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Patricia Ann Millett

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 2013

Patricia Ann Millett , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate voted 56–38 on the nomination on Dec 10, 2013 (Nomination Confirmed). Patricia Ann Millett ( ; born September 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She formerly headed the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and occasional writer for SCOTUSblog.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
    113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    56–38 · Dec 10, 2013

Education

  • University of IllinoisB.A., 1985
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1988

Career

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1988-1990, 2007-2013; Law clerk, Hon. Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1992; Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1996; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2007

Biography

Patricia Ann Millett ( ; born September 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She formerly headed the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and occasional writer for SCOTUSblog.

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