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Menashi, Steven James
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on September 9, 2019, to a seat vacated by Dennis G. Jacobs. Confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2019, and received commission on November 14, 2019.
Education:
Dartmouth College, A.B., 2001
Stanford Law School, J.D., 2008
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2008-2009
Olin-Searle Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 2009-2010
Law clerk, Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 2010-2011
Private practice, New York City, 2011-2017
Koch-Searle Research Fellow, New York University School of Law, 2013-2015
Assistant professor of law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, 2016-2019
U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2018; acting general counsel, 2017-2018; principal deputy general counsel, 2018
Associate counsel and special assistant, President Donald J. Trump, 2018-2019