Howard Curtis Nielson Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Born 1968.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jan 23, 2019
- Senate vote
- 51 to 47
- Confirmed
- May 22, 2019
- Commissioned
- Jun 12, 2019
Education
- B.A., Brigham Young University, 1992
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1997
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001, 2005-2019
- U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2005
- special assistant to the deputy attorney general, 2001
- counsel to the Attorney General, 2001-2003
- deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, 2003-2005
- J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2007-2014
- lecturer, 2007-2009
- distinguished lecturer, 2009-2014
- Legal consultant, The Boeing Company, 2008-2014
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, September 28, 2017; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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