Scott Matheson | |
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 Official portrait, c. 1993 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
| Assumed office December 27, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael W. McConnell |
| United States Attorney for the District of Utah | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | David J. Jordan |
| Succeeded by | Paul Warner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Scott Milne Matheson III July 15, 1953 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Jim Matheson (brother) |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (MA) Yale University (JD) |
Scott Milne Matheson Jr. (born Scott Milne Matheson III; July 15, 1953)[1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2010 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.[2]
A native of Salt Lake City, Matheson graduated from Stanford University, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and received his Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School. After working in private practice for several years, Matheson became a law professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he served as dean from 1998 to 2006. Matheson was the United States attorney for the District of Utah from 1993 to 1997.
- ^ "Utah Politics: Scott Matheson Jr., Democrat". Deseret News. May 7, 1989. p. B2. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018.
- ^ Warchol, Glen (August 26, 2007). "Quinney College Professor, Former U.S. Attorney Scott Matheson Jr. to Lead Mine Disaster Investigation". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 15, 2018.