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Christy Arguello
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, May 2008-Present
Born: July 1955, Thatcher, Colo.
Career History: Managing Senior Associate Counsel, Colorado University-Boulder 2006-2008
Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, 2000-2006
Deputy Attorney General, Colorado, 1999-2000
Professor, University of Kansas, 1991-1999
Private Practice, Holland & Hart, 1985-1991
Private Practice, Valdes-Fauli, Cobb & Petry, 1980-1985
Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1980
Colorado University-Boulder, B.A., 1977
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Michigan Governor, 2002-Present
Born: February 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia
Career History: Michigan Attorney General,1998-2002
Counsel, Wayne County, 1994-1998
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-1994
Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1987
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., 1984
Race or Ethnicity: Caucasian
U.S. Solicitor General
Born: April 1960, New York, N.Y.
Career History: Dean, Harvard Law School, 2003-2009
Professor, Harvard Law School, 1999-2003
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council, 1997-1999
Associate Counsel to President Clinton, 1995-1996
Faculty, University of Chicago Law School, 1995-1997
Private Practice, Williams & Connolly
Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986
Worcester College, Oxford, M. Phil, 1983
Princeton University, A.B., 1981
Race or Ethnicity: Caucasian
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, January 2009-Present
Born: November 1957, New York, N.Y.
Career History: Governor of Arizona, 2003-2009
Attorney General, Arizona, 1999-2003
U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, 1993-1998
Private practice, Lewis and Roca, 1984-1993
Education: Santa Clara University, B.A., 1979
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1983
Race or Ethnicity: Caucasian
Johnnie Rawlinson
Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2000-Present
Born: December 1952, Concord, N.C.
Career History: Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1998-2000
Assistant District Attorney, Clark County, Nev., 1995-1998
Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, Nev.,1989-1995
Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, Nev., 1980-1989
Office of the District Attorney, Clark County, Nev.,1980-1998
Staff attorney, Nevada Legal Services, Las Vegas, 1980
Private practice, Kiefer Clark & O'Reilly, 1979-1980
Education: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1979
North Carolina A&T State University, B.S., 1974
Race or Ethnicity: African American
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia. 2005-Present
Born: June 1955, Heidelberg, Germany
Career History: Scheduled to join Schiff Hardin LLP as a partner in October 2009
Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1992-2005
Judge, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, 1985-1992
Judge, Atlanta's City Traffic Court, 1985-1988
Private practice, Alston and Bird, 1980-1985
Education: University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 1995
Morehouse College, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1993
Cornell University, B.S., 1976
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Race or ethnicity: African American
Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1998-present
Born: 1954, Bronx, N.Y.
Career History: Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992-1998
Private practice, Pavia & Harcourt, 1984-1992
Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1979-1984
Education: Yale Law School, J.D., 1979
Princeton University, B.A., 1976,
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Kathleen M Sullivan
Professor, Stanford University Law School, 1993-Present
Born: August 1955, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.
Career History: Private Practice, Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges
Dean, Stanford Law School, 1999-2004
Professor, Harvard Law School, 1984-1993
Private practice, Cambridge, Mass., 1982-1984
Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981
University of Oxford, B.A., 1978
Cornell University, B.A., 1976
Race or Ethnicity: Caucasian
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1995-Present
Born: July 1950, Plainfield, N.J.
Career History: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1993-1995
Associate Dean, University of Chicago Law School, 1989-1992
Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 1981-1989
Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Law School, 1980-1981
Private Practice, Covington & Burling, 1978-1980
Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1976-1978
Education: University of Texas Law School, J.D., 1975
University of Texas, B.A., 1971
Race or ethnicity: Caucasian
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