Michael Yale Scudder Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Born 1971.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Feb 15, 2018
- Senate vote
- 90 to 0
- Confirmed
- May 14, 2018
- Commissioned
- May 21, 2018
Education
- B.B.A., St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Indiana, 1993
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), 1998
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1998-1999
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2002-2006
- Counselor to the deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006
- Associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2007
- General counsel, National Security Council, and senior associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2007-2009
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2009-2018
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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