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Stephanos Bibas

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Born 1969.

Federal judicial service

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Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by
Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Nominated
Jun 19, 2017
Senate vote
53 to 43
Confirmed
Nov 2, 2017
Commissioned
Nov 20, 2017

Education

  • B.A., Columbia University, 1989
  • B.A., University of Oxford, University College, 1991
  • J.D., Yale Law School, 1994
  • Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Court, 1998

Career

  • Law clerk, Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1994-1995
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1997
  • Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1998-2000
  • Research fellow, Yale Law School, 2000-2001
  • Associate professor, University of Iowa College of Law, 2001-2006
  • Visiting associate professor, University of Chicago Law School, 2006
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2005, 2006-2017
  • visiting associate professor, 2005
  • professor of law, 2006-2017
  • professor of criminology, 2009-2017
  • director, Supreme Court clinic, 2009-2017
  • founding affiliated faculty member, Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, 2013-2017

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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