Michael J. Juneau

Michael Joseph Juneau (June 29, 1962 – May 12, 2023) was an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 2018 to 2023.

Michael J. Juneau
Juneau in 2017
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
In office
February 1, 2022 – May 12, 2023
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
In office
October 17, 2018 – February 1, 2022
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byRichard T. Haik
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Michael Joseph Juneau

(1962-06-29)June 29, 1962
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedMay 12, 2023(2023-05-12) (aged 60)
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Education

Biography

Juneau was born on June 29, 1962, in Monroe, Louisiana.[1] He received a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School where he was selected as the best oralist in the Ames Moot Court Competition.[2]

As a lawyer at his Lafayette-based litigation firm Juneau David, he handled a broad range of civil litigation in state and federal courts across Louisiana. He also had extensive experience administering mass tort settlements as a court-appointed neutral in significant mass tort and nationwide class action matters. In this capacity, he managed some of the largest multi-district litigation in the United States, including In re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation and In re: Oil Spill by the Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.[3]

Federal judicial service

On August 3, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Juneau to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to the seat vacated by Judge Richard T. Haik, who assumed senior status on March 6, 2015.[4] Juneau's nomination carried the support of U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy.[5] On October 4, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On October 26, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–9 vote.[7]

On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6, of the United States Senate.[8] On January 5, 2018, Trump announced his intent to re-nominate Juneau to a federal judgeship.[9] On January 8, 2018, his re-nomination was sent to the Senate.[10] On January 18, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[11] On October 11, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by a 54–41 vote.[12] He received his judicial commission on October 17, 2018. He assumed senior status on February 1, 2022, due to a certified disability.[13] Juneau died at his home in Lafayette on May 12, 2023, at age 60.[14][15]

References
  1. Lawyer Central profile
  2. "ICYMI: Cassidy Introduces Michael Juneau to Senate Committee on the Judiciary | U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana". www.cassidy.senate.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixth Wave of Judicial Candidates and Fifth Wave of U.S. Attorney Candidates", White House, August 3, 2017 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, August 3, 2017
  5. Leader, Barbara; Hilburn, Greg (August 4, 2017). "Trump taps Rayville judge for federal bench". The Monroe News-Star. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  6. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 4, 2017
  7. Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 26, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018
  9. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees", White House, January 5, 2018
  10. "Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, January 8, 2018
  11. Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  12. "On the Nomination (Confirmation Michael Joseph Juneau, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana)". United States Senate. October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  13. Michael J. Juneau at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  14. Potter, William Taylor (May 12, 2023). "Former Louisiana federal judge Michael Juneau dies". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  15. "Former federal judge Michael J. Juneau has died". KATC News. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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