Even as allegations of sexual misconduct have roiled Brett Kavanaugh's U.S. Supreme Court nomination, over a dozen appellate and Supreme Court attorneys who publicly supported him in an August letter have stuck by the nominee.

With the U.S. Senate expected to vote on Kavanaugh's nomination in the coming days, the National Law Journal reached out to around 40 lawyers this week, all of whom signed a letter of support to the Senate Judiciary Committee in late August.

Seventeen of the 41 lawyers who signed the letter said they continued to support Kavanaugh, even after the allegations against him surfaced. Two other prominent signatories—Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners Ted Olson and Helgi Walker—have publicly defended Kavanaugh. Twenty lawyers did not return requests for comment, and two declined to comment.