Michael Luttig

J. Michael Luttig (b. 1954) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush (R).

Biography

Luttig received a bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University in 1976 and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981. He began his career as an assistant counsel for the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1982. He went on to clerk for Antonin Scalia on the District of Columbia Circuit from 1982 to 1983, and for Chief Justice Warren Burger on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1983 to 1984. He later served as special assistant to the chief justice from 1984 to 1985.

After clerking on the Supreme Court, he worked in private practice until 1989, when he became a principal deputy assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. In 1990, he became an assistant attorney general in that office, and served as a counselor to the attorney general. From 2006 to 2019, Luttig worked as a senior vice president and general counsel for the Boeing Company.

Judicial nominations and appointments

Luttig was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by George H.W. Bush (R) on April 23, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 26, 1991 and received commission on August 2, 1991. Luttig served on the court until his resignation on May 10, 2006.

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Political offices
Preceded by: NA - new seat	Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–2006	Succeeded by: Steven Agee