Hello #appellatetwitter / legal Twitter: fair to say that it's a rarity for a sitting US District judge to have previously served for many years as a federal public defender?
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Yes good catch!
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Is the question looking only for district court judges? If not, Judge Restrepo on the 3d Circuit also was a federal defender (and a state public defender as well).
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I’m generally curious about the federal bench. So it seems like collectively we’ve been able to name several people. Still seems rare, yes?
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Much too rare. The
@AFJustice put out an excellent report on the Obama Administration's judicial nominees that covers this -- you might be interested. https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Professional-Diversity-Report.pdf … -
This was a very good report, yes!
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Judge Jeff Viken in Rapid City, SD was the Federal Public Defender for South Dakota and North Dakota.
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