“When Neil came to our firm in 1995 he had gray hair,” said the law partner, Mark C. Hansen. “In fact, he was born with silver hair, as well as an inexhaustible store of Winston Churchill quotes.”Indeed, Gorsuch, now 49, seems naturally equipped for his spot on President Trump’s short­list of potential Supreme Court nominees. There is a Supreme Court clerkship; Gorsuch was hired by Justice Byron White, a fellow Colorado native, who shared him with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit is one of three federal judges said to be on President Trump’s short­list for the Supreme Court vacancy. He helped secure what his former law partner Hansen said was the largest antitrust award in history and won praise for his courtroom style.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2017 00:47 UTC