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Todd Michael Hughes

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Active service.

Confirmed 98 to 0Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
February 7, 2013
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 19, 2013
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 18, 2013
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 98 to 0
Confirmed
September 24, 2013
Commissioned
September 24, 2013
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1966, 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. Robert Krupansky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1992-1994
  • Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-2013; trial attorney, 1994-1999; assistant director, 1999-2007; deputy director, 2007-2013

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