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Justin Reed Walker
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 4, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 6, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 4, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 42
- Confirmed
- June 18, 2020
- Commissioned
- September 2, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1982, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Appointed by Donald J. Trump; commissioned ; Senate vote 50 to 41. Service ended September 2, 2020: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010, 2012-2013
- Law clerk, Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2010-2011
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 2011-2012
- Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 2013-2019
- University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, 2015-2019; assistant professor of law, 2015-2019; associate professor of law, 2019
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