Daniel Paul Collins
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Born 1963.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Feb 6, 2019
- Senate vote
- 53 to 46
- Confirmed
- May 21, 2019
- Commissioned
- May 22, 2019
Education
- A.B., Harvard College, 1985
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1988
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989
- Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1991
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1992-1996
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1996-2001, 2003-2019
- Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 1997, 1998, 2017, 2018
- Associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2003
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, November 13, 2018; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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