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Cory Todd Wilson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 48Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 4, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 20, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 11, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 48
- Confirmed
- June 24, 2020
- Commissioned
- July 2, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1970, 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. Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1995-1996
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1996-2005, 2006-2008, 2011-2016
- Adjunct professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1998, 2013
- White House Fellow, U.S. Department of Defense, 2005-2006
- Deputy secretary of state and chief of staff, State of Mississippi, 2008-2011
- Private practice, Madison, Mississippi, 2011
- Senior advisor and counsel, Office of the State Treasurer, State of Mississippi, 2014-2015
- State representative, Mississippi, 2016-2019
- Private practice, Ridgeland, Mississippi, 2016-2019
- Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 2019-2020
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