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Thomas Lee Kirsch II

Thomas Lee Kirsch II

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1974 in Hammond, IN

FJC ID: 9353346

Thomas Lee Kirsch II (born 1974) is an American attorney and jurist who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since December 2020. He was previously the United States attorney for the Northern District of Indiana from October 2017 to December 2020.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana
    2017–2020
  2. Private practice, Chicago, Illinois
    1999–2000, 2008–2017
  3. Northern District of Indiana
    Northern District of Indiana
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 2001–2008
  4. Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail)
    Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail)
    Counsel to the assistant attorney general · 2006–2007
  5. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Appointments

  1. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
    2020–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    J.D. · 1999
  2. Indiana University
    B.A. · 1996