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Scott Milne Matheson Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
Scott Milne Matheson Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Education
- University of OxfordM.A.,
- Stanford UniversityA.B., 1975
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1980
Career
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1985; Faculty, University of Utah College of Law, 1985-2010; associate professor of law, 1985-1991; associate dean for academic affairs, 1990-1993; professor of law, 1991-2010; dean, 1998-2006; Deputy county attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1988-1989; Visiting associate professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1989-1990; U.S. attorney for the District of Utah, 1993-1997; Public policy scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006-2007
Biography
Scott Milne Matheson Jr. (born Scott Milne Matheson III; July 15, 1953) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2010 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. A native of Salt Lake City, Matheson graduated from Stanford University, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and received his Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.
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