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Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2017.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 19, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 17, 1992
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 8, 1992
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- April 8, 1992
- Commissioned
- April 13, 1992
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2017
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1940, 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, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1967-1992
- State representative, New Mexico, 1977-1981
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