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Michelle Taryn Friedland
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 16, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 40
- Confirmed
- April 28, 2014
- Commissioned
- April 29, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1972, 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. David Tatel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2000-2001
- Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 2001-2002
- Lecturer in law, Stanford Law School, 2002-2004
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2004-2014
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