John Daniel Tinder

John Daniel Tinder (born 1950) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Background

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana received a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1972, and a J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1975. While in law school, Tinder worked at the U.S. Attorney's office in Indianapolis during 1974, and he became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana in 1974, a position he stayed in until 1977.

In 1977, Tinder entered into private practice in Indianapolis, which he continued in until 1984 when he returned to the United States Attorney Office in Indianapolis, this time as its leader. In addition to his work in the private sector, Tinder served as a public defender from 1977-1978 for the Marion County Criminal Court. From 1979 to 1982, Tinder was chief trial deputy for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 1984 to 1987, and was also an adjunct professor at the Indiana University School of Law from 1980 to 1988.

Tinder was nominated to a judgeship on the U.S. District Court by President Ronald Reagan on June 2, 1987, to replace Judge James Noland on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him just two months later on August 7, 1987. A detailed and revealing interview of Judge Tinder can be found on the blog "Underneath there Robes" at http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/main/2005/03/questions_prese.html A similar but shorter interview can be found on the Indiana Barrister Blog at http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2005/09/the_ten_spot_judge_john_d_tind.html. He is listed as a distinguished alumni of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brebeuf_Jesuit_Preparatory_School and as member of the Indiana University School of Law (Bloomington) Academy of Law Alumni here: http://www.law.indiana.edu/alumni/awards/fellows/members.shtml. Brief video interviews can be found on the Seventh Circuit Bar Association web site here: http://www.7thcircuitbar.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=119

Seventh Circuit nomination and confirmation

After twenty years of service as a trial judge, Tinder was nominated on July 17, 2007, by President George W. Bush to replace Judge Daniel Anthony Manion on the Seventh Circuit bench. Manion had previously indicated he would assume Senior status upon confirmation of a successor Tinder's hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee were uncontroversial, and he was voted out of Committee to the Senate floor in November 2007. He was confirmed on December 19, 2007, by a vote of 93-0, almost exactly five months after his nomination. He was the second and last judge appointed to the Seventh Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.

External links

• John Daniel Tinder at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Groppe, Maureen, "Senate approves Tinder for appeals court," Indianapolis Star, December 19, 2007.