Carolyn Baldwin McHugh

Judge Carolyn Baldwin McHugh

Personal

Birthday:

1957

Birthplace:

Abington, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Bruce S. Jenkins, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1982-1983
Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983-2005
Judge, Utah Court of Appeals, 2005-2014; associate presiding judge, 2010-2011; presiding judge, 2012-2014

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, May 16, 2013; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

University of Utah

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1978

Name of School - Second:

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

We are a small school; the student-to-faculty ratio is 11 to 1. The median G.P.A. of our entering class is in the top 20 of all law schools. We offer an outstanding legal education---a dynamic combination of the cutting-edge and the traditional that is rooted in the excellence of our faculty---at a cost well below our peers, which include the country's top public and private law schools.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1982

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Court Name:

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

3/14/2014