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David Frank Hamilton
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Senior status since December 5, 2022.
Confirmed 59 to 39Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- March 17, 2009
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 1, 2009
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 4, 2009
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 59 to 39
- Confirmed
- November 19, 2009
- Commissioned
- November 23, 2009
- Senior status
- Since December 5, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1957, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Appointed by William J. Clinton; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended November 24, 2009: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Richard Cudahy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1983-1984
- Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1984-1989, 1991-1994
- Counsel, Gov. Evan Bayh, Indiana, 1989-1991
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