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Michael Yale Scudder, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 90 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- February 15, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 21, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 19, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 90 to 0
- Confirmed
- May 14, 2018
- Commissioned
- May 21, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1971, 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. Paul V. Niemeyer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1998-1999
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2002-2006
- Counselor to the deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006
- Associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2007
- General counsel, National Security Council, and senior associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2007-2009
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2009-2018
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