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Carl John Nichols
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Active service.
Confirmed 55 to 43Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 55 to 43
- Confirmed
- May 22, 2019
- Commissioned
- June 25, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1970, 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. Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1996-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2005, 2010-2019
- U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-2009; deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 2005-2008; principal deputy associate attorney general, 2008-2009
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