Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Brett M. Kavanaugh

Associate Justice

Sources checked October 13, 2026. Canonical page /leaders/kavanaugh.

• Brett M. Kavanaugh is an Associate Justice. President Donald J. Trump nominated him, and he took his seat on October 6, 2018.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• The Senate nominations chart records his confirmation on October 6, 2018, by 50 yeas to 48 nays, roll call number 223.

  United States Senate. Supreme Court Nominations (1789-Present). https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1987 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1990. He clerked for Judge Walter Stapleton of the Third Circuit from 1990 to 1991, for Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit from 1991 to 1992, and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy during the 1993 Term. He was an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General in 1992 and 1993, Associate Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel from 1994 to 1997 and for a period in 1998, and a partner at a Washington, D.C., law firm from 1997 to 1998 and from 1999 to 2001. From 2001 to 2003 he was Associate Counsel and then Senior Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush. From 2003 to 2006 he was Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. He was appointed a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2006.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.