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Jeffrey R. Howard
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Senior status since March 31, 2022.
Confirmed 99 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 4, 2001
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 11, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 18, 2002
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 99 to 0
- Confirmed
- April 23, 2002
- Commissioned
- May 3, 2002
- Senior status
- Since March 31, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1955, 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, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, 1981-1988
- Deputy attorney general, State of New Hampshire, 1988-1989
- U.S. attorney for the District of New Hampshire, 1989-1993
- Attorney general, State of New Hampshire, 1993-1997
- Private practice, New Hampshire, 1997-2002
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2015-2022
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