DOJ Civil Chief, 3 Former SCOTUS Clerks Among Latest Trump Court Picks
The president's 15th round of judicial nominations also included a slate of Big Law lawyers.
June 07, 2018 at 03:52 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Chad Readler speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, on the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA.
The Trump administration announced its 15th wave of judicial nominees Thursday, including three circuit court nominees and seven district court picks.
Among the nominees is Chad Readler, picked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Readler currently serves as the acting chief and principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Division. He was a Jones Day partner in Columbus, Ohio, before joining Main Justice.
President Donald Trump also named Eric E. Murphy, an ex-associate in Jones Day's Columbus office, to the Sixth Circuit, and Jonathan Kobes, general counsel to Sen. Mike Rounds, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Murphy, who also clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy, is currently the Ohio state solicitor.
The president also nominated Carl Nichols, a Washington, D.C.-based Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner and vice chairman of its government and regulatory litigation practice group, for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Nichols is a former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, and previously held top Justice Department posts, including principal deputy associate attorney general.
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Another former Thomas clerk, Martha M. Pacold, now deputy general counsel at the Treasury Department, was nominated for a seat on the district court bench in the Northern District of Illinois.
Other district court nominees include Rossie Alston, for the Eastern District of Virginia, Karin Immergut for the District of Oregon, and magistrate judge Stephanie A. Gallagher for the District of Maryland. Meanwhile, Trump announced two other nominees to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: Mary M. Rowland and Steven C. Seeger.
M. Miller Baker, a McDermott Will & Emery partner, and Timothy Reif, former general counsel to the U.S. Trade Representative, were also nominated to the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Correction: This story corrects Eric Murphy's former title at Jones Day.
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