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Judicial Reform Tenth Circuit Judges
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Judges for the United States Court of Appeals: 10th Circuit
Mary Beck Briscoe Chief Judge
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated on March 14, 1995, to a seat vacated by James Kenneth Logan. Confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1995, and received commission on May 26, 1995. Served as chief judge, 2010-present.
Education: University of Kansas, B.A., 1969; University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1973; University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 1990
Professional Career: Legal researcher, 1973; Attorney-examiner, Financial Division, U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973-1974; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1974-1984; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1984-1995; chief judge, 1990-1995
Carlos F. Lucero
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nominated on March 23, 1995, to a new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089. Confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1995, and received commission on June 30, 1995.
Education: Adams State College, B.A., 1961; George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1964
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William E. Doyle, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1964-1965; Private practice, Alamosa, Colorado, 1966-1995; Adjunct professor, Adams State College, 1968-1995
Carolyn Baldwin McHugh
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nominated on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by Michael R. Murphy. Confirmed by the Senate on March 12, 2014, and received commission on March 14, 2014.
Education: University of Utah, B.A., 1978; University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1982
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Bruce S. Jenkins, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1982-1983; Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983-2005; Judge, Utah Court of Appeals, 2005-2014; associate presiding judge, 2010-2011; presiding judge, 2012- 2014
Gregory Alan Phillips
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nominated on January 31, 2013, to a seat vacated by Terrence L. O`Brien. Confirmed by the Senate on July 8, 2013, and received commission on July 9, 2013.
Education: University of Wyoming, B.S., 1983; University of Wyoming College of Law, J.D., 1987
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Alan B. Johnson, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 1987-1989; Private practice, Evanston, Wyoming, 1989-1998; State senator, Wyoming, 1993-1999; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1998-2002; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Wyoming, 2003-2010; Special assistant to the governor for legislative affairs, State of Wyoming, 2010-2011; Attorney general, State of Wyoming, 2011-2013
Harris L. Hartz
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nominated on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Bobby Ray Baldock. Confirmed by the Senate on December 6, 2001, and received commission on December 10, 2001.
Education: Harvard College, A.B., 1967; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1972
Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Mexico, 1972-1975; Assistant professor of law, University of Illinois College of Law, 1976; New Mexico Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Commission, 1976-1979; counsel, 1976-1977; executive director, 1977-1979; Private practice, New Mexico, 1979-1988, 1999-2001; Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1988-1999
Jerome A. Holmes
** Federal Judicial Service:** Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nominated on May 4, 2006, to a seat vacated by Stephanie K. Seymour. Confirmed by the Senate on July 25, 2006, and received commission on August 9, 2006.
Education: Wake Forest University, B.A., 1983; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1988; Harvard University, M.P.A., 2000
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Wayne E. Alley, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1988-1990; Law clerk, Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1990-1991; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1994; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Oklahoma, 1994-2005; Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2005-2006
Nancy C. Moritz
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by Deanell Reece Tacha. Confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 2014, and received commission on July 29, 2014.
Education: Washburn University, B.B.A., 1982; Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 1985
Professional Career: Research attorney, Hon. Harold S. Herd, Kansas Supreme Court, 1985-1987; Law clerk, Hon. Patrick F. Kelly, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1987-1989; Private practice, 1989-1995; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1995-2004 and appellate coordinator, 2000-2004; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 2004-2011; Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 2011-2014
Neil M. Gorsuch
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated on May 10, 2006, to a seat vacated by David M. Ebel. Confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 2006, and received commission on August 8, 2006.
Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1988; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1991; University of Oxford, D.Phil., 2004
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1991-1992; Law clerk, Hon. Byron R. White and Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993- 1994; Private practice, 1995-2005; Principal deputy to the associate attorney general and acting associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-2006
Paul Joseph Kelly Jr.
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated on November 19, 1991, to a new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089. Confirmed by the Senate on April 8, 1992, and received commission on April 13, 1992.
Education: University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1963; Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1967
Professional Career: Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1967-1992; State representative, New Mexico, 1977-1981
Robert Edwin Bacharach
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated on January 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by Robert Harlan Henry. Confirmed by the Senate on February 25, 2013, and received commission on February 28, 2013. U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1999-2013
Education: University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1981; Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1985
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1985-1987; Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1987-1999
Scott Milne Matheson Jr.
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated on March 3, 2010, to a seat vacated by Michael W. McConnell. Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, and received commission on December 27, 2010.
Education: University of Oxford, M.A.; Stanford University, A.B., 1975; Yale Law School, J.D., 1980
Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1985; Faculty, University of Utah College of Law, 1985-2010; associate professor of law, 1985-1991; associate dean for academic affairs, 1990-1993; professor of law, 1991-2010; dean, 1998-2006; Deputy county attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1988-1989; Visiting associate professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1989-1990; U.S. attorney for the District of Utah, 1993-1997; Public policy scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006-2007
Timothy M. Tymkovich
Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by John C. Porfilio. Confirmed by the Senate on April 1, 2003, and received commission on April 1, 2003.
Education: Colorado College, B.A., 1979; University of Colorado Law School, J.D., 1982
Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William H. Erickson, Colorado Supreme Court, 1982-1983; Private practice, Colorado, 1983-1991; Solicitor general, State of Colorado, 1991-1996; Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 1996-2003