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Stuart Kyle Duncan
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 47Confirmed 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, 50 to 47
- Confirmed
- April 24, 2018
- Commissioned
- May 1, 2018
- 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. John M. Duhe, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1998-1999
- Assistant solicitor general, State of Texas, 1999-2001
- Private practice, Austin, Texas, 2001-2002
- Associate-in-law, Columbia Law School, 2002-2004
- Assistant professor of law, University of Mississippi School of Law, 2004-2008
- Appellate chief, Office of the Attorney General, State of Louisiana, 2008-2012
- General counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C., 2012-2014
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2014-2018
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