Amul Thapar

Amul Thapar
Official portrait, 2020
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Assumed office
May 25, 2017
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byBoyce F. Martin Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office
January 4, 2008 – May 30, 2017
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJoseph Martin Hood
Succeeded byRobert E. Wier
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office
March 20, 2006 – January 4, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGregory F. Van Tatenhove
Succeeded byKerry B. Harvey
Personal details
Born (1969-04-29) April 29, 1969 (age 55)
Troy, Michigan, U.S.
SpouseKim Schulte
Children3
EducationBoston College (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Amul Roger Thapar (born April 29, 1969) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He previously served as a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2008 to 2017 and as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2006 to 2008. Thapar was President Donald Trump's first Court of Appeals appointment and Trump's second judicial appointment after Justice Neil Gorsuch. Thapar was discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.