Education
B.A., Brigham Young University, 1977
J.D., BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School, 1980
Government jobs
Attorney, Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, 1984 to 1986
Attorney, Justice Department's Civil Division, 1986 to 1989
Associate counsel to the president, 1989 to 1991
Assistant attorney general, Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, 2001 to 2003
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003 to present
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