Joshua Paul Kolar

Judicial Service

Education

• Northwestern University, B.A., 1999
• Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), J.D., 2003

Professional Career

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2003-2005, 2006-2007; Law clerk, Hon. Wayne R. Andersen, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2005-2006; Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 2007-2018; national security lead and antiterrorism advisory council coordinator, 2015-2018; U.S. Navy Reserve (formerly U.S. Naval Reserve) (highest rank: lieutenant commander), 2009-2014, 2015-; U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2014-2015

Other Federal Judicial Service

• U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2019-2024

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography