NAME: Neil Gorsuch
BIRTHDATE: August 29, 1967
BIRTHPLACE: Denver, Colorado
EDUCATION:
1988 - B.A., Columbia University; 1991 - J.D., Harvard Law School; 2004 - D.Phil., University of Oxford
CURRENT JOB:
2006-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (appointed by President George W. Bush)
JOB HISTORY:
2005-2006: Principal deputy, associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice
1995-2005: Private law practice, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, Washington, D.C.
1998-2005: Partner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, Washington, D.C.
1995-1998: Associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, Washington, D.C.
1993-1994: Law clerk, Hon. Byron White and Hon. Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court
1991-1992: Law clerk, Hon. David Sentelle, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
FAMILY: Wife, Louise; two daughters, Emma (born 1999) and Belinda (born 2001). Gorsuch's mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford, was the first female head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Ronald Reagan.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
While at Columbia, Gorsuch co-founded a newspaper (The Federalist) and a magazine (The Morningside Review).
QUOTE:
"The independence of the judiciary depends upon people in both parties being willing to serve, good people being willing to serve who are capable and willing to put aside their personal politics and preferences to decide cases and to follow the law and not try and make it." — from his 2006 confirmation hearing for the Tenth Circuit.