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Paul G. Cassell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · 2002

Paul G. Cassell , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The Senate voted 67–20 on the nomination on May 13, 2002 (Nomination Confirmed). Paul George Cassell (born June 5, 1959) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, who is currently the Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. He is best known as an expert in, and proponent of, victims' rights.

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

United States District Judge for the District of Utah
107th Congress · Nomination Confirmed67–20 · May 13, 2002

Education

Stanford UniversityB.A., 1979
Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1984

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1984-1985; Law clerk, Hon. Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1985-1986; Associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1988; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1988-1991; Professor of law, University of Utah College of Law, 1992-2002, 2007-

Biography

Paul George Cassell (born June 5, 1959) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, who is currently the Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. He is best known as an expert in, and proponent of, victims' rights.

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