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Holly Aiyisha Thomas
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2022
Holly Aiyisha Thomas, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Senate voted 48–40 on the nomination on Jan 20, 2022 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed48–40 · Jan 20, 2022
Education
- Stanford UniversityA.B., 2000
- Yale UniversityJ.D., 2004
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005; Assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 2005-2010; Liman Fellow, 2005-2006; Senior attorney, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010-2015; Special counsel to the solicitor general, State of New York, 2015-2016; Deputy director of executive programs, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, 2016-2018; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2018-2022; Judge pro tem, California Court of Appeal, Second District, 2021
Biography
Holly Aiyisha Thomas (born 1979) is an American attorney serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2018 to 2022.
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