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Justin Reed Walker

Justin Reed Walker

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1982 in Louisville, KY

FJC ID: 7263221

Justin Reed Walker (born 1982) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2020. He was a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky from 2019 to 2020 and a professor of law at the University of Louisville from 2015 to 2019.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky
    2013–2019
  2. University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
    2015–2019
    • ↳assistant professor of law · 2015–2019
    • ↳associate professor of law · 2019
  3. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    2009–2010, 2012–2013
  4. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy · 2011–2012
  5. U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh · 2010–2011

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    2020–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
  2. Kentucky Western District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
    2019–2020 · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    J.D. · 2009
  2. Duke University
    B.A. · 2004