Born 1965 in Seattle, WA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on June 7, 2017, to a seat vacated by Neil M. Gorsuch. Confirmed by the Senate on November 2, 2017, and received commission on November 3, 2017.

Education:
Stanford University, A.B., 1987
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1991

Professional Career:

Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 1991, 1992-1993, 1994-1998
Law clerk, Hon. Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1991-1992
Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994
University of Colorado School of Law, 1998-2009, 2011-2015; associate professor, 1998-2006; adjunct professor, 2007-2009, 2011-2015
Solicitor general, State of Colorado, 2005-2006
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court, 2006-2017
Adjunct professor, Suffolk University Law School Summer Law Program, Lund, Sweden, 2007
Visiting judicial teaching fellow, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2010