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Cory Todd Wilson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
Cory Todd Wilson, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Senate voted 52–48 on the nomination on Jun 24, 2020 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed52–48 · Jun 24, 2020
Education
- University of MississippiB.B.A., 1992
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1995
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1995-1996; Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1996-2005, 2006-2008, 2011-2016; Adjunct professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1998, 2013; White House Fellow, U.S. Department of Defense, 2005-2006; Deputy secretary of state and chief of staff, State of Mississippi, 2008-2011; Private practice, Madison, Mississippi, 2011; Senior advisor and counsel, Office of the State Treasurer, State of Mississippi, 2014-2015; State representative, Mississippi, 2016-2019; Private practice, Ridgeland, Mississippi, 2016-2019; Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 2019-2020
Biography
Cory Todd Wilson (born August 8, 1970) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Wilson was previously a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
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