Daniel D. Domenico

Daniel Desmond Domenico (born 1972) is a Colorado lawyer. He currently serves as managing partner of the Kittredge law firm and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Biography

Domenico earned his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as an editor of the Virginia Law Review.

Earlier in his career, he was a law clerk to Judge Timothy Tymkovich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and an associate at Hogan & Hartson.

From 2006 to 2015, he served as the Solicitor General of Colorado, where he oversaw major litigation for the state and represented governors from both the Democratic and Republican parties. During his time as Solicitor General, he argued in state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, and received the Supreme Court Best Brief Award from the National Association of Attorneys General. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest state solicitor general in the country, and his nine years of service made him the longest serving solicitor general in Colorado history. He has also served as an adjunct professor of natural resources and advanced constitutional law at the Sturm College of Law.^[1]

In early 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States. Trump considered appointing Domenico to succeed Gorsuch on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit^[2], but ultimately chose Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, who was successfully confirmed.

Nomination to district court

On September 28, 2017, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Domenico to an undetermined seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.^[1] On October 2, 2017, he was officially nominated to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert E. Blackburn, who took senior status on April 12, 2016.^[3]

On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.^[4] On January 5, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to renominate Domenico to a federal judgeship.^[5] On January 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the Senate.^[6] On January 24, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[7] On February 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for Domenico by a party-line vote of 11-10.^[8] His nomination is now pending before the full United States Senate.

Memberships

He has been an intermittent member of the Federalist Society since 2000.^[9]

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