Joseph Normand Laplante

Joseph Normand Laplante
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
Preceded by Steven J. McAuliffe
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 28, 2007
Appointed by George W. Bush
Preceded by Joseph A. Diclerico Jr.
Personal details
Born 1965 (age 49–50)
Nashua, NH[1]
Nationality  United States
Alma mater Georgetown University, A.B.
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.

Joseph Normand Laplante (born 1965) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Nomination to the bench

He was nominated by George W. Bush on June 13, 2007, to a seat vacated by Joseph DiClerico; and subsequently confirmed by the Senate on December 14, 2007, receiving his commission on December 28, 2007.

Education

Professional career

Laplante is a member of the Webster-Batchelder American Inn of Court, and has served on two New Hampshire Bar Association committees: the New Lawyer’s Committee (past chairman), and the Professionalism Committee (past chairman). He is also an advisory board member of the St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program, a program that he attended as a student in 1982.

Judge Laplante has served on the Nashua Region Board of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (chairman 2006-08), the Nashua Police Athletic League and Youth Safe Haven (chairman 2003-08), and the St. Christopher School Advisory Board. He coordinates the youth wrestling program (K-8th grade) for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua, and volunteers at the Corpus Christi Food Pantry.

He is a boxing referee, licensed to officiate both professional and amateur bouts.

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Federal Judiciary". Fjc.gov. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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