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Julie Rikelman
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Assumed office
June 23, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded bySandra Lynch
Personal details
Born
Yulia G. Rikelman

(1972-06-16) June 16, 1972 (age 51)[1]
Kyiv, Ukraine
EducationHarvard University (AB, JD)
Julie Rikelman's voice
Julie Rikelman's opening statements to the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Recorded December 1, 2021

Julie Rikelman[2] (born June 16, 1972) is a Ukrainian-born American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She represented the Mississippi abortion clinic in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.[3]

Early life and education

She was born in

cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1997.[7]

Career

From 1997 to 1998, Rikelman served as a

NBC Universal, Inc., including vice president of litigation.[7] From 2011 to 2023, she was the senior litigation director for the Center for Reproductive Rights.[7][6]

Notable cases

Rikelman is well known for her representation and advocacy for

June Medical Services LLC v. Russo (2020) and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022).[6][8][9]

In 2012, Rikelman represented Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services when they sued the commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services and the executive director of the Texas Medical Board. The plaintiffs alleged constitutional violations resulting from the newly enacted Texas House Bill 15 ("the Act"), an Act "relating to informed consent to an abortion." H.B. 15, 82nd Leg. Reg. Sess. (Tex.2011).[10]

In December 2014, Rikelman argued in the

songram, and describe the fetus to women seeking abortions. In July 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Woman's Right to Know Act over a gubernatorial veto. The act amended Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes, which governs medical and related professions, adding a new article regulating the steps that must precede an abortion. Physicians and abortion providers filed suit after the act's passage but before its effective date, asking the court to enjoin enforcement of the act and declare it unconstitutional.[11]

In October 2020, Rikelman was co-counsel representing Whole Woman's Health, Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services, Planned Parenthood South Texas Surgical Center, Alamo City Surgery Center, P.L.L.C. and Southwestern Women's Surgery Center on behalf of itself, its staff, physicians, and patients. The case challenged the constitutionality of Texas Senate Bill 8, a statute that requires a woman to undergo an additional and medically unnecessary procedure to cause fetal demise before she may obtain a dilation and evacuation abortion. This case was argued in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.[12]

In 2021, Rikelman argued in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for several abortion providers and their patients seeking abortions. The North Carolina abortion providers brought this action to challenge as unconstitutional the state's criminalization of pre-viability abortions.[13]

Federal judicial service

On July 29, 2022, President

Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.[15]
On September 21, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the
Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate; she was renominated later the same day.[21]

On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[22] On June 12, 2023, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture on her nomination.[23] On June 15, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on Rikelman's nomination by a 53–45 vote.[24] On June 20, 2023, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–43 vote.[25] She received her judicial commission on June 23, 2023.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Who is attorney Julie Rikelman as SCOTUS vote on Roe v Wade looms?". The Focus. December 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Alder, Madison (September 21, 2022). "Dobbs Lawyer Says She'd Apply Abortion Ruling as US Judge (1)". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Julie Rikelman | CourtsMatter". courtsmatter.org. September 1, 2022.
  5. ^ Abigail Abrams (October 21, 2021). "The Fate of Roe v. Wade May Rest on This Woman's Shoulders". Time.
  6. ^ a b c de Vogue, Ariane; Klein, Betsy (July 29, 2022). "Biden nominates lawyer who represented Mississippi abortion clinic at Supreme Court for federal judgeship". CNN. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ Adler, Madison (July 29, 2022). "Biden Taps Abortion Lawyer From Dobbs Case for First Circuit (1)". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Raymond, Nate (July 29, 2022). "Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship". Reuters. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  10. ^ "Texas Med. Providers Performing Abortion Servs. V. Lakey, 667 F.3d 570 | Casetext Search + Citator". Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. ^ "Stuart v. Camnitz, 774 F.3d 238 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  12. ^ "Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton, 978 F.3d 896 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  13. ^ "Bryant ex rel. Gray v. Woodall, No. 19-1685 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  14. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 1, 2022.
  15. Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
    (last updated December 2022).
  16. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 21, 2022.
  17. ^ "JUSTIFYING FORCIBLE DNA TESTING SCHEMES UNDER THE SPECIAL NEEDS EXCEPTION TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT: A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT" (PDF). Baylor University. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  18. ^ "Julie Rikelman – Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit". 26 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  20. ^ Stern, Seth (1 December 2022). "Senate Judiciary Deadlocks on Dobbs Lawyer for First Circuit". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  21. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
  22. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  23. ^ "PN90 — Julie Rikelman — The Judiciary". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  24. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Julie Rikelman to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit)". United States Senate. June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  25. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Julie Rikelman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit)". United States Senate. June 20, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  26. ^ Julie Rikelman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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2023–present 		Incumbent
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