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Hermandorfer, Whitney D.
   Sixth Circuit. Nominated 5/12/25.

Whitney Hermandorfer is currently the Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office. In this role, she leads constitutional, statutory, and administrative-law challenges to federal agency actions and represents the state in complex trial and appellate matters. Previously, she practiced appellate and administrative law at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C.Ms. Hermandorfer has clerked for several prominent jurists: Justice Samuel Alito during the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2018 term; Justice Amy Coney Barrett in her inaugural 2020 term; then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and Judge Richard Leon on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ms. Hermandorfer earned her J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 2015, graduating first in her class and serving as Editor-in-Chief of The George Washington Law Review. She received the John Bell Larner Award for the highest cumulative GPA. Ms. Hermandorfer holds an A.B., summa cum laude, in sociology from Princeton University, where she was co-captain of the women's varsity basketball team.

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