Factbox: Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch | Voice of America - English
NAME: Neil Gorsuch  BIRTHDATE: August 29, 1967  BIRTHPLACE: Denver, Colorado  EDUCATION:  1988 - B.A., Columbia University; 1991 - J.D., Harvard Law School; 2004 - D.Phil., University of Oxford  CURRENT JOB:  2006-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (appointed by President George W. Bush)  JOB HISTORY:  2005-2006: Principal deputy, associate attorney general, U.S.
Neil Gorsuch August 29, 1967 Denver, Colorado 1988 - B.A., Columbia University; 1991 - J.D., Harvard Law School; 2004 - D.Phil., University of Oxford 2006-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (appointed by President George W. Bush) Principal deputy, associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice Private law practice, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, Washington, D.C. Partner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, Washington, D.C. Associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, Washington, D.C. Law clerk, Hon. Byron White and Hon. Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court Law clerk, Hon. David Sentelle, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Wife, Louise; two daughters, Emma (born 1999) and Belinda (born 2001). Gorsuch's mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford, was the first female head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Ronald Reagan. While at Columbia, Gorsuch co-founded a newspaper () and a magazine (). "The independence of the judiciary depends upon people in both parties being willing to serve, good people being willing to serve who are capable and willing to put aside their personal politics and preferences to decide cases and to follow the law and not try and make it" -- from his 2006 confirmation hearing for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.