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David James Porter
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- April 12, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 6, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 19, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 45
- Confirmed
- October 11, 2018
- Commissioned
- October 15, 2018
- 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. D. Brooks Smith, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1992-1994
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994-2018
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