Sam Bagenstos

Biographical Information

Born: January 5, 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Margo Schlanger
Children: Harry Bagenstos, Leila Bagenstos
Education: B.A., University of North Carolina, 1990; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1993
Employment/Military Record: University of Michigan Law School, 2008-present (Visiting Professor of Law, Fall 2008; Professor of Law, 2009-present; Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, 2014-present); United States Department of Justice, 2009-2011 (while on leave from U of M); (Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, then Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights); Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2004-2008 (Professor of Law and Associate Dean); Harvard Law School, 1999-2004 (Research Fellow and Assistant Professor of Law); Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998 (Law Clerk to Justice Ginsburg); United States Department of Justice, 1994-1997 (Trial Attorney, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division); Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993-1994 (Law Clerk to Judge Reinhardt)
Religion: Jewish

Elections and Political Participation

Supreme Court 2018
General Vote: 717,062 of 6,262,391 (11%)
Campaign Finance Reports
Endorsements: AFSCME, Michigan Association for Justice

Political Activities: Served as a political appointee as DAAG and PDAAG in the U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2011.


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