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Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, 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. Throughout his naval career, on Active Duty and in the Reserves, he has also been detailed to serve in a quasi-judicial capacity as a preliminary hearing officer. Mr. Federico has been detailed to preside over 11 court-martial cases. Since 2020, Mr. Federico has served as senior litigator in the Federal Public Defender's Office for the District of Kansas. He previously served the office as an assistant Federal public defender and as a research and writing specialist. Throughout his career, Mr. Federico has tried dozens of cases to verdict in U.S. district courts and in military courts-martial, and he has also filed and argued several appeals.
The American Bar Association unanimously rated Mr. Federico as ``well qualified,'' and his nomination is strongly supported by his home State Senators, Mr. Moran and Mr. Marshall.
I am confident that Mr. Federico will serve honorably on the Tenth Circuit. I proudly support his nomination. Vote on Federico nomination.
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