Richard Federico

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Richard Federico
Richard E. N. Federico.jpg
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 13, 2023
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Branch/service
Rank US-O6 insignia.svg Captain
Unit USN JAG Corps Seal.png United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
Awards
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[1]

Richard Edward Neel Federico (born 1977) [1] is an American lawyer from Kansas who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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Education

Federico received a Bachelor of Journalism from Indiana University Bloomington in 1999 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2002, and a Master of Laws, with highest distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2012. [2]

Career

He served in the United States Navy on active duty from 2002 to 2015, attaining the rank of captain, and has been in active status in the Select Reserves since 2015. [1] Since 2002, Federico had served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps as a prosecutor and as a defense counsel from 2008 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, he was an assistant federal public defender for the District of Oregon in Portland. He has been a military judge for the Navy Reserve Trial Judiciary since 2019, and he served as an Appellate Defense Counsel from 2015 to 2019. In 2017, Federico joined the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas in Topeka, where he served as a research and writing specialist from 2017 to 2018, an assistant federal public defender from 2018 to 2020 and as the senior litigator since 2020. [2]

Federal judicial service

On July 27, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Federico to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. President Biden nominated Federico to the seat vacated by Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, who assumed senior status on March 15, 2021. [3] On September 6, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [4] During his confirmation hearing, he received push back from Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn over a client who he had represented as a public defender in 2018. The client pled guilty to distributing child pornography and Federico made a sentencing recommendation that was below the federal sentencing guidelines for the charge. In response, Federico pointed out that as a public defender, it was his "professional responsibility to vigorously defend his client", who he did not choose to represent. [5] On September 28, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–8 vote. [6] [7] On December 7, 2023, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 63–32 vote. [8] On December 11, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by a 61–29 vote. [9] He received his judicial commission on December 13, 2023. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "President Biden Names Thirty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 27, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ Desrochers, Daniel. "Josh Hawley claims judicial nominee too soft on crime because of work on child porn case". kansascity.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 28, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ Headley, Tiana. "Biden Bipartisan Circuit Court Picks Advance Out of Committee". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard E.N. Federico to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit)". United States Senate. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  9. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Richard E.N. Federico, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit)". United States Senate. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  10. ↑ Richard Federico at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
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