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THE FINAL FOUR: Meet the finalists for Trump's Supreme Court pick

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THE FINAL FOUR: Meet the finalists for Trump's Supreme Court pick

Amy Coney Barrett

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

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

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

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