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Stephen Andrew Higginson
Active judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Stephen Andrew Higginson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Oct 31, 2011 by a 88–0 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Oct 31, 2011
- Senate vote
- 88–0
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1961
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitBarack Obama · Oct 31, 2011
Education
- Harvard CollegeA.B., 1983
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1987
- University of CambridgeM.Phil., 1992
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1987-1988; Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1989-1993; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-2011; Associate professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2004-2011
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