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Whitney Downs Hermandorfer

Whitney Downs Hermandorfer

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1987 in Clearwater, FL

FJC ID: 13762030

Whitney Downs Hermandorfer (born 1987) is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She previously was the director of the Strategic Litigation Unit in the Tennessee Attorney General's office from 2023 to 2025.

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Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. State of Tennessee
    Office of the Attorney General and Reporter · 2023–2025
    • ↳assistant solicitor general · 2023–2024
    • ↳director, Strategic Litigation Unit · 2023–2025
  2. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    2015–2016, 2019–2020, 2021–2023
  3. George Washington University Law School
    George Washington University Law School
    Adjunct professor · 2023
  4. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Amy Coney Barrett · 2020–2021
  5. Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
    Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Samuel A. Alito · 2018–2019
  6. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    Law clerk , Hon. Richard J. Leon · 2017–2018
  7. 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 · 2016–2017

Appointments

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    2025–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Education

  1. George Washington University Law School
    George Washington University Law School
    J.D. · 2015
  2. Princeton University
    B.A. · 2009