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Robert Leon Wilkins
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 55 to 43Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- June 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 11, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 31, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 55 to 43
- Confirmed
- January 13, 2014
- Commissioned
- January 15, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1963, 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 District of Columbia. Appointed by Barack Obama; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended January 24, 2014: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Earl B. Gilliam, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1989-1990
- Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1990-2001; staff attorney, 1990-1995; chief, special litigation, 1995-2000; contract attorney, 2001
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2011
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