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Richard Edward Neel Federico
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 61 to 29Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- July 27, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 6, 2023
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 28, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 61 to 29
- Confirmed
- December 11, 2023
- Commissioned
- December 13, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1977, 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
- U.S. Navy captain, JAG Corps, 2002-2024; active duty, 2002-2015; select reserves, 2015-2024 (retired)
- Trial counsel, Trial Service Office East, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, 2003-2005
- U.S. Region Legal Service Office Europe and Southwest Asia, U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, 2005-2008; trial counsel, 2005-2006; director, military justice, 2006-2008
- Defense counsel, Office of Military Commissions, Washington, D.C., 2008-2011
- Executive officer, Navy Legal Service Office Southeast, Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida, 2012
- Defense Service Office Southeast, Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida, 2012-2015; senior defense counsel, 2012-2013, 2014; officer in charge, 2013, 2014-2015
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Oregon, 2015-2017
- Appellate defense counsel, Navy Reserve Navy-Marine Corps Appellate Review Authority, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., 2015-2019
- Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of Kansas, 2017-2023; research and writing specialist, 2017-2018; assistant federal public defender, 2018-2020; senior litigator, 2020-2023
- Trial counsel, Navy Reserve Region Legal Service Office Southwest, Navy Base San Diego, California, 2020-2022
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