary Election," May 6, 2014
    11. ↑Martindale.com, "Gretchen S. Hess - Lawyer Profile," accessed October 7, 2014
    12. ↑12.012.1Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs namedintent
    13. ↑13.013.113.2U.S. Marshals Service, "Northern District of Indiana," accessed May 4, 2021

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Jon E. DeGuilio    		United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
    2024-Present    		Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -    		Elkhart County Superior Court No. 4
    -2024    		Succeeded by
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    v • e
    Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
    Active judges

    Chief Judge: Holly Brady  •  Theresa Springmann  •  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 judgesJohn 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  •  


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    Federal judges nominated to Article III courts byJoe Biden
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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 •Mary Kay Lanthier •Adam Abelson •Laura Provinzino •Mary Kay Costello •Dena Coggins •Kevin Ritz •Shanlyn A. S. Park •Byron Conway •Jeannette Vargas •Michelle Williams Court •Jonathan E. Hawley •April Perry •Mustafa Kasubhai •Sarah Russell •Amir Ali •Rebecca Pennell •Anthony Brindisi •Elizabeth Coombe •Cynthia Valenzuela •Anne Hwang •Brian Murphy •Noël Wise •Sanket Bulsara •Tiffany Johnson •Sparkle Sooknanan •Gail Weilheimer •Embry Kidd •Melissa DuBose •Sharad Desai •Serena R. Murillo •Benjamin Cheeks •Sarah Davenport

    Commissioned in 2023Kai 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