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Stephen Alexander Vaden
Former judge · U.S. Court of International Trade
Stephen Alexander Vaden served on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed Nov 18, 2020 by a 49–43 Senate vote. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- Nov 18, 2020
- Senate vote
- 49–43
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1982
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of International TradeDonald J. Trump · Nov 18, 2020 – Jul 7, 2025
Education
- Vanderbilt UniversityB.A., 2004
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 2008
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2008-2009; Law clerk, Hon. Samuel H. Mays, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2009-2010; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2011-2017; U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2017-2020; senior advisor to the Office of General Counsel, 2017; principal deputy general counsel, 2017-2018; general counsel, 2018-2020; Deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2025-
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