Shaheen, Hassan Applaud U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Advancement of Seth Aframe’s Nomination to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for advancing the nomination of Seth Robert Aframe of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, to serve as the next judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Aframe’s nomination will be considered by the full Senate. 

“Seth Aframe is extremely qualified to serve as the next judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and we have been proud to support his nomination. Mr. Aframe’s experience speaks for itself, and his dedication and commitment to justice has been commendable,” said U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. “His extensive appellate litigation experience make him well suited to serve in this role. We thank our colleagues on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for their support of his nomination and urge swift action on the Senate floor to confirm him to this position.” 

Seth Robert Aframe was given a unanimous rating of Well Qualified by the American Bar Association, and the Committee received numerous letters of support from the New Hampshire legal community. Aframe is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire in Concord, New Hampshire. He has served as the Chief of the Criminal Division since earlier this year, and as Appellate Chief since 2010. From 2022 to 2023, Aframe served as the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. Aframe joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2007, first serving in the Civil Division, then moving to the Criminal Division in 2010. From 2003 to 2007, Aframe served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jeffrey R. Howard, the First Circuit judge whom he would succeed, in Concord, New Hampshire. From 2000 to 2003, Aframe worked as an associate at Choate Hall & Stewart in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1999 to 2000, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judith A. Cowin, Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in Boston. Since 2008, Aframe has taught as an adjunct law professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce School of Law in Concord. Aframe graduated from Tufts University in 1996 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1999.    

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