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Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- October 15, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 30, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 21, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- December 11, 2019
- Commissioned
- January 2, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Not 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
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006
- Law clerk, Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2006-2007
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 2007-2012
- Assistant solicitor general, State of Texas, 2012
- Solicitor general, State of Montana, 2013-2014
- Solicitor general, State of Nevada, 2015-2019
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2019
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