Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Daniel P. Kinnicutt to begin hearing cases in November 2018. Judge Kinnicutt earned a Bachelor of Science in 1989 from Pepperdine University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from Seattle University School of Law. From 2005 to 2018, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky, Department of Justice (DOJ), in Louisville, Kentucky. From 2003 to 2005, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, DOJ, in Del Rio, Texas. In 2003, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, DOJ, in Tucson, Arizona. From 1999 to 2003, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, DOJ, in Del Rio. From 1994 to 1999, he served as deputy prosecuting attorney for the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, in Tacoma, Washington. Judge Kinnicutt is a member of the Washington State Bar.