INDIANA – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released the following statement applauding President Trump’s nomination of Joseph Falvey to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Joseph Falvey is the first judicial nominee to the Northern District of Indiana of the second Trump administration.

Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said, “Joe Falvey has been a warrior for everything that makes America great. He served our country honorably in Afghanistan and has been helping Adam Mildred keep the Northern District of Indiana safe as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. I look forward to supporting his nomination and urge my colleagues to join me.”

Joseph Falvey is currently an Assistant U.S. Attorney, serving as Chief of the Appellate Division. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and the University of Notre Dame and previously worked at Jones Day as an Associate in the firm’s Issues & Appeals practice. Falvey clerked in the office of the Indiana Attorney General, and he also clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts and Judges Thomas Griffith of the D.C. Circuit and Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Falvey is a Marine Corps veteran and a Pat Tillman scholar.


