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William Joseph Kayatta, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Senior status since October 31, 2024.
Confirmed 88 to 12Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 88 to 12
- Confirmed
- February 13, 2013
- Commissioned
- February 14, 2013
- Senior status
- Since October 31, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Frank M. Coffin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1979-1980
- Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1980-2013
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