David M. Ebel

Professional career

• Law clerk to Justice Byron White, U.S. Supreme Court (1965–1966).
• Private practice in Denver, CO (1966–1988) at Davis Graham & Stubbs.
• Adjunct professor, University of Denver Law School (1987–1989).
• Senior lecturing fellow, Duke University School of Law (1992–1994).
• Senior lecturing fellow, Duke University Law School, 1992-1994
• Adjunct professor of law, University of Denver Law School, 1987-1989
• Private practice, Denver, CO, 1966-1988
• Law clerk, Hon. Byron White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1965-1966

Judicial service

• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1988-2006
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Senior Status: Assumed on January 16, 2006.
• Ebel remains a Senior Judge on the Tenth Circuit, as listed on the U.S. Courts website. His seat was later filled by Neil Gorsuch in 2006.
• Presided over the Timothy McVeigh appeal in 1998.
• Contributed to Rwandan judicial reform post-1994 genocide, assisting in transitioning from civil to common law and creating new court structures.
• Confirmed: By the U.S. Senate on April 19, 1988; commissioned April 20, 1988.
• Appointed: Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on December 18, 1987, to replace William Edward Doyle.
• Preceded by: William Edward Doyle; Succeeded by: Neil Gorsuch.
• Served seven years on the Judicial Conference Code of Conduct Committee, overseeing consolidation of federal judicial employee codes.

Education

• Northwestern University · B.A., 1962
• University of Michigan Law School

Personal record

Born 1940 · Wichita, KS