Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Born 1961.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jun 4, 2013
- Senate vote
- 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- Dec 12, 2013
- Commissioned
- Dec 17, 2013
Education
- B.A., Yale College, 1983
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1987
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1987-1988
- Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 1988-1989
- Assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 1989-1994
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997
- Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-1998, 2000-2013
- associate professor, 1997-1998, 2000-2005
- professor, 2005-2013
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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