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Timothy James Kelly

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Active service.

Confirmed 94 to 2Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Nominated
June 7, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 28, 2017
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 13, 2017
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 94 to 2
Confirmed
September 5, 2017
Commissioned
September 8, 2017
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1969, 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

  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001, 2002-2003
  • Loaned associate, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, 1999-2000
  • Law clerk, Hon. Ronald L. Buckwalter, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2001-2002
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 2003-2007
  • Trial attorney, Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2007-2013
  • Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2013-2014
  • Republican staff director, U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, 2013-2017
  • Chief counsel for national security and senior crime counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2015-2017

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