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James C. Ho

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017–2018

James C. Ho, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Senate voted 53–43 on the nomination on Dec 14, 2017 (Nomination Confirmed). James Chiun-Yue Ho (Chinese: 何俊宇; pinyin: Hé Jùnyǔ; born February 27, 1973) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed in 2018 by President Donald Trump, becoming the Fifth Circuit's only Asian-American judge and the only judge to be an immigrant.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
    115th Congress · Nomination Confirmed    53–43 · Dec 14, 2017

Education

  • Stanford UniversityB.A., 1995
  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1999

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1999-2000; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001; Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2003; Civil Rights Division, 2001; Office of Legal Counsel, 2001-2003; Chief counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2003-2005; Chief counsel, Subcommittee on Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2005; Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2005-2006; Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 2006-2008, 2010-2017; Solicitor general, State of Texas, 2008-2010;

Biography

James Chiun-Yue Ho (Chinese: 何俊宇; pinyin: Hé Jùnyǔ; born February 27, 1973) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed in 2018 by President Donald Trump, becoming the Fifth Circuit's only Asian-American judge and the only judge to be an immigrant.

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