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Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019–2020
Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Senate voted 51–44 on the nomination on Dec 11, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed51–44 · Dec 11, 2019
Education
- Montana State UniversityB.S.E., 1997
- Montana State UniversityM.C.E.M., 2000
- Bear Valley Bible InstituteB.Th., 2002
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 2005
Career
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006; Law clerk, Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2006-2007; Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 2007-2012; Assistant solicitor general, State of Texas, 2012; Solicitor general, State of Montana, 2013-2014; Solicitor general, State of Nevada, 2015-2019; Deputy assistant attorney general, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2019
Biography
Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke (born 1972) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2020. He previously served as the solicitor general of Nevada from 2015 to 2019 and of Montana from 2013 to 2014.
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