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Richard Ernest Myers, II
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Active service.
Confirmed 68 to 21Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 9, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 11, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 31, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 68 to 21
- Confirmed
- December 5, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 10, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1967, 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. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1999-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2001-2004
- University of North Carolina School of Law, 2004-2019
- Assistant professor, 2004-2010
- Associate dean and George R. Ward Term Research Associate Professor, 2010-2013
- Associate Dean and Henry Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law, 2013-2014
- Henry Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of Trial Advocacy, 2014-2019
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