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Seth Robert Aframe
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 8, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 40
- Confirmed
- May 20, 2024
- Commissioned
- May 23, 2024
- 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Judith A. Cowin, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1999-2000
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2003
- Law clerk, Hon. Jeffrey R. Howard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2003-2007
- Instructor of legal research and writing, Boston University School of Law, 2006-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Hampshire, 2007-2024; Civil Division, 2007-2010; Criminal Division, 2010-2024; appellate chief, 2010-2024; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2022-2023; chief, Criminal Division, 2023-2024
- Adjunct professor, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, 2008-
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