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J. Michael Luttig
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
J. Michael Luttig , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. John Michael Luttig ( LOO-tig; born June 13, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as a U.S. circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006. Luttig resigned his judgeship in 2006 to become the general counsel of Boeing, a position he held until his retirement in 2019.
Education
- Washington and Lee UniversityB.A., 1976
- University of Virginia School of LawJ.D., 1981
Career
Assistant counsel, President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1982; Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982-1983; Law clerk, Hon. Warren Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1983-1984; Special assistant, Hon. Warren Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1984-1985; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1985-1989; U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1991; principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, 1989-1990; assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, 1990-1991; counselor to the Attorney General of the United States, 1990-1991; Senior vice president and general counsel, The Boeing Company, 2006-
Biography
John Michael Luttig ( LOO-tig; born June 13, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as a U.S. circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006. Luttig resigned his judgeship in 2006 to become the general counsel of Boeing, a position he held until his retirement in 2019.
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