Joan Ericksen
Joan Ericksen is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. She assumed senior status on October 15, 2019.
Ericksen is also a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts on April 3, 2023.[1]
Early life and education
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ericksen graduated from St. Olaf College in 1977 with her bachelor's degree and later obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota in 1981.[2]
Professional career
Ericksen was a private practice attorney in Minnesota from 1981 to 1983. In 1983, Ericksen joined the Minnesota US Attorney's Office as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 1983 to 1993. Ericksen returned to private practice until 1995 when she was elected judge for the 4th Judicial District Court in Hennepin County from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, Ericksen was appointed by Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson as an associate justice in the Minnesota Supreme Court where she served from 1998 until 2002.[2]
Judicial career
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (2023-present)
Ericksen is a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts on April 3, 2023.[1]
District of Minnesota
On the recommendation of Senator Norm Coleman, Ericksen was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Paul Magnuson. Ericksen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2002, on a Senate vote and received commission on May 1, 2002.[3]
Ericksen assumed senior status on October 15, 2019.
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
External links
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Officeholder United States District Court for the District of Minnesota |
- Judge Ericksen's Homepage
- Judge Joan Ericksen Bio from MN Law Library
- Judge Joan Ericksen FJC Bio
- United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 2002-2019 |
Succeeded by Katherine M. Menendez |
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| 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 • |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | |
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | |
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | |
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | |
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | |
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | |
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | |
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White |
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
