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Stephen Joseph Murphy, III
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- April 15, 2008
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 7, 2008
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 12, 2008
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 24, 2008
- Commissioned
- August 18, 2008
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1962, 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, U.S. Department of Justice, 1987-1992
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1992-2000
- Adjunct professor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1995-2003
- Attorney, General Motors, 2000-2005
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2005-2008
- Adjunct professor, Ave Maria School of Law, 2003
- Adjunct professor, Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, 2008
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