Whitney Downs Hermandorfer

Judicial Service

Education

• Princeton University, B.A., 2009
• George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2015

Professional Career

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2015-2016, 2019-2020, 2021-2023; Law clerk, Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2016-2017; Law clerk, Hon. Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2017-2018; Law clerk, Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 2018-2019; Law clerk, Hon. Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court of the United States, 2020-2021; Adjunct professor, George Washington University Law School, 2023; Office of the Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, 2023-2025; assistant solicitor general, 2023-2024; director, Strategic Litigation Unit, 2023-2025

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography