Obama nominates two more for US District Judge (10 Federal Judge nominations and counting)

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Nominee for the Southern District of West Virginia
Age: 54

Judge Berger is currently a judge on the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, where she has served for 15 years. After graduating from law school, Judge Berger worked as a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Charleston, where she primarily represented low income clients in matters involving domestic, consumer, and landlord-tenant disputes. In 1982, Judge Berger became an assistant prosecuting attorney for Kanawha County. In 1994, Judge Berger joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, and then was appointed by Governor Gaston Caperton to the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. Judge Berger graduated from West Virginia University in 1976 and from West Virginia College of Law in 1979. Judge Berger is being nominated to the Southern District Court of West Virginia. Judge Berger received a unanimous well-qualified rating from the ABA.



Nominee for the District of South Dakota
Age: 46

Roberto Lange is a partner at Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he has worked since 1989. Following law school, Mr. Lange served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Donald J. Porter in Pierre, South Dakota. Mr. Lange graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1985 and Northwestern University School of Law in 1988. Mr. Lange is being nominated to the District Court of South Dakota. Mr. Lange received a unanimous well-qualified rating from the ABA.


83 = Current vacancies in the 871- member Article III federal judiciary.
10 = Nominations submitted in the 111th Congress.

[BlooInBloo]

1. :) It's nice watching the seesaw swing ever so slowly back to equlibrium.

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2. Yep, we have a ways to go:

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3. Links for the above op:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Nominates-Irene-Berger-Roberto-Lange-to-Serve-on-the-District-Court-Bench/
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/judicialnominations111.htm

[Uzybone]

4. Thanks for diligently keeping tabs on this

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5. My pleasure

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6. Wow the 4th circuit has a seat vacant since 07/31/1994. Oldest spot in the country

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7. This news is actually a few days old, sorry for the delay.