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Leslie Southwick
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 59 to 38Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 9, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 10, 2007
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 2, 2007
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 59 to 38
- Confirmed
- October 24, 2007
- Commissioned
- October 29, 2007
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1950, 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
- U.S. Army Reserve, 1993-1997
- Mississippi National Guard, 1997-2008
- Briefing attorney, Hon. John F. Onion, Jr., Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1975-1976
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1977-1989
- Adjunct professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1985-1989, 1998-2020
- Visiting professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 2007
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1993
- Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1995-2006
- Candidate for Mississippi Supreme Court, 1996
- U.S. Army staff judge advocate, 2005
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