Stephen Alexander Vaden

b. 1982 · Memphis, TN

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Court of International TradeJudgeDonald J. Trump (Republican)Dec 21, 2020Resignation, Jul 7, 2025

Education

  • Vanderbilt University, B.A., 2004
  • Yale Law School, J.D., 2008

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2008-2009; Law clerk, Hon. Samuel H. Mays, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2009-2010; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2011-2017; U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2017-2020; senior advisor to the Office of General Counsel, 2017; principal deputy general counsel, 2017-2018; general counsel, 2018-2020; Deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2025-

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