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Danny Julian Boggs
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
Danny Julian Boggs , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Danny Julian Boggs (born October 23, 1944) is an American lawyer and a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was appointed to the court in 1986 and served as its chief judge from September 2003 to August 2009. Boggs was on the short list of President George W. Bush's candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Education
- Harvard CollegeA.B., 1965
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1968
Career
Instructor, University of Chicago Law School, 1968-1969; Deputy commissioner, Kentucky Department for Economic Security, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1969-1970; Legal counsel/administrative assistant, Gov. Louie Nunn, Kentucky, 1970-1971; Legislative counsel/assistant to minority leader, Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1972; Attorney, Kentucky Republican Campaign, 1972; Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1973; Attorney, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1973; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973-1975; Private practice, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1975; Assistant to the chairman, Federal Power Commission, 1975-1977; Deputy minority counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977-1979; Deputy campaign director, Nunn for Governor campaign, Louisville, Kentucky, 1979; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981; Special assistant to the pre
Biography
Danny Julian Boggs (born October 23, 1944) is an American lawyer and a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was appointed to the court in 1986 and served as its chief judge from September 2003 to August 2009. Boggs was on the short list of President George W. Bush's candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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