| Lynn S. Adelman | |
|---|---|
| Judge on United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1997 |
|
| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Thomas John Curran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1, 1939 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Lynn S. Adelman (born October 1, 1939) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Adelman received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1961 and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1965. He was a research assistant at Columbia from 1965 to 1966, and a law clerk to attorney Richard H. Kuh in 1966. He was a trial attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Wisconsin from 1967 to 1968, and then entered private practice in Milwaukee in 1968. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1977 to 1997.[1]
On September 8, 1997, Adelman was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin vacated by Thomas J. Curran. Adelman was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 13, 1997, and received his commission on December 23, 1997.
On January 22, 2010, United States Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold forwarded four names to the Obama White House for consideration to fill the vacancy on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals created when Judge Terence T. Evans assumed senior status.[2] Adelman was recommended along with Victoria F. Nourse, Richard Sankovitz, and Dean Strang.[2]