Toby Jay Heytens
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Born 1975.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jul 13, 2021
- Senate vote
- 53 to 43
- Confirmed
- Nov 1, 2021
- Commissioned
- Nov 2, 2021
Education
- B.A., Macalester College, 1997
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2000
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000-2001
- Bristow Fellow, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2002
- Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 2002-2003
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2003-2006, 2014
- Visiting assistant professor, Cornell Law School, 2005
- University of Virginia School of Law, 2006-2021
- associate professor, 2006-2014
- co-director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, 2011, 2014-2015, 2016-2017
- professor, 2014-2021
- David H. Ibbeken '71 Research Professor, 2015-2018
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2007-2010
- Appellate practice transition counsel, Office of the AttorneyGeneral, State of Virginia, 2018
- Solicitor general, State of Virginia, 2018-2021
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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