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Kevin Christopher Newsom
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 66 to 31Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 8, 2017
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 14, 2017
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 13, 2017
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 66 to 31
- Confirmed
- August 1, 2017
- Commissioned
- August 2, 2017
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1972, 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. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2000, 2001-2003
- Law clerk, Hon. David H. Souter, Supreme Court of the United States, 2000-2001
- Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 2002
- Solicitor general, State of Alabama, 2003-2007
- Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 2007-2017
- Adjunct professor, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 2009-2011
- Adjunct professor, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2011
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2026-present
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