Jeffrey R. Howard

For those of a similar name, see Geoffrey Howard (disambiguation).

Jeffrey Howard
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office May 3, 2002
Nominated by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Norman Stahl
Personal details
Born	November 5, 1955 (1955-11-05) (age 56) Claremont, New Hampshire, U.S.
Alma mater	Plymouth State University Georgetown University

Jeffrey Robert Howard (born November 5, 1955) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

1 Biography
2 Political career
3 U.S. Circuit court
4 References
5 External links

Biography

Howard graduated from Plymouth State College in 1978 with a B.A., and he received a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1981.

After law school, Howard was an attorney in the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, rising to become Deputy Attorney General.

Political career

In 1989, he was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush to become United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire.

In 1993, he left that position in 1993 to become the New Hampshire Attorney General, nominated by Republican Governor Steve Merrill.^[1] He served as Attorney General until 1997, when he stepped down, allowing Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen to nominate Philip McLaughlin. After serving as attorney general, Howard went back to private practice.

U.S. Circuit court

In September 2001, Howard was nominated to the U.S. 1st Court of Appeals by President George W. Bush. He was confirmed 99-0 by the U.S. Senate on April 23, 2002. He was Bush's only appointee to the First Circuit to be confirmed.

References

^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eTgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KWUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3670,655530&dq=attorney+general+jeffrey+howard&hl=en

External links

Jeffrey R. Howard at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Department of Justice Profile

Legal offices
Preceded by Norman Stahl	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 2002–present	Incumbent

Current active judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Lynch, Torruella, Boudin, Lipez, Howard, Thompson

2nd Circuit	Jacobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Katzmann, Raggi, Wesley, Hall, Livingston, Lynch, Chin, Lohier, Carney, Droney

3rd Circuit	McKee, Sloviter, Scirica, Rendell, Ambro, Fuentes, Smith, Fisher, Chagares, Jordan, Hardiman, Greenaway, Vanaskie, 1 seat vacant

4th Circuit	Traxler, Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Motz, King, Gregory, Shedd, Duncan, Agee, Davis, Keenan, Wynn, Diaz, Floyd, 1 seat vacant

5th Circuit	Jones, King, Jolly, Davis, Smith, Garza, Benavides, Stewart, Dennis, Clement, Prado, Owen, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson

6th Circuit	Batchelder, Martin, Boggs, Moore, Cole, Clay, Gibbons, Rogers, Sutton, Cook, McKeague, Griffin, Kethledge, White, Stranch, Donald

7th Circuit	Easterbrook, Posner, Flaum, Kanne, Rovner, Wood, Williams, Sykes, Tinder, Hamilton, 1 seat vacant

8th Circuit	Riley, Wollman, Loken, Murphy, Bye, Melloy, Smith, Colloton, Gruender, Benton, Shepherd

9th Circuit	Kozinski, Pregerson, Reinhardt, O'Scannlain, Thomas, Silverman, Graber, McKeown, Wardlaw, Fletcher, Fisher, Gould, Paez, Berzon, Tallman, Rawlinson, Clifton, Bybee, Callahan, Bea, M Smith, Ikuta, N Smith, Murguia, Christen, 4 seats vacant

10th Circuit	Briscoe, Kelly, Lucero, Murphy, Hartz, O'Brien, Tymkovich, Gorsuch, Holmes, Matheson, 2 seats vacant

11th Circuit	Dubina, Tjoflat, Edmondson, Carnes, Barkett, Hull, Marcus, Wilson, Pryor, Martin, 2 seats vacant

DC Circuit	Sentelle, Henderson, Rogers, Tatel, Garland, Brown, Griffith, Kavanaugh, 3 seats vacant

Federal Circuit	Rader, Newman, Lourie, Bryson, Linn, Dyk, Prost, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna, Wallach, 1 seat vacant

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Name	Howard, Jeffrey R.
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