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Julie Rikelman

Julie Rikelman

First Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1972 in Kiev, Ukraine

FJC ID: 13718106

Julie G. Rikelman (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 United States Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

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Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. New York City
    Center for Reproductive Rights · 2011–2023
    • ↳senior staff attorney · 2011–2012
    • ↳U.S. litigation director · 2012–2023
  2. Inc., New York City
    NBC Universal · 2006–2011
    • ↳litigation counsel · 2006–2008
    • ↳senior litigation counsel · 2008–2011
    • ↳vice president, litigation · 2011
  3. Private practice, New York City
    2004–2006
  4. Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska
    2001–2004
  5. Center for Reproductive Rights, New York City
    Blackmun Fellow · 1999–2001
  6. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Morton I. Greenberg · 1998–1999
  7. Alaska Supreme Court
    Law clerk , Hon. Dana A. Fabe · 1997–1998

Appointments

  1. First Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
    2023–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    J.D. · 1997
  2. Harvard University
    A.B. · 1993