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Stephen Andrew Higginson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
Stephen Andrew Higginson , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Senate voted 88–0 on the nomination on Oct 31, 2011 (Nomination Confirmed). Stephen Andrew Higginson (born 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2011 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He also serves as the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
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- United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
112th Congress · Nomination Confirmed88–0 · Oct 31, 2011
Education
- Harvard CollegeA.B., 1983
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1987
- University of CambridgeM.Phil., 1992
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1987-1988; Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1989-1993; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-2011; Associate professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2004-2011
Biography
Stephen Andrew Higginson (born 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2011 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He also serves as the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
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