• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  2018 – present · 8 yrsAppointed by Donald John Trump

• Supreme Court of the United States

  Law Clerk

  2005 – 2006 · 1 yr

• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Law Clerk

  1999 – 2000 · 1 yr

Career

• Private practice

  2010 – 2017 · 7 yrs

• Solicitor general

  State of Texas

  2008 – 2010 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  2006 – 2008 · 2 yrs

• Chief counsel

  Subcommittee on Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

  2005 – present · 21 yrs

• Chief counsel

  Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

  2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs

• Attorney

  U.S. Department of Justice

  2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs

• Civil Rights Division

  2001 – present · 25 yrs

• Office of Legal Counsel

  2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  2000 – 2001 · 1 yr

Education

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