Joseph Scott Van Bokkelen (born June 7, 1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
Indiana Northern District Court · 2007–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana2001–2007- Private practice, Indiana1975–2001
- Northern District of IndianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1972–1975
- State of IndianaAssistant attorney general · 1971–1972
- State of IndianaDeputy attorney general · 1969–1970
Appointments
2007–2017 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)J.D. · 1969
- Indiana UniversityB.A. · 1966