Lynn S. Adelman is a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, Adelman received an A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Princeton University

Princeton University

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 in 1961 and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

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 in 1965. He was a research assistant at Columbia from 1965 to 1966, and a law clerk to attorney Richard H. Kuh in 1966. He was a trial attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Wisconsin from 1967 to 1968, and then entered private practice in Milwaukee in 1968. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

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 from 1977 to 1997.

On September 8, 1997, Adelman was nominated by President Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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 vacated by Thomas J. Curran

Thomas John Curran

Thomas John Curran is a United States federal judge.Born in Mauston, Wisconsin, Curran was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received a B.N.S. from Marquette University in 1945 and an LL.B. from Marquette University Law School in 1948...

. Adelman was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 on November 13, 1997, and received his commission on December 23, 1997.

Consideration for Seventh Circuit

On January 22, 2010, United States Senators Herb Kohl

Herb Kohl

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 and Russ Feingold

Russ Feingold

Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served as a Democratic party member of the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2011. From 1983 to 1993, Feingold was a Wisconsin State Senator representing the 27th District.He is a recipient of the John F...

 forwarded four names to the Obama White House

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 for consideration to fill the vacancy on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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 created when Judge Terence T. Evans

Terence T. Evans

Terence Thomas Evans was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.Evans received a B.A.degree from Marquette University in 1962 and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School in 1967. He was assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and was...

 assumed senior status

Senior status

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. Adelman was recommended along with Victoria F. Nourse

Victoria F. Nourse

Victoria Frances Nourse is currently the Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. She is also the nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.-Early life and education:...

, Richard Sankovitz, and Dean Strang.