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Karen LeCraft Henderson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- May 8, 1990
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 11, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 27, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 28, 1990
- Commissioned
- July 5, 1990
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended July 11, 1990: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969-1970
- Office of the Attorney General, State of South Carolina, 1973-1983; Assistant attorney general, 1973-1978; Senior assistant attorney general/director, Special Litigation Section, 1978-1982; Deputy attorney general/director, Criminal Division, 1982-1983
- Private practice, Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, 1983-1986
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