District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Donald J. Trump in December 2017.
Prior to her appointment, Judge Friedrich served as a Commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission from 2006 to 2017. She previously served as Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush from 2003 to 2006, and as a staff member on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2002. She worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia from 1998 to 2002 and in the Southern District of California from 1995 to 1998.
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1992
- Oxford University, Diploma in Legal Studies, 1989
- Trinity University, B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, 1988
Career
- District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2017–present)
- Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission (2006–2017)
- Associate Counsel to the President, White House (2003–2006)
- Staff member, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (2002)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia (1998–2002)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California (1995–1998)
- Litigation associate, Latham & Watkins, San Diego (1994–1995)
- Law clerk to Hon. Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia