Charles N. Clevert Jr.

Charles Nelson Clevert Jr. (born 1947) is a Senior United States District Judge.

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Clevert received a B.A. from Davis and Elkins College in 1969 and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1972. He was an assistant district attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1972 to 1975. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1975 to 1977, and was a special assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in 1977.

Clevert was a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1977–1995, and was chief bankruptcy judge from 1986-1995. He was also a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1989 to 1990.

On December 7, 1995, Clevert was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin vacated by Terence T. Evans. Clevert was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 17, 1996, and received his commission on July 29, 1996. He was Chief District Judge from September 1, 2009 to October 31, 2012. He took senior status on October 31, 2012.

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