• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  2003 – present · 23 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Assistant attorney general

  Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice

  2001 – 2002 · 1 yr

• Professor

  William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada

  1999 – 2000 · 1 yr

• Professor

  Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University

  1991 – 1998 · 7 yrs

• Associate counsel

  President George H. W. Bush

  1989 – 1991 · 2 yrs

• Attorney

  Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1986 – 1989 · 3 yrs

• Attorney

  Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice

  1984 – 1986 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrs

• Law clerk

  Hon. Donald Russell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  1980 – 1981 · 1 yr