John Joseph Tuchi
| John Joseph Tuchi | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
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Assumed office May 16, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Roslyn O. Silver |
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John Joseph Tuchi 1964 (age 52–53) Colver, Pennsylvania |
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West Virginia University B.S. University of Arizona M.S. Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law J.D. |
John Joseph Tuchi (born 1964) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.
Tuchi received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1987 from West Virginia University. He received a Master of Science degree in 1989 from the University of Arizona. He received a Juris Doctor in 1994 from Arizona State University College of Law. He served as a law clerk to Judge William C. Canby of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from 1994 to 1995. He worked as an associate at the law firm of Brown & Bain, P.A., from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2014, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. He served as Chief of the Criminal Division, from 2006 to 2009, as Senior Litigation Counsel and Tribal Liaison from 2009 to 2012, interim United States Attorney in 2012 and later served as Chief Assistant United States Attorney.
On September 19, 2013, President Obama nominated Tuchi to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, to the seat vacated by Judge Roslyn O. Silver, who took senior status on September 3, 2013. Tuchi was one of four Arizona judicial nominees announced by Obama that day who were chosen in consultation with Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake.
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