Scott Milne Matheson Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Born 1953.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Mar 3, 2010
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Dec 22, 2010
- Commissioned
- Dec 27, 2010
Education
- M.A., University of Oxford
- A.B., Stanford University, 1975
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1980
Career
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1985
- Faculty, University of Utah College of Law, 1985-2010
- associate professor of law, 1985-1991
- associate dean for academic affairs, 1990-1993
- professor of law, 1991-2010
- dean, 1998-2006
- Deputy county attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1988-1989
- Visiting associate professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1989-1990
- U.S. attorney for the District of Utah, 1993-1997
- Public policy scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006-2007
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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