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Dabney Langhorne Friedrich

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

Confirmed 97 to 3Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Nominated
June 7, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
July 25, 2017
Committee action
Reported (favorably), September 14, 2017
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 97 to 3
Confirmed
November 27, 2017
Commissioned
December 1, 2017
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1967, 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. Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1992-1994
  • Private practice, San Diego, California, 1994-1995
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1995-1998; Border Crimes Section, 1995-1997; Department of Justice Campaign Financing Task Force, 1997-1998
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Major Crimes and Fraud Sections, Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-2002
  • Counsel, U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2002-2003
  • Associate counsel to President George W. Bush, 2003-2006
  • Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2006-2017; staff member detailed to Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2017

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