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Howard Curtis Nielson Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · 2019
Howard Curtis Nielson Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The Senate voted 51–47 on the nomination on May 22, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States District Judge for the District of Utah
116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed51–47 · May 22, 2019
Education
- Brigham Young UniversityB.A., 1992
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1997
Career
Law clerk, Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997-1998; Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1998-1999; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001, 2005-2019; U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2005; special assistant to the deputy attorney general, 2001; counsel to the Attorney General, 2001-2003; deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, 2003-2005; J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2007-2014; lecturer, 2007-2009; distinguished lecturer, 2009-2014; Legal consultant, The Boeing Company, 2008-2014
Biography
Howard Curtis Nielson Jr. (born 1968) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
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