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Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Active service.

Confirmed 50 to 49Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden
Nominated
February 1, 2024
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
February 8, 2024
Committee action
Reported (favorably), March 7, 2024
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 50 to 49
Confirmed
November 20, 2024
Commissioned
November 22, 2024
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1985, 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. Raymond C. Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011-2012
  • Law clerk, Hon. Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada, 2012-2013
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2013-2017
  • Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Washington, D.C., 2017-2024
  • Supreme Court and appellate counsel, 2017-2020
  • Director, Washington, D.C. office, 2020-2021
  • Deputy director, Supreme Court and appellate program, 2020-2021
  • Executive director, 2021-2023
  • President and executive director, 2023-2024
  • Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 2018
  • Lecturer and clinical co-director, Harvard Law School, 2018-
  • Adjunct professor, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, 2023-

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