The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an executive business meeting on Thursday to determine whether the members will approve the first Haitian American as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

And the meeting will be the final obstacle for Markenzy Lapointe, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Miami, before his final appointment by President Joe Biden is approved, according to judicial selection expert Carl W. Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) at the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for William Barr to become the next U.S. Attorney General, on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

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