Gregory Van Tatenhove

Dean

UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law Dean Gregory Van Tatenhove previously served as a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, a role he held from 2006 until he became dean of the Rosenberg College of Law in July 2026.

Previously, he served as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, chief of staff for U.S. Representative Ron Lewis and an Honors Program trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice.

In each of these roles, Van Tatenhove has demonstrated broad and substantive senior-level leadership, managing complex multidisciplinary teams, overseeing substantial budgets and adjudicating complex legal and public policy issues.

He has served as chair of various organizational committees, including the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, the Sixth Circuit Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee and the Kentucky Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, leading strategic planning initiatives and developing and implementing policies and procedures.

Van Tatenhove also served as an adjunct instructor in the Rosenberg College of Law, teaching “Crime and Punishment: Sentencing Policy and Procedure.” Before becoming dean, Van Tatenhove was a judge and lecturer in the Trial Advocacy Program for Assistant United States Attorneys, a part of the National Advocacy Center at the University of South Carolina, and judge of the Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition at Pepperdine University.