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Dabney Langhorne Friedrich
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Dabney Langhorne Friedrich serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed Nov 27, 2017 by a 97–3 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- Nov 27, 2017
- Senate vote
- 97–3
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1967
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaDonald J. Trump · Nov 27, 2017
Education
- Trinity University, San Antonio, TexasB.A., 1988
- University of Oxford, University CollegeDiploma in Legal Studies, 1989
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1992
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1992-1994; Private practice, San Diego, California, 1994-1995; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1995-1998; Border Crimes Section, 1995-1997; Department of Justice Campaign Financing Task Force, 1997-1998; Assistant U.S. attorney, Major Crimes and Fraud Sections, Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-2002; Counsel, U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2002-2003; Associate counsel to President George W. Bush, 2003-2006; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2006-2017; staff member detailed to Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2017
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