Appellate Nominees

Allison H. Eid, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

• Nomination
  • June 7, 2017
  • Age: 51
• Career
• Associate Justice, Colorado Supreme Court (2006 – Present)
• Solicitor General, State of Colorado (2005 – 2006)
• Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School (1998 – Present)
• Associate, Arnold & Porter LLP (1994 – 1998)
• Speechwriter, Secretary of Education Bill Bennett (1987 – 1988)
• Education
• University of Chicago, J.D. (1991)
  • High Honors
  • Order of the Coif
  • Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
• Stanford University, B.A. (1987)
• With Distinction
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Clerkships
• Judge Jerry Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Justice Clarence Thomas, United States Supreme Court
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/448366/who-allison-eid
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/
• https://www.courts.state.co.us/Bio.cfm?Employee_ID=70

Amy C. Barrett, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

• Nomination
  • May 8, 2017
  • Age: 45
• Career
• Notre Dame Law School (2002 – Present)
  • Diane & M.O. Miller Research Chair in Law
  • Professor of Law
  • Associate Professor of Law
• George Washington University Law School (2001 – 2002)
• Associate, Baker Botts LLP (2000 – 2001)
• Associate, Miller Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin (1999-2000)
• Education
• Notre Dame Law School, J.D. (1997)
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Executive Editor, Notre Dame Law Review
  • Dean’s Award – Highest Acheivement in:
    • Administrative Law
    • Civil Procedure I and II
    • Constitutional Law
    • Contracts
    • Criminal Procedure
    • Evidence
    • First Amendment
    • Torts II
  • Hoynes Prize – Student with Best Record in Scholarship
  • Kiley Fellow – Full Tuition Scholarship
• Rhodes College, B.A. (1994)
• Magna Cum Laude
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Clerkships
• Judge Laurence Silberman, United States Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit
• Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/448366/who-allison-eid
• http://law.nd.edu/directory/amy-barrett/
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/

Joan L. Larsen, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

• Nomination
  • May 8, 2017
  • Age: 48
• Career
• Justice, Michigan Supreme Court (2015 – Present)
  • Diane & M.O. Miller Research Chair in Law
  • Professor of Law
  • Associate Professor of Law
• University of Michigan School of Law
  • Lecturer in Law (2003 – 2015)
  • Special Counsel to the Dean (1998 – 2002)
• Northwestern University Law School, Visiting Professor (1997 – 1998)
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (2002 – 2003)
• Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP (1999-2000)
• Education
• Northwestern University School of Law, J.D. (1993)
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
  • John Paul Stevens Award for Academic Excellence
  • Lowden-Wigmore Prize – Best Student Note
  • Raoul Berger Prize – Best Senior Research Paper
• University of Northern Iowa, B.S. (1990)
• Article
  • Importing Constitutional Norms from a “Wider Civilization”: Lawrence and the Rehnquist Court’s Use of Foreign and International Law in Domestic Constitutional Interpretation, 65 Ohio St. L.J. 1283 (2004)

• Clerkships
• Judge David Sentelle, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/447402/who-justice-joan-larsen
• http://courts.mi.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/justices/Pages/Justice-Joan-L.-Larsen.aspx
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/

David R. Stras, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

• Nomination
  • May 8, 2017
  • Age: 44
  • Personal: Justice Stras is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor
• Career
• Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court (2010 – Present)
  • Advisory Committee:
• Rules of General Practice
• Juvenile Protection Procedure
• Adoption Procedure
• Civil Appellate Procedure
• University of Minnesota Law School (2004 – 2010)
  • Co-Director, Institute for Law and Politics
  • Associate Professor of Law
  • Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Stanley V. Kinyon Tenure Track Teacher of the Year
• Counsel, Faegre & Bensen, LLP (2004 – 2010)
• Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP (2001-2002)
• Education
• University of Kansas School of Law, J.D. (1995)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Editor-in-Chief, Kansas Law Review: Criminal Procedure Edition
• University of Kansas, M.B.A. (1999)
• University of Kansas, B.A. (1995)
• Clerkships
• Judge Michael Luttig, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Judge Brunetti, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Justice Clarence Thomas, United States Supreme Court
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/447403/who-justice-david-stras
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/

Stephanos Bibas, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

• Nomination
  • June 19, 2017
  • Age: 50
• Career
• Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania (2006 – Present)
• Associate/Visiting Professor:
  • University of Chicago Law School (2005 – 2006)
  • University of Iowa College of Law (2001 – 2006)
  • Yale Law School, Research Fellow (2000 – 2001)
• Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District New York (1998 – 2000)
• Associate, Covington & Burling LLP (1995 – 1997)
• Education
• Yale Law School, J.D. (1994)
  • Symposium Editor, Yale Law Journal
  • Thurman Arnold Prize – Best Oralist
  • Stewart Prize – Best Moot Court Team
• Oxford University, University College, M.A., B.A. (1991)
  • Gibbs Prize – Contracts, Torts, Land Law
  • Alan Urbach Memorial Prize – Jurisprudence
  • World Debate Championships
• Columbia University, B.A. (1989)
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Phi Betta Kappa
• Writings
• Plea Bargaining Outside the Shadow of Trial, 117 Harv. L. Rev. 2463
• Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) – Supreme Court Brief
• Clerkships
• Judge Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Justice Anthony Kennedy, United States Supreme Court
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/448354/who-stephanos-bibas
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/

Michael B. Brennan, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

• Nomination
  • August 3, 2017
  • Age: 53
• Career
• Partner, Gass Weber Mullins LLC (2008 – Present)
  • Best Lawyers of America
  • Milwaukee Business Journal, 40 Under 40
• Judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court (2000 – 2008)
• Assistant District Attorney, Milwaukee County DA’s Office (1997 – 2000)
• Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP (1991 – 1995)
• Member, U.S. Department of Justice’s National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women
• Founder, Milwaukee Lawyer’s Chapter of the Federalist Society
• Education
• Northwestern University, J.D. (1989)
  • Coordinating Editor, Northwestern Law Review
  • Julius H. Miner Moot Court Champion
  • Dean’s List
• University of Notre Dame, B.A. (1986)
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Government & Philosophy
• Clerkships
• Judge Manion, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Chief Judge Warren, United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
• Articles
• The Wall Street Journal
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• National Review
• New Republic
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/450159/who-mike-brennan
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/

Leonard Steven Grasz, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

• Nomination
  • August 3, 2017
  • Age: 53
• Career
• Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell (2002 – Present)
  • Executive Committee, Appellate Practice Section, Nebraska
  • Best Lawyers of America
  • AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Jones v. Gale, 470 F.3d 1261 (8th Cir. 2006)
• Chief Deputy Attorney General, Nebraska Attorney General (1991 – 2002)
  • Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
  • Supreme Court Practice Group
• Legislative Assistant, U.S. House of Representatives (1984 – 1985)
• Education
• University of Nebraska, J.D. (1989)
  • Executive Editor, Nebraska Law Review
  • Top Oralist – Moot Court
  • Best Brief – Moot Court
  • Roscoe Pound Award
• University of Nebraska, B.A. (1989)
  • Cum Laude
  • Innocents Society
• Affiliations
• The Federalist Society
• K-Life Omaha, Board of Directors
• Gambling with the Good Life, Advisory Board
• Grace University Foundation, Board of Directors
• Links
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/450160/who-steve-grasz
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/