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Daniel Paul Collins
Active judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Daniel Paul Collins serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed May 21, 2019 by a 53–46 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- May 21, 2019
- Senate vote
- 53–46
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1963
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDonald J. Trump · May 21, 2019
Education
- Harvard CollegeA.B., 1985
- Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1988
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989; Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1991; Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992; Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1992-1996; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1996-2001, 2003-2019; Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 1997, 1998, 2017, 2018; Associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2003
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