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David Ryan Stras

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018

David Ryan Stras, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Senate voted 56–42 on the nomination on Jan 30, 2018 (Nomination Confirmed).

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  • United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit
    115th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    56–42 · Jan 30, 2018

Education

  • University of KansasB.A., 1995
  • University of Kansas School of BusinessM.B.A., 1999
  • University of Kansas School of LawJ.D., 1999

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Melvin Brunetti, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1999-2000; Law clerk, Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2000-2001; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002; Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2002-2003; Hugo Black Faculty Fellow, University of Alabama School of Law, 2003-2004; University of Minnesota Law School, 2004-2011; Associate professor of law, 2004-2010; Co-director, Institute for Law and Politics, 2007-2010; Associate professor of political science (through affiliation), 2008-2010; Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar, 2009-2010; Adjunct professor, 2011; Visiting professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 2008; Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009-2010; Associate justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010-2018; Visiting professor, Vanderbilt University Law Scho

Biography

David Ryan Stras (born 1974) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2010 to 2018 and a law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School from 2004 to 2010.

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