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William Lindsay Osteen Jr. (born 1960) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Osteen was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He received a B.S. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983. He received a J.D. from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1987. He was in private practice of law in Greensboro, North Carolina from 1987 to 2007.
Osteen serves as a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Osteen was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by his father, William L. Osteen Sr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 10, 2007, and received his commission on September 19, 2007. He became Chief Judge on November 1, 2012.