Richard Federico | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
Assumed office December 13, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Mary Beck Briscoe |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Edward Neel Federico [1] 1977 (age 46–47) Richmond,Indiana,U.S. |
Education | |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service |
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Unit | United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps |
Awards | See list
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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.
Federico received a Bachelor of Journalism from Indiana University 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]
Since 2002, Federico had served in the U.S. Navy JAG 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] From 2002 to 2015, he served in active duty and was subsequently honorably discharged. Since 2015, he has served in the Selective Reserves. [1]
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 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 eight years 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. [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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