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Joan N. Ericksen
Joan N. Ericksen (born October 11, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a Senior Status, senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Early life and education Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, 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. She earned a Master of Arts degree in political theory from the University of Oxford. Career Ericksen began her legal career working in private practice from 1981 to 1983. She was an Assistant United States Attorney, 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, Hennepin County, Minnesota, from 1995 to 1998. She was an associate justice of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Status
Senior status is a form of semi- retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least 80 years. As long as senior judges carry at least a 25 percent caseload or meet other criteria for activity, they remain entitled to maintain a staffed office and chambers, including a secretary and their normal complement of law clerks, and they continue to receive annual cost-of-living increases. Senior judges vacate their seats on the bench, and the president may appoint new full-time judges to fill those seats. Some U.S. states have similar systems for senior judges. State courts with a similar system include Iowa (for judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals), Pennsylvania, and Virginia (for justices of the Virginia Supreme Court). Statutory requirements Senior status at the federal level is defined by statute: . To qualify for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |