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James Russell Sweeney II

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana · 2018

James Russell Sweeney II, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Education

  • U.S. Naval AcademyB.S., 1983
  • Notre Dame Law SchoolJ.D., 1996

Career

U.S. Marine Corps captain, 1983-1992; U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel, 1992-2013; Law clerk, Hon. John Daniel Tinder, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1996-1997; Law clerk, Hon. James L. Ryan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997-1998; Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1999-2018

Biography

James Russell Sweeney II (born 1961) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

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