Julie Rikelman

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
Kyiv, Ukraine
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)

Julie 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 U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.