The U.S. Senate on Monday voted 97-0 to confirm Atlanta attorney Jill Pryor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, more than 2½ years after the White House first nominated her to the post.

The Senate roll call vote came at 5:30 p.m. Monday after Georgia’s two Republican senators—who at one time had blocked Pryor’s nomination—both took the Senate floor to praise her and urge their colleagues to confirm her nomination.

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