Dabney Langhorne Friedrich
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Born 1967.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jun 7, 2017
- Senate vote
- 97 to 3
- Confirmed
- Nov 27, 2017
- Commissioned
- Dec 1, 2017
Education
- B.A., Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1988
- Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Oxford, University College, 1989
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1992
Career
- 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
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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