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Stephen Andrew Higginson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 88 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 9, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 8, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 14, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 88 to 0
- Confirmed
- October 31, 2011
- Commissioned
- November 2, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1987-1988
- Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1989-1993
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-2011
- Associate professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2004-2011
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