22 Facts About Amul Thapar

Amul Roger Thapar was born on April 29,1969 and is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Amul Thapar previously served as a US 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.

Amul Thapar has been discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.

Amul Thapar was born in Troy, Michigan, to a family that emigrated from India.

Amul Thapar was raised in Toledo, Ohio, where his father, Raj Thapar, owns a heating and air-conditioning supply business.

Amul Thapar attended Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law for one year, then transferred to the UC Berkeley School of Law, graduating in 1994 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Amul Thapar was an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law from 1995 to 1997 and from 2002 to 2006.

Amul Thapar was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia from 1999 to 2000.

Amul Thapar returned to the US Attorney's Office as an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from 2002 to 2006.

Amul Thapar was then nominated and confirmed to the position of United States attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where he served from 2006 to 2007.

Amul Thapar led the Southern Ohio Mortgage Fraud Task Force, which successfully prosecuted approximately 40 perpetrators of mortgage fraud.

Amul Thapar led the successful investigation and prosecution of a conspiracy ring to provide illegal immigrants with fraudulent driver's licenses.

Amul Thapar has been an invited guest at Federalist Society programs.

Amul Thapar is known for his folksy and engaging writing style that is meant to be understood by everyday people.

Amul Thapar received a unanimous well qualified rating from the American Bar Association.

Amul Thapar became the second Indian American judge of United States courts of appeals.

Amul Thapar speaks at law schools across the country on originalism, textualism, civility, and other topics.

Amul Thapar teaches at the University of Virginia Law School on the judicial philosophies of Justices Scalia and Thomas.

In 2018, Amul Thapar published a law review article about the role of judges.

Since impersonation, unlike parody, is not protected speech, Thapar reasoned that there was probable cause for the arrest and thus it could not be retaliatory under Nieves v Bartlett.

Amul Thapar was first considered for the Supreme Court in 2016, when he was a federal district judge.

Amul Thapar was considered a front-runner for an open seat.