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Stephen Alexander Vaden

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade · 2020

Stephen Alexander Vaden, Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade. The Senate voted 49–43 on the nomination on Nov 18, 2020 (Nomination Confirmed).

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  • a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
    116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed    49–43 · Nov 18, 2020

Education

  • Vanderbilt UniversityB.A., 2004
  • Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 2008

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2008-2009; Law clerk, Hon. Samuel H. Mays, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2009-2010; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2011-2017; U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2017-2020; senior advisor to the Office of General Counsel, 2017; principal deputy general counsel, 2017-2018; general counsel, 2018-2020; Deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2025-

Biography

Stephen Alexander Vaden (born May 15, 1982) is an American lawyer who has served as the United States deputy secretary of agriculture since July 2025. He served as a United States judge of the United States Court of International Trade from December 2020 until taking office as deputy secretary in July 2025.

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