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Leichty, Damon Ray
Born 1971 in Rensselaer, IN
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on January 23, 2019, to a seat vacated by Robert Lowell Miller, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on July 10, 2019, and received commission on July 26, 2019.
Education:
Wabash College, B.A., 1994
University of Aberdeen, M.Litt., 1999
Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law), J.D., 1999
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on January 23, 2019, to a seat vacated by Robert Lowell Miller, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on July 10, 2019, and received commission on July 26, 2019.
Education:
Wabash College, B.A., 1994
University of Aberdeen, M.Litt., 1999
Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law), J.D., 1999
Professional Career:
Private practice, South Bend, Indiana, 1999-2001, 2003-2019
Law clerk, Hon. Robert L. Miller, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2001-2003
Adjunct professor, Notre Dame Law School, 2017-
Nominated to U.S. Distrct Court for the Northern District of Indiana, July 17, 2018; no Senate vote