11th Circuit

Britt C. Grant, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: April 10, 2018
• Confirmed July 31, 2018
• Age: 40

Career

• Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia (2017 – present)
• Office of the Georgia Attorney General (2012 – 2016)
  • Solicitor General (2015 – 2016)
  • Counsel for Legal Policy (2012 – 2014)
• Associate Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (2008 – 2012)
• The White House (2001 – 2004)
  • Deputy Associate Director, Office of Cabinet Affairs (2003 – 2004)
  • Special Assistant to the Director, USA Freedom Corps (2002 – 2003)
  • Executive Assistant to the Director, Domestic Policy Council (2001 – 2002)
• Office of Congressman Nathan Deal (2000 – 2001)
  • Communications Director (2001)
  • Legislative Correspondent (2000 – 2001)

Education

• Stanford Law School, J.D., with distinction(2007)
  • Stanford Journal of International Law, Managing Editor
  • Stanford Law and Policy Review, Senior Articles Editor
  • President, Stanford Federalist Society
  • Co-Founder and Co-President, Stanford National Security and the Law Society
• Wake Forest University, B.A. (2000)
  • summa cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Honor Scholar

Clerkships

• Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit(2007 – 2008)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-twelfth-wave-judicial-nominees-twelfth-wave-united-states-attorneys-sixth-wave-united-states-marshals/
• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/britt-grant-judge-trump-nominated-eleventh-circuit/

 
Elizabeth L. Branch, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Nomination

• September 7, 2017
• Confirmed February 28, 2018
• Age: 49

Career

• Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals (2012 – present)
• Partner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (2008 – 2012)
• Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (2005 – 2008)
• Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation, Department of Homeland Security (2004 – 2005)
• Attorney, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (1996 – 2004)

Education

• Emory University School of Law, J.D. (1994)
  • With distinction
  • Charles E. Watkins, Jr. Scholarship
  • Order of the Coif
  • Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal
• Davidson College, B.A. (1990)
  • Cum laude

Publications

• Managing the Regulatory State: The Experience of the Bush Administration, 33 Fordham Urb. L.J. 953 (2006)

Clerkships

• Judge J. Owen Forrester, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Links

• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/451151/who-judge-lisa-branch
• http://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=elizabeth%20l.%20branch
• https://ballotpedia.org/Elizabeth_Branch

   
Kevin Newsom, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: May 8, 2017
• Confirmed: August 1, 2017
• Age: 44

Career

• Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (2007–2017)
• Adjunct Professor, Cumberland School of Law (Spring 2009 and 2010; Summer 2011)
• Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School (Spring 2011)
• Alabama Solicitor General (2003–2007)
• Associate, Covington & Burling LLP (1998–2000; 2001–2003)
• Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Spring 2002)

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D. (1997)
  • Magna cum laude
  • Articles Editor, Harvard Law Review
• Samford University, B.A. (1994)
  • Summa cum laude
  • President’s Cup recipient
  • Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship

Clerkships

• Justice David H. Souter, Supreme Court of the United States (2000–2001)
• Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1997–1998)

Links

• https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_Newsom
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/447408/who-kevin-newsom
• http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/judges/hon-kevin-c-newsom

Robert J. Luck, United States Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: October 15^th, 2019
• Confirmed: November 19th, 2019

Career

• Justice, Florida Supreme Court (2019 – present)
• Judge, Florida Third District Court of Appeals (2017- 2019)
• Judge, Florida 11^th Circuit Court (2013 – 2017)
• Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida [unavailable]
• Legislative correspondent
  • Office of Senator Paul Coverdell
  • Office of John Kyl
• Adjunct professor of Business Law, Alabama State University

Education

• University of Florida’s Levin College of Law; J.D. (2004)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Florida Law Review
  • magna cum laude
• University of Florida; B.A.
  • Highest honors

Clerkships

• Ed Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Greenberg Traurig, appellate law

Links

• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/robert-luck-judicial-nominee-us-court-appeals-eleventh-circuit/
• https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_J._Luck

Barbara Lagoa, United States Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: October 15^th, 2019
• Confirmed: November 20th, 2019

Career

• Justice, Florida Supreme Court (2019 – present)
• Judge, Florida Third District Court of Appeal (2006 – 2019)
  • Chief Judge (2017 – 2019)
• Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (2003 – 2006)
• Private Practice, Morgan Lewis, Schulte Blum, Cohen Berke, Greenberg Tarurig (1992 – 2003)

Education

• Columbia University; J.D. (1992)
  • Columbia Law Review
• Florida International University; B.A. (1989)
  • cum laude

Links

• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/barbara-lagoa-judicial-nominee-us-court-appeals-eleventh-circuit/
• https://ballotpedia.org/Barbara_Lagoa

Andrew L. Brasher, United States Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: November 21, 2019
• Confirmed: February 11, 2020

Career

• Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama [2019 – present]
• Office of the Attorney General of Alabama [2011 – 2019]
  • Solicitor General [2014 – 2019]
  • Deputy Solicitor General [2011 – 2014]
• Associate, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP [2007 – 2011]

Education

• Harvard Law School; J.D. [2006]
  • cum ladue
  • Harvard Law Review
• Samford University; B.A. [2002]
  • summa cum ladue

Clerkships

• Judge William Pryor, United States Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit [2006 – 2007]

Links

• https://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Brasher