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On the recordDecember 11, 2023
today, the Senate will vote to confirm Richard E.N. Federico to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Born in Richmond, IN, Mr. Federico earned his B.A.J. from Indiana University in 1999, his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2002, and his L.L.M. from Georgetown University in 2012. Since 2003, Mr. Federico has served the Navy in various positions both in the United States and abroad. More specifically, he has served as: trial counsel in Trial Service Office East of Naval Station Norfolk; director of military justice and trial counsel in the U.S. Regional Legal Service Office of Europe and Southwest Asia in Naples, Italy; defense counsel in the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel in the Office of Military Commissions; executive officer, senior defense counsel, and officer in charge at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, FL; appellate defense counsel in the Appellate Defense Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington, DC; military judge in the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary; and trial counsel for the Navy Reserve Region Legal Service Office Southwest at Navy Base San Diego. Between 2015 and 2017, he served as an assistant federal public defender in the Federal Public Defender's Office for the District of Oregon. In 2019, Mr. Federico was designated and certified by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy as a military judge.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 11, 2023

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