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John L. Coffey was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He joined the court in 1982 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. He served on senior status from 2004 to 2012, passing away in November 2012.[1][2]
Early life and education
A native of Milwaukee, Coffey graduated from Marquette University with his bachelor's degree in 1943 and later graduated from Marquette University Law School with his juris doctor degree in 1948. Coffey also served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, 1943-1946
- Assistant city attorney, City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1949-1954
- Civil court judge, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 1954-1960
- Municipal court judge, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 1960-1962
- Circuit court judge, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 1962-1978
- Senior judge, Criminal Division, 1972-1975
- Chief presiding judge, Criminal Division, 1976
- Civil Division, 1976-1978[1]
- Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1978-1982[3]
Judicial nominations and appointments
On the recommendation of Wisconsin U.S. Senator Robert Kasten, Coffey was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on February 19, 1982 to seat vacated by Thomas Fairchild. Coffey was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 3, 1982 on a senate vote and received commission on May 10, 1982. Coffey assumed senior status on July 2, 2004.[1]
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Fairchild |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1982–present |
Succeeded by: Diane Sykes
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| Active judges |
• Amy St. Eve • Frank Easterbrook • John Z. Lee (United States Court of Appeals judge) • Michael B. Brennan (Wisconsin) • Michael Scudder • Joshua Kolar • Doris Pryor • Thomas Kirsch • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Nancy Maldonado • Rebecca Taibleson | ||
| Senior judges |
Diane Sykes • Diane Wood • Daniel Manion • Ilana Rovner • David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit) • Kenneth Ripple • | ||
| Former judges | John Paul Stevens • Ann Williams (Federal judge) • Julian William Mack • Terence Evans • Joel Flaum • Michael Kanne • Richard Posner • John Coffey (Seventh Circuit) • Jesse Eschbach • Walter Quintin Gresham • William Bauer • Richard Cudahy • Thomas Fairchild • Philip Tone • William Allen Woods • James Graham Jenkins (Wisconsin) • William Henry Seaman • John William Showalter • Peter Stenger Grosscup • Christian Cecil Kohlsaat • Albert Barnes Anderson (federal judge) • Francis Elisha Baker • Samuel Alschuler • Evan Alfred Evans • Louis FitzHenry • George True Page • Walter Lindley • William Morris Sparks • James Earl Major • Walter Treanor • Francis Duffy • Otto Kerner, Sr. • Otto Kerner, Jr. • Harlington Wood • Winfred Knoch • William Parkinson (Indiana) • Luther Swygert • Sherman Minton • Latham Castle • Walter Cummings • Philip Finnegan • John Hastings • Roger Kiley • Wilbur Pell • Elmer Schnackenberg • Robert Sprecher • Hardress Swaim • Amy Coney Barrett • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Diane Sykes • Diane Wood • Joel Flaum • Richard Posner • William Bauer • Thomas Fairchild • William Morris Sparks • James Earl Major • Francis Duffy • Luther Swygert • Latham Castle • Walter Cummings • John Hastings • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
