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John Tunheim

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Tenure

2023 - Present

Years in position

2

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Years in office: 1995 - 2023

Predecessor:Donald Alsop

Successor:Jeffrey M. Bryan (Nonpartisan)

Education

Bachelor's

Concordia College, 1975

Law

University of Minnesota Law School, 1980

Personal

Birthplace

Thief River Falls, MN

Contact

Official website

John Tunheim is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota. He joined the court on July 10, 1995, after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton (D). He served aschief judge of the court from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2022. He assumed senior status on December 1, 2023.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Thief River Falls,Minnesota, Tunheim graduated from Concordia College with a bachelor's degree in 1975 and received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1980.^[3]

Professional career

• 1995-2023: Judge,United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • 2023-present:Senior judge

• 2015-2022: Chief judge

• 1994-1995: Chair, assassination records review board
• 1994: Adjunct faculty, University of Minnesota Law School
• 1984-1995: Office of theAttorney General of Minnesota

• 1986-1995: Chief deputy attorney general
• 1985-1986: State solicitor general
• 1984-1985: Assistant attorney general and manager of public affairs litigation division

• 1981-1984: Private practice,Minneapolis, Minn.
• 1980-1981: Law clerk, Hon.Earl Larson,United States District Court for the District of Minnesota^[3]

Judicial career

District of Minnesota

On the recommendation of Senators Paul Wellstone and Mark Dayton, Tunheim was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President Bill Clinton on July 10, 1995, to a seat vacated byDonald Alsop as Alsop went onsenior status. Tunheim was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995, on a Senate Vote and received commission onDecember 26, 1995.^[4]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Tunheim's USDC, MN Homepage
• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Active judges	Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz  •  Nancy E. Brasel  •  Jeffrey M. Bryan  •  Katherine Menendez  •  Eric Tostrud  •  Jerry Blackwell  •  Laura Provinzino
Senior judges	John Tunheim  •  Ann Montgomery  •  Donovan Frank  •  Joan Ericksen  •  David Doty  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Wilhelmina Wright  •  Susan Richard Nelson  •  Michael James Davis (Minnesota)  •
Magistrate judges	Tony N. Leung  •  Leo Brisbois  •  Hildy Bowbeer  •  Becky R. Thorson  •  Jon Huseby  •  David Schultz  •  Elizabeth Cowan Wright  •  John Docherty  •
Former Article III judges	James Rosenbaum  •  Richard Kyle  •  Diana Murphy  •  Rensselaer Russell Nelson  •  William Lochren  •  Page Morris  •  Milton Dwight Purdy  •  Charles Andrew Willard  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  William Alexander Cant  •  John Franklin McGee  •  Joseph West Molyneaux  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Matthew Joyce  •  Robert Cook Bell  •  George Sullivan (Minnesota)  •  Edward Devitt  •  Dennis Donovan  •  Earl Larson  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •  Philip Neville  •  Robert Renner  •
Former Chief judges	James Rosenbaum  •  John Tunheim  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Diana Murphy  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Edward Devitt  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byBill Clinton
1993	Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson
1994	Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams
1995	Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata
1997	Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash
1998	Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young
1999	Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson
2000	Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore