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Howard Curtis Nielson, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 47
- Confirmed
- May 22, 2019
- Commissioned
- June 12, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1968, 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. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001, 2005-2019
- U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2005; special assistant to the deputy attorney general, 2001; counsel to the Attorney General, 2001-2003; deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, 2003-2005
- J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2007-2014; lecturer, 2007-2009; distinguished lecturer, 2009-2014
- Legal consultant, The Boeing Company, 2008-2014
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