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Richard W. Roberts
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Senior status since March 16, 2016.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 27, 1998
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 14, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 21, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 5, 1998
- Commissioned
- June 23, 1998
- Senior status
- Since March 16, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1953, 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
- Trial attorney, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1982
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1982-1986
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1986-1988
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1988-1995; principal assistant U.S. attorney, 1993-1995
- Chief, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1995-1998
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2013-2016
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