L. Steven Grasz | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | William J. Riley |
| Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska | |
| In office January 1991 – May 2002 | |
| Governor | Ben Nelson Mike Johanns |
| Attorney General | Don Stenberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1, 1961 Chappell, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS, JD) |
Leonard Steven Grasz (born November 1, 1961)[1] is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
A graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of Nebraska College of Law, Grasz spent eleven years as the state of Nebraska's Chief Deputy Attorney General. He was a senior partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell prior to his appointment to the federal judiciary.
At the time of his 2017 nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimously voted to give Grasz a "not qualified" rating for the position. Grasz was the first circuit court nominee to receive a unanimous "not qualified" rating from the ABA since 2006. Republican Senators accused the ABA of political bias and Grasz testified that the ABA's review process was unprofessional.