• Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  Judge

  2014 – present · 12 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

Career

• Justice

  Kansas Supreme Court

  2011 – 2014 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Kansas Court of Appeals

  2004 – 2011 · 7 yrs

• appellate coordinator

  2000 – 2004 · 4 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of Kansas

  1995 – 2004 · 9 yrs

• Private practice

  1994 – 1995 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1991 – 1993 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1989 – 1990 · 1 yr

• Law clerk, Hon. Patrick F. Kelly

  U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

  1987 – 1989 · 2 yrs

• Research attorney

  Hon. Harold S. Herd, Kansas Supreme Court

  1985 – 1987 · 2 yrs

Education