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Paul L. Friedman
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Senior status since December 31, 2009.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- March 22, 1994
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 25, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 14, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 15, 1994
- Commissioned
- June 16, 1994
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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. Aubrey Robinson, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1968-1969
- Law clerk, Hon. Roger Robb, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-1970
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1970-1974
- Assistant solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-1976
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1976-1994
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