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David Ryan Stras
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 56 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 8, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 42
- Confirmed
- January 30, 2018
- Commissioned
- January 31, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1974, 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. Melvin Brunetti, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1999-2000
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2000-2001
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002
- Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2002-2003
- Hugo Black Faculty Fellow, University of Alabama School of Law, 2003-2004
- University of Minnesota Law School, 2004-2011; Associate professor of law, 2004-2010; Co-director, Institute for Law and Politics, 2007-2010; Associate professor of political science (through affiliation), 2008-2010; Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar, 2009-2010; Adjunct professor, 2011
- Visiting professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 2008
- Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009-2010
- Associate justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010-2018
- Visiting professor, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2012
- Adjunct professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2013
- Adjunct faculty member, University of Iowa College of Law, 2014-
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