(l-r) Judicial nominees John W. Holcomb for U.S. district judge for the Central District of California, and R. Shireen Matthews and Todd Wallace Robinson, both for U.S. district judges for the Southern District of California, appear via video teleconferencing before the Senate Judiciary Committee during their confirmation hearing on June 17, 2020.Senate Judiciary Committee Advances 3 California District Judge Nominees
If confirmed, San Diego Jones Day partner R. Shireen Matthews will be the first South Asian woman to join the Southern District of California bench.
July 23, 2020 at 11:29 AM
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a slate of California judicial nominations Thursday, including a nominee who would be the first South Asian woman on the Southern District of California bench.
By a voice vote Thursday morning, the committee forwarded the nominations of San Diego Jones Day partner R. Shireen Matthews and Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Robinson, who President Donald Trump nominated to the Southern District of California, and Costa Mesa Greenberg Gross partner John W. Holcomb, nominated to the Central District of California.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said she was pleased to be supporting three highly qualified California district court nominees who received well-qualified ratings from the American Bar Association.
"These are nominees who know the districts where they will serve if confirmed, and I believe they have demonstrated in their legal careers the skills needed to serve as fair and impartial judges," Feinstein said. "I would also note that, if confirmed, Ms. Matthews will be the first woman of South Asian ancestry to serve on the Southern District of California."
Matthews is no stranger to the Southern District. From 2008 to 2013, she served as a U.S. attorney in the district, focusing on criminal cases involving firearms, narcotics, human trafficking and illegal reentry into the U.S. Prior to her work with the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Jones Day partner was at Latham & Watkins.
Matthews reported making $600,000 at Jones Day in 2017, $700,000 in 2018 and $670,685 in 2019 as of Oct. 18, according to her financial disclosure.
At a prior committee hearing, Matthews called Southern District Chief Judge Irma Gonzalez a "friend and mentor" of 15 years after clerking for the judge from 2005 to 2008.
The nomination of Holcomb to the Central District of California is a step forward in filling the 10 judicial vacancies in the district, accounting for about one-third of the court's judgeships. In November, Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips called the situation "a crisis of unprecedented magnitude" in a letter to Sens. Feinstein, Lindsey Graham and Kamala Harris, and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.
The committee also voted favorably on nominations for eight other judges nominated to district courts in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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