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Julie Rikelman was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on June 20, 2023
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Previously, she was the Litigation Director at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where worked since 2011. In 2021, she argued on behalf of Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In 2020, she successfully argued on behalf of the abortion clinic in June Medical Services v. Russo.
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Rikelman previously served as the Vice President of Litigation for NBC Universal. Before that, she worked as a senior associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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From 1999 to 2001, Rikelman was a Blackmun Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
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Rikelman clerked for Judge Morton Greenberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge Dana Fabe of the Alaska Supreme Court.
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Rikelman graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in 1993 and 1997.
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