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Whitney Downs Hermandorfer
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 46 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 12, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 4, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 26, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 46 to 42
- Confirmed
- July 14, 2025
- Commissioned
- July 17, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1987, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2015-2016, 2019-2020, 2021-2023
- Law clerk, Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2016-2017
- Law clerk, Hon. Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2017-2018
- Law clerk, Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 2018-2019
- Law clerk, Hon. Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court of the United States, 2020-2021
- Adjunct professor, George Washington University Law School, 2023
- Office of the Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, 2023-2025; assistant solicitor general, 2023-2024; director, Strategic Litigation Unit, 2023-2025
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