Miguel Estrada

Endorsers: Free Congress Foundation (D.C. Circuit nomination)

Detractors: Alliance for Justice; PFAW (D.C. Circuit nomination)

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President Bush nominated Estrada for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001 at which time would have been the first Hispanic judge on that court. After Senate Democrats filibustered the nomination for two years, Estrada withdrew his name from consideration. President Bush called the Senate's treatment of Estrada "disgraceful."

Age: 44

Education:
Columbia College, B.A, 1983
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986

Federal Judicial Service:
None
**Nominated in 2000 by President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. Estrada
withdrew his nomination on September 4, 2003 after seven failed cloture votes.

Professional Career:
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2000-present
Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1997
Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1992
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Sthrn District of New York, 1990-1992
Clerk, Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court, 1988-1989
Clerk, Honorable Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1986-1987

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