Judge Kevin C. Newsom is a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He sits in Birmingham, Alabama.
Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Newsom was the head of the appellate practice group at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP and, before that, the Solicitor General of Alabama. As a practicing lawyer, Judge Newsom argued four cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, and nearly 40 more in the United States Courts of Appeals and state supreme and appellate courts.
Judge Newsom graduated summa cum laude from Samford University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an articles editor on the Harvard Law Review. Following law school, Judge Newsom clerked for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice David H. Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Originalism & Precedent: Exploring Paths to Reform
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law - Caplin Pavilion580 Massie Rd
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Showcase Panel III: Does Originalism Protect Unenumerated Rights?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Objectivity in Judging: Reality or Myth?
Harvard Student Chapter
Harvard Law School1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
2018 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel - State Room1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Showcase Panel III: Does Originalism Protect Unenumerated Rights?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 16, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted the third showcase panel of the 2019...
Showcase Panel III: Does Originalism Protect Unenumerated Rights?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 16, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted the third showcase panel of the 2019...
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
2018 National Lawyers Convention
Mr. Richard Brookhiser, Senior Editor, National Review and Author, John Marshall: The Man Who Made...
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
2018 National Lawyers Convention
Mr. Richard Brookhiser, Senior Editor, National Review and Author, John Marshall: The Man Who Made...
The Judicial Power: The Judicial Duty to Follow the Law or a Discretionary Power of Judicial Review?
2018 National Student Symposium
Hamilton referred to the federal judiciary as the “least dangerous” branch of the new federal...