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Pamela Ann Harris
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 43Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 8, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 24, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 17, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 43
- Confirmed
- July 28, 2014
- Commissioned
- July 29, 2014
- 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Harry T. Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1990-1991
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992, 1999-2009
- Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States, 1992-1993
- Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1996
- Associate professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1996-1999
- Visiting professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007-2010, 2012-2014; executive director, Supreme Court Institute, 2009-2010
- Principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010-2012
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