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Julie Rikelman
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2023
Julie Rikelman, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The Senate voted 51–43 on the nomination on Jun 20, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed). Julie G. Rikelman (born June 16, 1972) is a Ukrainian-born American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She represented the Mississippi abortion clinic in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
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- United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit
118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed51–43 · Jun 20, 2023
Education
- Harvard UniversityA.B., 1993
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1997
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Dana A. Fabe, Alaska Supreme Court, 1997-1998; Law clerk, Hon. Morton I. Greenberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1998-1999; Blackmun Fellow, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York City, 1999-2001; Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska, 2001-2004; Private practice, New York City, 2004-2006; NBC Universal, Inc., New York City, 2006-2011; litigation counsel, 2006-2008; senior litigation counsel, 2008-2011; vice president, litigation, 2011; Center for Reproductive Rights, New York City, 2011-2023; senior staff attorney, 2011-2012; U.S. litigation director, 2012-2023
Biography
Julie G. Rikelman (born June 16, 1972) is a Ukrainian-born American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She represented the Mississippi abortion clinic in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
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