Higginson, Stephen Andrew Born 1961 in Boston, MA Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Nominated by Barack Obama on May 9, 2011, to a seat vacated by Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.. Confirmed by the Senate on October 31, 2011, and received commission on November 2, 2011. Education: Harvard College, A.B., 1983 Yale Law School, J.D., 1987 University of Cambridge, M.Phil., 1992 Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1987-1988 Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989 Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1989-1993 Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-2011 Associate professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2004-2011