| From | Alliance for Justice <[email protected]> |
| Subject | 200 Confirmations and Counting! |
| Date | May 23, 2024 8:32 PM |
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The Good News
On Wednesday, the Biden Administration hit 200 lifetime judicial confirmations [[link removed]] that includes an amazing amount of diversity!
We thank Senators Durbin and Schumer and the Judiciary Committee for their work in prioritizing the importance of judicial nominations and look forward to continuing this momentum. While this critical milestone is one to be celebrated, we must keep pushing and seize every opportunity to fill every seat, especially with judges from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including those with labor and economic justice experience [[link removed]].
On Thursday, Biden announced his 50th slate of judicial nominees [[link removed]] ! Of the four nominees: four are women, three are professionally diverse, and three are movement lawyers!
- Karla Cambell for the Sixth Circuit is a dedicated labor lawyer currently serving as Of Counsel at the respected labor, employment, and civil rights law firm of Stranch, Jennings, and Garvey. Before joining the firm, Campbell gained valuable experience as a litigation attorney in Washington, D.C., for just over a year. She also had the honor of clerking for Judge Jane Stranch of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the very judge whose seat she is now nominated to fill. Additionally, Campbell's commitment to service is evident from her three years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador between college and law school.
- Justice Julia Lipez for the First Circuit has been serving as a justice on the Maine Superior Court, a trial court of general jurisdiction, since 2022. Prior to this role, she spent 11 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine. Before her tenure at the U.S. Attorney's office, she worked at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr in New York, starting as an associate then working her way to senior associate.
- Catherine Henry for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a highly experienced senior litigator with the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she has been making a difference since 2001. In addition to her impactful work there, she shares her expertise as a Professor of Trial Advocacy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has also enriched the Temple University School of Law’s Masters in Trial Advocacy Program as an adjunct professor. Prior to these roles, she spent five years as a Public Defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, and a year as a staff attorney at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.
- Mary Kay Lanthier for the District of Vermont is a dedicated public defender with nearly 20 years of experience. She currently serves as the supervising attorney in the Rutland County Public Defender’s Office, and was previously a public defender with the Addison County Public Defender’s Office. In addition to her role there, she is an adjunct faculty member at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Her leadership is further demonstrated by her past service as chair of the Vermont Chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and she currently serves as treasurer for the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Senate Updates
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing for a fantastic slate of nominees:
Judge Michelle Court for the Central District of California [[link removed]] is a Black woman who has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2012. Her experience before that includes serving as general counsel for Bet Tzedek, a nonprofit law firm that serves low-income Angelenos, and she spent the late 90s on housing justice issues as a civil rights fellow at HUD and a litigation associate at Litt and Marquez.
Judge Anne Hwang for the Central District of California [[link removed]] is an AAPI woman who has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2018. She spent more than a decade before that as a federal public defender, working her way up to chief deputy federal defender for the district in which she is now nominated.
Judge Cynthia Venezuela Dixon for the Central District of California [[link removed]] is a Latina who has served as a judge on the California State Bar Court in Los Angeles since 2016. Before that, she was the Criminal Justice Act supervising attorney for this circuit, overseeing the federal indigent defense panel. She also has experience as head of national litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).
Judge Sarah Netburn for Southern District of New York [[link removed]] is currently U.S Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Netburn served as the Southern District of New York’s Chief Counsel to the Office of Pro Se Litigation. Before her work in the courthouse, Judge Netburn was a commercial and civil rights litigator at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP.
Stacey Neumann for the District of Maine [[link removed]] is a former Staff Attorney at the Chittenden County Public Defender’s Office in Vermont, where she zealously represented indigent clients facing felony and misdemeanor charges, including defending clients in high-stakes trials and appeals. Following her tenure as a public defender, Neumann served with distinction as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maine, where she prosecuted a wide range of criminal cases, including those involving child exploitation, firearms offenses, fraud, and immigration violations.
However, the Senate Judiciary Committee still hasn’t been able to hold hearings for two great nominees because the home-state Senators have not yet returned their blue slips:
In March, Biden nominated [http:] Detra Shaw-Wilder for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida [[link removed]] , but neither Florida Senators have returned their blue slips.
Danna Jackson was nominated on April 24 for the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. [[link removed]] Jackson is the Tribal Attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. She is an expert in environmental and federal Indian law, with almost three decades of legal experience. Jackson previously worked for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Senate. If confirmed, she will be the first Native American judge to serve on the District of Montana. She needs a blue slip from Senator Daines.
On the Senate Floor, we’re still waiting for votes for many of our priority nominees. These nominees include Adeel Mangi [[link removed]] , Nancy Maldonado [[link removed]] , Mustafa Kasubhai [[link removed]] , Sarah Russell [[link removed]] , Dena Coggins [[link removed]] , Amir Ali [[link removed]] , and Rebecca Pennell [[link removed]] . Several of these exceptional nominees have been pending since last year and the Senate must work to quickly confirm them all to the bench.
What's Next
Please join us on Tuesday, June 4 at 3 PM ET for a conversation with Madiba K. Dennie, esteemed attorney, columnist, professor, and author of the new book, The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take it Back. [[link removed]]
In her book, Dennie offers a rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism — the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it. Instead, Dennie argues that the law must serve to make that promise of democracy real and argues in favor of a new approach that serves everyone: inclusive constitutionalism.
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On Wednesday, the Biden Administration hit 200 lifetime judicial confirmations [[link removed]] that includes an amazing amount of diversity!
We thank Senators Durbin and Schumer and the Judiciary Committee for their work in prioritizing the importance of judicial nominations and look forward to continuing this momentum. While this critical milestone is one to be celebrated, we must keep pushing and seize every opportunity to fill every seat, especially with judges from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including those with labor and economic justice experience [[link removed]].
On Thursday, Biden announced his 50th slate of judicial nominees [[link removed]] ! Of the four nominees: four are women, three are professionally diverse, and three are movement lawyers!
- Karla Cambell for the Sixth Circuit is a dedicated labor lawyer currently serving as Of Counsel at the respected labor, employment, and civil rights law firm of Stranch, Jennings, and Garvey. Before joining the firm, Campbell gained valuable experience as a litigation attorney in Washington, D.C., for just over a year. She also had the honor of clerking for Judge Jane Stranch of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the very judge whose seat she is now nominated to fill. Additionally, Campbell's commitment to service is evident from her three years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador between college and law school.
- Justice Julia Lipez for the First Circuit has been serving as a justice on the Maine Superior Court, a trial court of general jurisdiction, since 2022. Prior to this role, she spent 11 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine. Before her tenure at the U.S. Attorney's office, she worked at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr in New York, starting as an associate then working her way to senior associate.
- Catherine Henry for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a highly experienced senior litigator with the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she has been making a difference since 2001. In addition to her impactful work there, she shares her expertise as a Professor of Trial Advocacy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has also enriched the Temple University School of Law’s Masters in Trial Advocacy Program as an adjunct professor. Prior to these roles, she spent five years as a Public Defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, and a year as a staff attorney at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.
- Mary Kay Lanthier for the District of Vermont is a dedicated public defender with nearly 20 years of experience. She currently serves as the supervising attorney in the Rutland County Public Defender’s Office, and was previously a public defender with the Addison County Public Defender’s Office. In addition to her role there, she is an adjunct faculty member at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Her leadership is further demonstrated by her past service as chair of the Vermont Chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and she currently serves as treasurer for the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Senate Updates
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing for a fantastic slate of nominees:
Judge Michelle Court for the Central District of California [[link removed]] is a Black woman who has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2012. Her experience before that includes serving as general counsel for Bet Tzedek, a nonprofit law firm that serves low-income Angelenos, and she spent the late 90s on housing justice issues as a civil rights fellow at HUD and a litigation associate at Litt and Marquez.
Judge Anne Hwang for the Central District of California [[link removed]] is an AAPI woman who has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2018. She spent more than a decade before that as a federal public defender, working her way up to chief deputy federal defender for the district in which she is now nominated.
Judge Cynthia Venezuela Dixon for the Central District of California [[link removed]] is a Latina who has served as a judge on the California State Bar Court in Los Angeles since 2016. Before that, she was the Criminal Justice Act supervising attorney for this circuit, overseeing the federal indigent defense panel. She also has experience as head of national litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).
Judge Sarah Netburn for Southern District of New York [[link removed]] is currently U.S Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Netburn served as the Southern District of New York’s Chief Counsel to the Office of Pro Se Litigation. Before her work in the courthouse, Judge Netburn was a commercial and civil rights litigator at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP.
Stacey Neumann for the District of Maine [[link removed]] is a former Staff Attorney at the Chittenden County Public Defender’s Office in Vermont, where she zealously represented indigent clients facing felony and misdemeanor charges, including defending clients in high-stakes trials and appeals. Following her tenure as a public defender, Neumann served with distinction as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maine, where she prosecuted a wide range of criminal cases, including those involving child exploitation, firearms offenses, fraud, and immigration violations.
However, the Senate Judiciary Committee still hasn’t been able to hold hearings for two great nominees because the home-state Senators have not yet returned their blue slips:
In March, Biden nominated [http:] Detra Shaw-Wilder for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida [[link removed]] , but neither Florida Senators have returned their blue slips.
Danna Jackson was nominated on April 24 for the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. [[link removed]] Jackson is the Tribal Attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. She is an expert in environmental and federal Indian law, with almost three decades of legal experience. Jackson previously worked for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Senate. If confirmed, she will be the first Native American judge to serve on the District of Montana. She needs a blue slip from Senator Daines.
On the Senate Floor, we’re still waiting for votes for many of our priority nominees. These nominees include Adeel Mangi [[link removed]] , Nancy Maldonado [[link removed]] , Mustafa Kasubhai [[link removed]] , Sarah Russell [[link removed]] , Dena Coggins [[link removed]] , Amir Ali [[link removed]] , and Rebecca Pennell [[link removed]] . Several of these exceptional nominees have been pending since last year and the Senate must work to quickly confirm them all to the bench.
What's Next
Please join us on Tuesday, June 4 at 3 PM ET for a conversation with Madiba K. Dennie, esteemed attorney, columnist, professor, and author of the new book, The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take it Back. [[link removed]]
In her book, Dennie offers a rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism — the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it. Instead, Dennie argues that the law must serve to make that promise of democracy real and argues in favor of a new approach that serves everyone: inclusive constitutionalism.
JOIN US: [link removed]
Not yet receiving AFJ Insider? Sign up to join us here [[link removed]] .
Donate today to help us keep up The Rush. [[link removed]]
[link removed]
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[link removed]
www.afj.org
If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe: [link removed] .
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