Joan Louise Larsen
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Born 1968.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- May 8, 2017
- Senate vote
- 60 to 38
- Confirmed
- Nov 1, 2017
- Commissioned
- Nov 2, 2017
Education
- B.A., University of Northern Iowa, 1990
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), 1993
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1993-1994
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1994-1995
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1997
- Visiting assistant professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1998
- University of Michigan Law School, 1998-2001, 2003-
- visiting professor of law, 1998-2001
- special counseland lecturer in law, 2003-2015
- adjunct professor of law, 2015-
- Deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2002-2003
- Visiting assistant professor, University of Iowa College of Law, 2006
- Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 2015-2017;
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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