Amy Coney Barrett
Age: 46
Alma maters: BA Rhodes College '94, JD University of Notre Dame Law School '97
Clerked for: Judge Laurence Silberman of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the US Supreme Court
Past positions:
• Associate at law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larocca, and Lewin in Washington, DC
• Professor at Notre Dame Law School, where she teaches constitutional law, federal courts, and statutory interpretation
Current court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2017
Sources: Federal Judicial Center, Chicago Sun Times, Los Angeles Times
Raymond Kethledge
Age: 51
Alma mater: BA University of Michigan '89, JD University of Michigan Law School '93
Clerked for: Judge Ralph B. Guy of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the US Supreme Court
Past positions:
• Judiciary Counsel to former Sen. Spencer Abraham of Michigan
• Partner at law firm Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn
• In-house counsel at Ford Motor Company
• Co-founder of boutique law firm Bush, Seyfreth, and Paige in Troy, Michigan
• Adjunct professor at University of Michigan law school
Current court: US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 2008
Sources: Federal Judicial Center, SCOTUSBlog, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post
Thomas Hardiman
Age: 53
Alma maters: BA University of Notre Dame '87, JD Georgetown University Law School '90.
Clerked for: No one
Past positions:
• Litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Florn in Washington, DC
• Associate and partner at Titus & McConomy in Pittsburgh, PA
• Partner at Smith Reed also in Pittsburgh, where he mainly practiced white-collar and civil litigation
• Judge at the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Current court: US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since 2007
Sources: Federal Judicial Center, Los Angeles Times