Amul Roger Thapar

Judge Amul Roger Thapar

Personal

Birthday:

1969

Birthplace:

Detroit, MI

Race or Ethnicity:

Asian American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. S. Arthur Spiegel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1994-1996
Law clerk, Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1996-1997
Adjunct professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1995-1997, 2002-2006
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999
Trial advocacy instructor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2000
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1999-2000
General counsel, Equalfooting.com, 2000-2001
Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001-2002
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 2002-2006
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 2006-2007

Education

Name of School:

Boston College

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1991

Name of School - Second:

University of California Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley Law is a community of thinkers and doers exuberantly engaged in life. We are one of the nation's premier law schools, located at one of the world's great universities, in one of the most vibrant places on the planet. At Berkeley Law, we are committed to absolute top-tier education and scholarship. And we are equally committed to using our substantial intellectual capital to help solve real-world problems and to create a more just society. One of our distinguishing features is the extraordinary degree to which our students and faculty partner with people beyond the school: identifying challenges, creating alliances, solving problems, and sparking change.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1994

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

Court Name:

Kentucky Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

George W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

1/4/2008