Joseph Peter Stadtmueller

Joseph Peter Stadtmueller (born January 28, 1942) is an American lawyer and a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin since 1987. He was Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1995 to 2002.

The Honorable Joseph Peter Stadtmueller
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
In office 1995–2002
Preceded by	Terence T. Evans
Succeeded by	Rudolph T. Randa
United States District Judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 1987
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	John W. Reynolds, Jr.
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
In office 1981–1987
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Joan F. Kessler
Succeeded by	Patricia J. Gorence
Personal details
Born	Joseph Peter Stadtmueller January 28, 1942 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Alma mater	Marquette University (BA, JD)
Profession	lawyer, judge
Salary	$208,000

Education and career

Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Stadtmueller received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marquette University in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1967. He was in private practice in Milwaukee from 1968 to 1969. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1969 to 1974, and then first assistant for that district from 1974 to 1975. He returned to private practice from 1975 to 1976, but was again an Assistant United States Attorney from 1977 to 1978, then the Deputy United States Attorney from 1978 to 1981, finally becoming the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1981 to 1987.[1]

Federal judicial service

On March 3, 1987, Stadtmueller was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin vacated when Judge John W. Reynolds, Jr., took senior status. Stadtmueller was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 1987, and received his commission on June 1, 1987. He served as Chief Judge from 1995 to 2002.[1]

References

1. Joseph Peter Stadtmueller at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Joseph Peter Stadtmueller at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.