9th Circuit

Mark J. Bennett, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated February 12, 2018
• Confirmed July 10, 2018
• Age: 64 (approximate)

Career

• Director, Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher (2011 – present)
• Attorney General of Hawaii (2002 – 2010)
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Department of Justice National Leadership Award
  • Hawaii Law Enforcement Elwood J. McGuire Award
• Partner, McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP (1991 – 2002)
• Assistant United States Attorney, District of Hawaii (1982 – 1990)
• Assistant United States Attorney, District of the District of Columbia (1980 – 1982)
• Adjunct Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

Education

• Cornell Law School, J.D. (1979)
  • magna cum laude
  • Order of the Coif
  • Cornell Law Review, Board of Editors
• Union College, B.A. (1976)
  • summa cum laude

Clerkship

• Judge Samuel P. King, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1979 – 1980)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eleventh-wave-judicial-nominees/
• https://www.starnlaw.com/attorneys/Mark+J./Bennett/
• https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Bennett_(Hawaii)

Ryan D. Nelson, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: May 15, 2018
• Confirmed: October 11, 2018
• Age: [unavailable]

Career

• General Counsel, Melaleuca, Inc. (2009 – present)
• Special Counsel to the Ranking Member of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee (2009)
  • Supreme Court nominations
• Deputy General Counsel, White House Office of Management and Budget (unavailable)
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice (unavailable)
• Associate, Sidley Austin LLP (unavailable)
  • Appellate, Litigation, Products Liability, and Religious Liberties Practice Groups

Education

• BYU Law School, J.D. (1999)
  • With honors
  • Order of the Coif
  • BYU Law Review, Lead Articles Editor
• Brigham Young University, B.A. (unavailable)

Clerkships

• Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit(date unavailable)
• Judges Charles Brower and Richard Mosk, Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague (date unavailable)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-is-ryan-nelson/

Eric D Miller,U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: July 13, 2018
• Renominated: January 23, 2019
• Confirmed: February 26, 2019
• Age: 43

Career

• Perkins Coie LLP (2012 – Present)
  • Chair of appellate practice
• Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States (2007-2012)
  • In 2008, he was awarded the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for his conduct of national-security litigation.
• Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (2006-2007)
• United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Attorney, (2001 – 2006)
• United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Office of Legal Counsel, Attorney – Adviser, (2003 – 2004)

Education

• University of Chicago Law (1999)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Topics and comments editor of the University of Chicago Law Review
• Harvard – A.B., Physics (1996)
  • Magna cum laudeClerkships
• Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States (Unknown)
• Judge Laurence Silberman, S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit(Unknown)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-sixteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-sixteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eleventh-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
• https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/eric-d-miller.html
• https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-nominates-three-judges/

Bridget S. Bade, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: August 27, 2018
• Renominated: February 6, 2019
• Confirmed: March 26, 2019
• Age: 52

Career

• United States Magistrate Judge, District of Arizona (2012 – present)
• Assistant United States Attorney, District of Arizona (2006 – 2012)
  • Civil and Appellate Divisions, United States Attorney’s Office
  • USAO Performance Awards (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
• Special Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP (2005 – 2006)
• Shareholder, Beshears Wallwork Bellamy (1995 – 2005)
• Trial Attorney, Attorney General’s Honors Program, Environmental Torts Section, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (1991 – 1995)
  • DOJ Special Achievement Awards (1993, 1994)

Education

• Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, J.D. (1990)
  • cum laude
  • Arizona State Law Journal, Articles Editor
• Arizona State University, B.A. (1987)
  • summa cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

• Judge Edith H. Jones, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit(1990 – 1991)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/nine-nominations-sent-senate-today-7/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-seventeenth-wave-judicial-nominees/
• http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/ce9/2018/08/28/Bade_Nominated_to_Ninth_Circuit.pdf

Daniel P. Collins, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Confirmed: May 21, 2019
• Nominated: November 13, 2018
• Renominated: February 6, 2019
• Age:

Career

• Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles Office (1996 – Present)
• Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (2001 – 2003)
• Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California (Approximately 1992 – 1996)
• Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (1989 – 1991)

Education

• Stanford University, J.D.,with distinction (1988)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Served on the Stanford Law Review
• Harvard College, A.B. (1985)
  • summa cum laude
  • First Marshal of Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkship

• Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States(1992)
• Judge Dorothy W. Nelson,United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit(1989)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
• https://www.mto.com/lawyers/Daniel-P-Collins

Kenneth Kiyul Lee, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Confirmed: May 15, 2019
• Nominated: November 13, 2018
• Renominated: February 6, 2019
• Age: 43

Career

• Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles Office (2009 – Present)
• Associate Counsel, President George W. Bush (2006 – 2009)
• Special Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (July 2005 – September 2005)
• Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP, New York, NY (2001 – 2005)

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D. (2000)
  • magna cum laude
• Cornell University, A.B. (1997)
  • summa cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkship

• Judge Emilio M. Garza, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2001)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-is-ken-lee/

Daniel Aaron Bress, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: February 6, 2019
• Confirmed: July 9, 2019

Career

• Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (2011 – Present)
  • Associate (2008 – 2011)
• Adjunct Professor of Law, The Columbus School of Law (Spring 2019; Fall 2016)
• Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of Virginia School of Law (Winters 2009 – 2011)
• Associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (2007 – 2008)
• Summer Associate, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, PC (Summer 2004)
• Judicial Extern to Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar, Supreme Court of California (Summer 2003)

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (2005)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Virginia Law Review, Editor-in-Chief (2004 – 2005)
• Harvard College, A.B. (2001)
  • Magna cum laude

Clerkships

• Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States (2006 – 2007)
• Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit (2005 – 2006)

Links

• https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Daniel%20Bress%20SJQ%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf

Danielle J. Hunsaker, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: September 19^th, 2019
• Confirmed: November 7th, 2019

Career

• Judge, Washington County Circuit Court [2017 – present]
• Partner, Larkins Vacura Kayser LLP
• Adjunct Professor, Lewis and Clark Law School [2011 – 2016]
• Associate, Stoel Rives LLP

Education

• University of Idaho College of Law; J.D.
  • summa cum laude
• Ricks College; B.S.
  • cum laude

Clerkships

• Judge Paul Kelly, United States Court of Appeals for the 10^th Circuit
• Judge Michael Mosman, United States District Court for the District of Oregon
• Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Untied States Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit

Links

• https://ballotpedia.org/Danielle_Hunsaker

Patrick Bumatay, United States Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: October 15^th, 2019
• Confirmed: December 11, 2019

Career

• Federal Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego (2012 – present)
• Private Practice, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason Anello & Bohrer, P.C. There
• Office of the Associate Attorney General
• Political Appointee, Department of Justice

Education

• Harvard Law; J.D. (2006)
• Yale University; B.A. (2000)
  • cum laude

Clerkships

• Judge Timothy Tymkovich, United States Court of Appeals for the 10^th Circuit
• Judge Sandra Townes, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Links

• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-is-patrick-bumatay-2/
• https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Bumatay

Lawrence VanDyke, United States Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: October 15^th, 2019
• Confirmed: December 11, 2019

Career

• Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division (2019 – present)
• Solicitor General of Nevada (2015 – 2019)
• Solicitor General of Montana (2013 – 2014)
• Assistant Solicitor General of Texas (2012)
• Attorney, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP (2005 – 2006, 2007 – 2012)
  • Pro bono work for First Liberty Institute, ADF, and the Free Market Foundation

Education

• Harvard Law School; J.D.
  • Magna cum laude
  • Harvard Law Review
• Montana State University; M.A. in Engineering Management (2000)
• Montana State University; B.S. (1997)

Clerkships

• Judge Janice Brown, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Links

• https://firstliberty.org/news/lawrence-van-dyke/
• https://ballotpedia.org/Lawrence_VanDyke
• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-is-lawrence-vandyke/