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Hon. Kevin C. Newsom

U.S. Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit

Born:
Birmingham, Alabama

Date of Appointment:
August 2, 2017

Entered on Duty:
August 7, 2017

Education:
Samford University, B.A., 1994
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1997

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1997-1998
Law clerk, Hon. David H. Souter, Supreme Court of the United States, 2000-2001
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2000, 2001-2003
Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 2002
Solicitor general, State of Alabama, 2003-2007
Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 2007-2017
Adjunct professor, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 2009-2011, 2018-2023
Adjunct professor, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2011
Adjunct professor, University of Alabama School of Law, 2018
Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School, 2023
Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School, 2024