Peter Keisler

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Peter D. Keisler (born October 13, 1960 in Hempstead, New York) is an Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and a current nominee for a position as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was first nominated for the position on June 29, 2006 by President George W. Bush to fill a seat vacated by John Roberts, whom Bush elevated to Chief Justice of the United States. His nomination was returned to the President on September 29, 2006. President Bush renominated Keisler November 15, 2006. That nomination was returned to the President on December 9, 2006 with the adjournment of the 109th Congress. Keisler was nominated to the 110th Congress by the President on January 9, 2007.

Keisler went to Yale both for undergraduate and legal studies. He received his B.A. in 1981 and his J.D. in 1985. After law school, Keisler clerked for Judge Robert Bork on the D.C. Circuit from 1985-1986. Keisler clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court during Kennedy's first year on the Court in 1988.