
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 9th Circuit by President William J. Clinton, Jan. 7, 1997; confirmed by the U.S. Senate, March 27, 1998; partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, 1981-98; special assistant to the secretary of the interior and special assistant at the White House, 1980-81; associate, Perkins Coie, Seattle, 1975-80
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, 1975
SAN DIEGO -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been called many things in its storied history.
But Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown thinks the court deserves a special moniker: "the digital circuit."
She prides herself on being "one of the first original iPad judges," those who bring case records to arguments on tablets, rather than sheaves of paper, and is fascinated by the co... (continued)