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Mary Beck Briscoe

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Senior status since March 15, 2021.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
March 14, 1995
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
May 4, 1995
Committee action
Reported (favorably), May 18, 1995
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
May 25, 1995
Commissioned
May 26, 1995
Senior status
Since March 15, 2021
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1947, 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

  • Legal researcher, 1973
  • Attorney-examiner, Financial Division, U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973-1974
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1974-1984
  • Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1984-1995; chief judge, 1990-1995
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2010-2015

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