Diane Sykes
| Diane Sykes | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | Milwaukee, WI |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 8/24/2004 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Coffey |
| Past post: | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Past term: | 1999-2004 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1957 |
| Home State: | Milwaukee, WI |
| Bachelors: | Northwestern U. '80 |
| Law School: | Marquette U. Law '84 |
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Judge Diane S. Sykes (b. 1957) is a federal judge on the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She joined the Court in 2004 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early life and education
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sykes grew up in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer and graduated from Northwestern University, receiving her Bachelor’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1980. She received her J.D. from Marquette University Law School in 1984. Between college and law school, Justice Sykes worked as a reporter for The Milwaukee Journal.[1] [2]
Legal career
Sykes was a law clerk for federal judge Terence Evans, and later practiced law with the Milwaukee law firm of Whyte & Hirschboeck S.C.[1]
Judicial Career
Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Sykes was elected to the position of Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County in 1992. While as a circuit court judge, Sykes handled cases in the misdemeanor, felony and civil divisions.[2]
Wisconsin Supreme Court
In September of 1999, Sykes was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court by former Governor and United States Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson as former Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske resigned to become the interim Milwaukee County Executive. [2]
Seventh Circuit
On the recommendation of House Judicary Committee Chairman and Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, Sykes was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by President George W. Bush in 2004 to a seat vacated by John Coffey. Sykes was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 24, 2004, on a Senate vote. [3] [4]
27 Democratic Senators voted against her confirmation. Key notable "no" votes included Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, former New York U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, California U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstien, Connecticut Senator Joe Liberman, and Masschusetts Senator Ted Kennedy. However, former U.S. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware voted to approve Sykes[5].
University of Toledo panel
At a symposium convened at the University of Toledo to discuss judicial selection, Judge Sykes noted "court races are now resembling legislative races, both in terms of rhetoric and their expense."[6]
Awards and associations
Notable cases
Judicial Philosophy
When Justice Steinmetz announced his early retirement in July 1999, Sykes expressed a desire to be considered as a replacement. As she related:
"I saw that the philosophical bent of the court was going to be an issue," she says. "I felt I had something to contribute in that area, as well." Throughout her judicial career, Sykes has adhered to a conservative judicial philosophy, which she describes as rooted in the principles of separation of powers and judicial restraint. "I will try very hard not to be a results-oriented jurist," she says, "who figures out how he or she wants the case to come out and then makes the law fit that result. Rather, I'll start at the beginning of the legal analysis and work outward from there."[7]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Diane Sykes Federal Judicial Center Biography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "WI Judicial Branch", Diane Sykes Profile, November 7, 2008
- ↑ "THOMAS" Diane Sykes USCA, 7th Cir. confirmation:PN1109-108
- ↑ "Senate Judiciary Committee" Confirmation of 108th Congress, January 26, 2009
- ↑ "The Washington Post" Roll Call Confirmation Vote of Diane Sykes, January 26, 2009
- ↑ Fritz Wenzel, Judicial Experts at UT Law Forum Divided on Value of Elected Bench, Toledo Blade, March 31, 2001
- ↑ Wisconsin Lawyer Article, Vol. 73, No.6, June 2000
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Coffey |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 2004–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Frank Easterbrook • Diane Sykes • Diane Wood • Ann Williams • Joel Flaum • Ilana Rovner • Michael Kanne • Richard Posner • David Hamilton • John Tinder | ||
| Senior judges |
Daniel Manion • Ken Ripple • William Bauer • Richard Cudahy • | ||
| Former judges | John Paul Stevens • Julian William Mack • Terence Evans • John Coffey • Jesse Eschbach • Walter Quintin Gresham • Thomas Fairchild • Philip Tone • William Allen Woods • James Graham Jenkins • William Henry Seaman • John William Showalter • Peter Stenger Grosscup • Christian Cecil Kohlsaat • Albert Barnes Anderson • Francis Elisha Baker • Samuel Alschuler • Evan Alfred Evans • Louis FitzHenry • George True Page • Walter Lindley • William Morris Sparks • James Earl Major • Walter Treanor • Francis Duffy • Otto Kerner, Sr. • Otto Kerner, Jr. • Harlington Wood • Winfred Knoch • William Parkinson • Luther Swygert • Sherman Minton • Latham Castle • Walter Cummings • Philip Finnegan • John Hastings • Roger Kiley • Wilbur Pell • Elmer Schnackenberg • Robert Sprecher • Hardress Swaim • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Joel Flaum • Richard Posner • William Bauer • Thomas Fairchild • William Morris Sparks • James Earl Major • Francis Duffy • Luther Swygert • Latham Castle • Walter Cummings • John Hastings • | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
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