Michael Yale Scudder Jr.

Judicial Service

Education

• St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Indiana, B.B.A., 1993
• Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), J.D., 1998

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1998-1999; Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000; Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000-2002; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2002-2006; Counselor to the deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006; Associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2007; General counsel, National Security Council, and senior associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2007-2009; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2009-2018

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography