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Lara Elizabeth Montecalvo
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- May 19, 2022
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 25, 2022
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 16, 2022
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 47
- Confirmed
- September 14, 2022
- Commissioned
- September 20, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1974, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Trial attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000-2004
- Rhode Island Public Defender's Office, 2004-2022
- Assistant public defender, Trial Division, 2004-2010
- Supervising attorney, Newport County, 2007-2009
- Assistant public defender, Appellate Division, 2010-2014
- Chief, Appellate Division, 2014-2020
- Rhode Island public defender, 2020-2022
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