John Watson Lungstrum
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John Watson Lungstrum is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
, November 2, 1945) is a United States federal judge
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Lungstrum grew up in Kansas City, Missouri
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, where he graduated from the Pembroke Country-Day School in 1963. He received a B.A.
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from Yale University
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in 1967, and a J.D.
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from the University of Kansas School of Law
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in 1970. He practiced law in Los Angeles, California
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from 1970 to 1971, after which he served as a lieutenant in the United States Army
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from 1971 to 1972. He reentered private practice in Lawrence, Kansas
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from 1972 to 1991, during which time he was a lecturer at the University of Kansas School of Law.
On July 24, 1991, President
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George H.W. Bush nominated Lungstrum to be a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
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, to fill the seat vacated by Dale E. Saffels. The United States Senate
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confirmed Lungstrum's nomination on October 31, 1991, and he received his commission on November 5, 1991. Between 2001 and 2007, he served as the District of Kansas's chief judge.
Lungstrum assumed senior status
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on November 2, 2010.