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Anthony Johnstone was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 1, 2023.
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Previously, he was a law professor and an affiliated professor of public administration at the University of Montana’s Blewett School of Law, where he has taught from 2011. Johnstone was also a solo practitioner at Johnstone PLLC, where worked from 2015.
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Johnstone previously served as the Solicitor for the State of Montana from 2008 to 2011.
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From 2004 to 2008, Johnstone served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Montana Department of Justice.
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From 2000 to 2003, Johnstone was a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine, and Moore LLP in New York.
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Johnstone served as a law clerk for Judge Sidney Thomas on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Montana from 1999 to 2000.
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Johnstone received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago in 1999 and his B.A. from Yale University in 1995.