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Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Senior status since January 3, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- May 16, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 11, 1991
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 18, 1991
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 18, 1991
- Commissioned
- August 2, 1991
- Senior status
- Since January 3, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1948, 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
- Attorney, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1974-1980
- Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 1980-1986
- Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1986-1991
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