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Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 2013
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate voted 51–44 on the nomination on Dec 12, 2013 (Nomination Confirmed). Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), known professionally as Nina Pillard, is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2013 as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before becoming a judge, Pillard was a law professor at Georgetown University.
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- United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed51–44 · Dec 12, 2013
Education
- Yale CollegeB.A., 1983
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1987
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1987-1988; Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 1988-1989; Assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 1989-1994; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997; Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-1998, 2000-2013; associate professor, 1997-1998, 2000-2005; professor, 2005-2013; Deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000
Biography
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), known professionally as Nina Pillard, is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2013 as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before becoming a judge, Pillard was a law professor at Georgetown University.
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