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Lawrence VanDyke serves as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (appointed January 2020) and holds the academic title of Senior Lecturing Fellow at Regent University. Prior to his judgeship, he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division and consecutively as Solicitor General for Nevada and Montana.
His educational background includes:
- Law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (Harvard Law Review editor)
- Undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Theology
- Master's degree in Engineering Management
Professional expertise centers on constitutional interpretation, federal appellate practice, environmental litigation, and state constitutional law. His career demonstrates deep engagement with high-stakes legal frameworks through judicial service and government roles, though no academic research outputs are documented. Teaching activities, if any, remain unspecified in source materials.
Judge VanDyke clerked for D.C. Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown and resides in Reno, Nevada with his wife Cheryl and three children.
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