Gretchen S. Lund

Gretchen S. Lund
Gretchen S. Lund
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 29, 2024
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Jon DeGuilio
Judge of the Elkhart County Superior Court
	In office; 2015 – January 29, 2024
Succeeded by	Elizabeth A. Bellin
Personal details
Born	Gretchen Suzanne Hess; 1975 (age 49–50); Elkhart, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Butler University (BA); Valparaiso University (JD)

Gretchen Suzanne Lund (born 1975)^[2] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Elkhart County Superior Court from 2015 to 2024.

Education

Lund received a Bachelor of Arts from Butler University, cum laude, in 1998 and a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2001.^[3]

Career

From 2001 to 2002, Lund was an associate at Ice Miller LLP in Indianapolis, Indiana. From 2002 to 2006, she served as a law clerk for then U.S. Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. From 2006 to 2007, she served as a deputy prosecutor in the Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. From 2008 to 2014, she served as a judge on the Goshen City Court. From 2015 to 2024, she served as a judge of the Elkhart County Superior Court.^[3] She was elected as a Republican in 2014 and won a second six-year term in 2020.^[4]

In 2022, Governor Eric Holcomb considered appointing Lund to the Indiana Supreme Court.^[5]

Federal judicial service

On November 15, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lund to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. On November 27, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Lund to the seat vacated by Judge Jon DeGuilio, who assumed senior status on July 17, 2023.^[6]^[7] On December 13, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[8] On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate^[9] and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.^[10] On January 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 20–1 vote.^[11]^[12] On January 25, 2024, the Senate confirmed her nomination by an 87–6 vote.^[13] She received her judicial commission on January 29, 2024.^[14]

References

^ "May 6, 2014 Primary Election - Judge of the Superior Court" (PDF). Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "President Biden Names Forty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Two Valpo grads nominated to fill judicial vacancies". November 15, 2023.
^ Stancombe, Katie (April 5, 2022). "JNC questions final applicants for IN Supreme Court position before selecting 3 finalists".
^ "Brisco, Lund nominated to IN Northern District Court". The Indiana Lawyer. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 27, 2023.
^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 12, 2023.
^ "PN1150 — Gretchen S. Lund — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2024.
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate" (Press release). United States Senate Judiciary Committee. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Gretchen S. Lund, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana)". United States Senate. January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
^ Gretchen S. Lund at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

Gretchen S. Lund at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Jon DeGuilio	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 2024–present	Incumbent

[1] "May 6, 2014 Primary Election - Judge of the Superior Court" (PDF). Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[Questionnaire-2] "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[WHBio-3] "President Biden Names Forty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[Two_Valpo_grads_nominated_to_fill_federal_judicial_vacancies-4] "Two Valpo grads nominated to fill judicial vacancies". November 15, 2023.

[5] Stancombe, Katie (April 5, 2022). "JNC questions final applicants for IN Supreme Court position before selecting 3 finalists".

[TIL-6] "Brisco, Lund nominated to IN Northern District Court". The Indiana Lawyer. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[7] "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 27, 2023.

[8] "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 12, 2023.

[9] "PN1150 — Gretchen S. Lund — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.

[10] "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2024.

[11] "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[12] "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate" (Press release). United States Senate Judiciary Committee. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

[13] "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Gretchen S. Lund, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana)". United States Senate. January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

[14] Gretchen S. Lund at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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