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David Alan Bragdon
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 15, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 17, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 9, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 45
- Confirmed
- December 2, 2025
- Commissioned
- December 12, 2025
- 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2002-2003
- Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 2003-2006
- Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2006-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2007-2025; appellate chief, 2021-2025
- Resident legal advisor, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines (on detail), 2017-2020
- Adjunct professor, Campbell University School of Law, 2023
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