Cory Todd Wilson

American judge (born 1970)

"Cory Wilson" redirects here. For the fictional character, see Cory Wilson (Ackley Bridge) .

Cory Todd Wilson (born August 8, 1970) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit . He was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Wilson was previously a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives .

Early life and education

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Wilson was born in 1970 in Pascagoula, Mississippi . He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1992 with a Bachelor of Business Administration , summa cum laude , and also received the Taylor Medal in Economics, awarded to the top student in the department. He then attended Yale Law School , where he was a member of the _Yale Law Journal _ and an Olin Fellow in Economics. He graduated in 1995 with a Juris Doctor .

Legal and legislative career

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Upon graduation from law school, Wilson served as a law clerk to Judge Emmett Ripley Cox of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit . He also served as a White House Fellow in the Department of Defense as a Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld . Before serving in the Mississippi legislature, Wilson served as Senior Advisor and Counsel in the Mississippi State Treasurer 's Office and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Mississippi Secretary of State's Office.

Wilson has been an intermittent member of the Federalist Society , including while at Yale Law School from 1992 to 1995, and then joining the Mississippi chapter from 1996 to 2005 and again since 2019.

Mississippi House of Representatives

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Wilson served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2016 to 2019.

Judicial career

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State judicial service

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In December 2018, Wilson was appointed to the Mississippi Court of Appeals to the seat vacated by Kenny Griffis , who was elevated to the Mississippi Supreme Court . He was sworn into office on February 15, 2019. His service as a state judge ended on July 2, 2020, when he was elevated as a Circuit Judge to the Fifth Circuit Court .

Federal judicial service

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Withdrawn nomination to district court

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On August 28, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Wilson to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi . On October 15, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Wilson to the seat vacated by Judge Louis Guirola Jr. , who assumed senior status on March 23, 2018. On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate . On January 6, 2020, his renomination was sent to the Senate. On January 8, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination. During his confirmation hearing, some senators asked about Wilson's past comments on social media about President Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , as well as his previous positions, as a state legislator, on abortion , LGBT rights , the Affordable Care Act ,

and voting rights. His district-court nomination—which stalled as the first impeachment trial of President Trump was consuming the Senate and as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning —was withdrawn on May 4, 2020, when he was nominated to the Fifth Circuit .

Court of appeals service

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