9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Reno, Nevada)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald J. Trump, 2020; deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2019; solicitor general, Nevada, 2015-19; solicitor general, Montana, 2013-14; assistant solicitor general, Texas, 2012; associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 2007-12; clerk to Judge Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2006-07.
Law School: Harvard Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald J. Trump, 2020; deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2019; solicitor general, Nevada, 2015-19; solicitor general, Montana, 2013-14; assistant solicitor general, Texas, 2012; associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 2007-12; clerk to Judge Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2006-07.
Law School: Harvard Law School
When 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence VanDyke was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, he prepped a partner on an issue in an antitrust case over dinner on the night before the argument.
"It was not a doctrine that as an antitrust lawyer I had dealt with day in and day out," recalled Sean Royall, the partner on the case, who is now at Sidley Austin LLP. "To be prepared, you needed to get into a diffe... (continued)
