Stuart Kyle Duncan

Stuart Kyle Duncan (born 1972) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed to the court by President Donald Trump in 2017 and confirmed in 2018. Education Duncan received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as executive senior editor of the Louisiana Law Review. Duncan subsequently earned a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School. Early career After graduating from law school, Duncan clerked for Louisiana-based Circuit Judge John M. Duhé Jr. of the Fifth Circuit. From 2008 to 2012, Duncan served as appellate chief for Louisiana's Attorney General's office. Some media have incorrectly stated that Duncan served as Solicitor General of Louisiana during his time at the Attorney General's office, but the title of Solicitor General did not yet exist during the time that Duncan worked there. From 2012 to 2014, Duncan served as general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where he managed Becket's nationwide public-interest litigation. He has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2012.