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Jane Louise Kelly
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 31, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 27, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 22, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- April 24, 2013
- Commissioned
- April 25, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1964, 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. Donald J. Porter, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1991-1992
- Law clerk, Hon. David R. Hansen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1992-1993
- Visiting instructor, University of Illinois College of Law, 1993-1994
- Assistant federal public defender, Northern District of Iowa, 1994-2013; supervising attorney, 1999-2013
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