The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to make two appointments to New York federal courts.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Jennifer Rearden is set to be named to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Brooklyn federal prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy, a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, has been tapped to be named to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

As President Donald Trump continues his makeover of the federal courts, Rearden, if confirmed, would be the fourth appointee to the Southern District bench, which has 28 seats, three of which are currently vacant; and Komatireddy would be the fourth Trump appointee to the 15-seat Eastern District bench, which also has three vacancies.

Rearden is a partner in Gibson Dunn's litigation and crisis management practice group, having joined the firm in 2003, according to a White House statement. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Rearden practiced at Davis Polk & Wardwell and in the Atlanta office of King & Spalding.

"We are enormously proud of Jen's nomination to serve as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York," said Ken Doran, the chairman and managing partner of Gibson Dunn. "Jen is an extraordinary partner, lawyer and friend. Even as we will miss her daily presence at the firm, we know that, if confirmed, she will serve with the greatest distinction and integrity on a court justly famed for both."

A graduate of New York University School of Law, matters handled by Rearden have included representation of Verizon in litigation against Consolidated Edison over liability for a 2007 steam pipe explosion near Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan and community groups in thwarting the development of a proposed NFL football stadium for the west side of Manhattan.

Rearden represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including major fraud and contract cases, large sales tax matters and disputes with states and municipalities, as well as internal investigations, according to her biography on Gibson Dunn's website.

Komatireddy is deputy chief of general crimes in the Eastern District's U.S. attorney's office and is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School.

A Harvard Law School graduate, Komatireddy has, in addition to her prosecutorial responsibilities, served as counsel to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She also has worked at Washington-based Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick and taught at the George Washington University Law School.

According to the White House statement, Komatireddy has also served as acting deputy chief of international narcotics and money laundering and as the computer hacking and intellectual property coordinator for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.