11 Facts About Timothy Tymkovich

Timothy Michael Tymkovich was born on November 2,1956 and is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since 2003; serving as chief judge from 2015 to 2022.

Timothy Tymkovich's great-grandfather emigrated from Ukraine to the United States via Ellis Island and worked as a miner.

Timothy Tymkovich then attended the University of Colorado Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Colorado Law Review.

Timothy Tymkovich graduated in 1982 with a Juris Doctor degree.

From 1983 to 1991, Timothy Tymkovich worked in private practice in Denver and Washington, DC In 1991, Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton appointed him Solicitor General of the State of Colorado.

Timothy Tymkovich served in that position until 1996, arguing several cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Timothy Tymkovich was nominated to a seat vacated by Judge John Carbone Porfilio, who assumed senior status.

Timothy Tymkovich was the chief judge from October 1,2015, to October 1,2022.

In 2018, Timothy Tymkovich was tasked with reviewing more than a dozen ethics complaints filed against US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

In 2001, Kavanaugh had helped lobby for Timothy Tymkovich to be appointed as a federal judge.

Judge Timothy Tymkovich wrote for the five-judge en banc majority, over a three-judge dissent.