Joseph C. Wilkinson Jr.

Professional career

• Joseph C. Wilkinson Jr. held the role of a U.S. Magistrate Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from March 27, 1995, until his retirement on May 31, 2020
• Chief United States Magistrate Judge (reappointed) · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · division: Division 2 — 2019-03-27 · notes: Reappointed for 8-year term effective March 27, 2019 per 28 U.S.C
• United States Magistrate Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · division: Division 2 · notes: Magistrate Judge duties include settlement and discovery; terms due to expire March 26, 2011 and March 26, 2019 per public notices
• It says he became chief magistrate judge in July 2013 for a four-year term, serving as liaison with the district court
• Chief Magistrate Judge: In July 2013, he was elected by the court en banc as Chief Magistrate Judge for a four‐year term, serving as liaison between magistrate judges and the district court

Education

Additional information

• Magistrate, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 1995-present
• The collected biographical information identifies service from March 1995 through retirement in May 2020.
• Commissioned: March 27, 1995, to an 8‐year renewable term as a magistrate judge
• Wilkinson earned an LSU journalism BA, summa cum laude, in 1976 and Tulane JD in 1980.
• Lecturer in Civil Procedure — Loyola University New Orleans / Tulane-affiliated law faculty listing
• 631(e); succeeding reappointment cycle
• His docket included employment discrimination, Social Security disability, federal tort claims, habeas petitions and Deepwater Horizon litigation, with procedural rulings on dismissal, summary judgment and sanctions.
• The overview reports more than 23,000 assigned cases and a 25-year judicial career.
• The caseload figure is an overview claim, not an independently checked statistic.