Joseph Normand Laplante

Joseph Normand Laplante
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Preceded by	Steven J. McAuliffe
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office December 28, 2007
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Joseph A. Diclerico Jr.
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Georgetown University, A.B. Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.

Joseph Normand Laplante (born 1965) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Federal judicial service

He was nominated by George W. Bush on June 13, 2007, to a seat vacated by Joseph DiClerico; and subsequently confirmed by the Senate on December 14, 2007, receiving his commission on December 28, 2007. He became Chief Judge in 2011.

Education

• Georgetown University, A.B., 1987
• Georgetown University Law School, J.D., 1990

Professional career

• Private practice, New Hampshire, 1990–1993
• Senior assistant attorney general, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, 1993–1998
• Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998–1999
• Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, 2000–2002
• First assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire. 2002-2007

Laplante is a member of the Webster-Batchelder American Inn of Court, and has served on two New Hampshire Bar Association committees: the New Lawyer’s Committee (past chairman), and the Professionalism Committee (past chairman). He is also an advisory board member of the St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program, a program that he attended as a student in 1982.

Judge Laplante has served on the Nashua Region Board of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (chairman 2006-08), the Nashua Police Athletic League and Youth Safe Haven (chairman 2003-08), and the St. Christopher School Advisory Board. He coordinates the youth wrestling program (K-8th grade) for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua, and volunteers at the Corpus Christi Food Pantry.

He is a boxing referee, licensed to officiate both professional and amateur bouts.

External links

• Joseph Normand Laplante at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Laplante Profile on Judgepedia
• District of New Hampshire
• The Robing Room- Rate Judge Laplante

Legal offices
Preceded by Steven J. McAuliffe	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire 2011-present	Incumbent
Preceded by Joseph A. Diclerico Jr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire 2007-present