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Toby Jay Heytens

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2021

Toby Jay Heytens, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The Senate voted 53–43 on the nomination on Nov 1, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed    53–43 · Nov 1, 2021

Education

  • Macalester CollegeB.A., 1997
  • University of Virginia School of LawJ.D., 2000

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000-2001; Bristow Fellow, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2002; Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 2002-2003; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2003-2006, 2014; Visiting assistant professor, Cornell Law School, 2005; University of Virginia School of Law, 2006-2021; associate professor, 2006-2014; co-director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, 2011, 2014-2015, 2016-2017; professor, 2014-2021; David H. Ibbeken '71 Research Professor, 2015-2018; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2007-2010; Appellate practice transition counsel, Office of the AttorneyGeneral, State of Virginia, 2018; Solicitor general, State of Virginia, 2018-2021

Biography

Toby Jay Heytens (born 1975) is an American attorney and law professor who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He served as the solicitor general of Virginia from 2018 to 2021.

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