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Brett M. Kavanaugh
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 48Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- July 10, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 4, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 28, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 48
- Confirmed
- October 6, 2018
- Commissioned
- October 6, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1965, 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.
Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by George W. Bush; commissioned ; Senate vote 57 to 36. Service ended October 5, 2018: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Walter K. Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-1991
- Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1991-1992
- Attorney, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1993
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994
- Associate independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1994-1997, 1998
- Private practice, 1997-1998, 1999-2001
- Associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2001-2003; senior associate counsel, 2003
- Assistant to the president and staff secretary, President George W. Bush, 2003-2006
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