Joan N. Ericksen
{{Short description|American judge (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Joan N. Ericksen
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| image = Joan Ericksen, U.S. District Court Judge.jpg
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| office = Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court
| term_start = January 1, 2025
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| predecessor = James Boasberg
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| office1 = Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
| term_start1 = April 3, 2023
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| appointer1 = John Roberts
| predecessor1 = Thomas B. Russell
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| office2 = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
| term_start2 = October 15, 2019
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| office3 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
| term_start3 = May 1, 2002
| term_end3 = October 15, 2019
| appointer3 = George W. Bush
| predecessor3 = Paul A. Magnuson
| successor3 = Katherine M. Menendez
| office4 = Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
| term_start4 = 1998
| term_end4 = 2002
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|11}}
| birth_place = St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
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| spouse = {{marriage|Peter Lancaster|end=div.}}
| children = 2
| education = St. Olaf College (BA)
University of Oxford (MA)
{{nowrap|University of Minnesota (JD)}}
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Joan Nancy Ericksen (born October 11, 1954), formerly known as Joan Ericksen Lancaster,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WtPuBuC6614C&pg=PA859|title=Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, Part 3|year=2002|author=United States Senate}}{{cite book|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2013/other/130564.pdf|title=The Minnesota Legislative Manual|year=1999|author=Minnesota Secretary of State}} is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Early life and education
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ericksen graduated from St. Olaf College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 and later from University of Minnesota Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1981.{{Cite web |last=EEH |first=Reference Desk |title=Library Research Guides: Joan Ericksen Lancaster, Associate Justice, 1998-2002: Biography |url=https://mncourts.libguides.com/lancaster/biography |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=mncourts.libguides.com |language=en}} She earned a Master of Arts degree in political theory from the University of Oxford.{{Cite web |title=Judge Joan Ericksen |url=http://digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com/article/Judge+Joan+Ericksen/1313870/146517/article.html |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com |language=en-US}}
Career
Ericksen began her legal career working in private practice from 1981 to 1983. She was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Minnesota from 1983 to 1993. She was in private practice in Minnesota from 1993 to 1995. She was a judge on the 4th Judicial District Court for Hennepin County, Minnesota, from 1995 to 1998. She was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1998 to 2002.[http://mn.gov/lawlib/judgebio.html#lancaster Minnesota State Law Library-Joan Ericksen Lancaster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105045051/http://mn.gov/lawlib/judgebio.html |date=2014-01-05 }}
= Federal judicial service =
Ericksen was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to the seat vacated by Judge Paul A. Magnuson. Ericksen was confirmed by the Senate by a 99–0 vote on April 25, 2002, and received her commission on May 1, 2002. She assumed senior status on October 15, 2019.{{Cite web |last=Heilman |first=Dan |date=2020-02-07 |title=Recognition of outstanding service: Senior U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen – Minnesota Lawyer |url=https://minnlawyer.com/2020/02/07/recognition-of-outstanding-service-senior-u-s-district-court-judge-joan-ericksen/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |language=en-US}}
She was appointed as a judge to the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 2023 and designated as chief judge in 2025.{{FJC Bio|nid=1391501|inline=yes}}
References
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External links
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