Michael J. Juneau

Michael Joseph Juneau (born June 29, 1962) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Michael Joseph Juneau
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Assumed office
October 17, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byRichard T. Haik
Personal details
Born (1962-06-29) June 29, 1962
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationLouisiana State University (BS)
Harvard Law School (JD)

Biography

Juneau was born on June 29, 1962, in Monroe, Louisiana.[1] He received his Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was selected as the best oralist in the Ames Moot Court Competition.

As a lawyer at his Lafayette-based litigation firm Juneau David, he handled a broad range of civil litigation in state and federal courts across Louisiana. He also has extensive experience administering mass tort settlements as a court-appointed neutral in significant mass tort and nationwide class action matters. In this capacity, he managed some of the largest multi-district litigation in the United States, including In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation and In Re: Oil Spill by the Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.[2]

Federal judicial service

On August 3, 2017, President Trump nominated Juneau to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard T. Haik, who assumed senior status on March 6, 2015.[3] Juneau's nomination carried the support of U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and John Neely Kennedy.[4] On October 4, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On October 26, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–9 roll call vote.[6]

On January 3, 2018 his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[7] On January 5, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to renominate Juneau to a federal judgeship.[8] On January 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the Senate.[9] On January 18, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[10] On October 11, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by a 54–41 vote.[11] He received his judicial commission on October 17, 2018.

References
  1. Lawyer Central profile
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixth Wave of Judicial Candidates and Fifth Wave of U.S. Attorney Candidates", White House, August 3, 2017 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, August 3, 2017
  4. Leader, Barbara; Hilburn, Greg (August 4, 2017). "Trump taps Rayville judge for federal bench". The Monroe News-Star. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  5. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 4, 2017
  6. Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 26, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee
  7. "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018
  8. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees", White House, January 5, 2018
  9. "Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, January 8, 2018
  10. Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  11. "On the Nomination (Confirmation Michael Joseph Juneau, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana)". United States Senate. October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Richard T. Haik		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
2018–present		 Incumbent
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