Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke (born December 12, 1972) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2020. He previously served as the solicitor general of Nevada from 2015 to 2019 and of Montana from 2013 to 2014.
Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1972 in Midland, TX
FJC ID: 7504281
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
State of NevadaSolicitor general · 2015–2019- Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of JusticeDeputy assistant attorney general · 2019
- State of MontanaSolicitor general · 2013–2014
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas2007–2012
- State of TexasAssistant solicitor general · 2012
Law clerk , Hon. Janice Rogers Brown · 2006–2007- Private practice, Washington, D.C.2005–2006
Appointments
2020–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Education
- Harvard Universitymagna cum laude · 2005
J.D. · 2005- Bear Valley Bible InstituteB.Th. · 2002
- Bear Valley Bible CollegeTheology, summa cum laude · 2002
- Montana State UniversityConstruction Engineering Management · 2000
- Montana State UniversityM.C.E.M. · 2000
- Montana State UniversityB.S.E. · 1997
- Montana State UniversityCivil Engineering, with highest honors · 1997
- Oklahoma Christian University1995