President Obama Names Two to the United States District Court

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Paul A. Engelmayer, Partner WilmerHale law firm
Nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Former law clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1988 to 1989

Former Assistant US Attorney

Arvo Mikkanen, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1994-2011
Nominee for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
50 Years old

Former Judge for Court of Indian Offenses and Court of Indian Appeals for the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Ponca, Pawnee, Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, and Tonkawa Tribes

Former Chief Justice of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Supreme Court

Former law Clerk for Robert M. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Carter and Clinton appointee)

More:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/02/president-obama-names-two-united-states-district-court

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1. Good guys

[Uzybone]

2. KnR

[Tx4obama]

3. Republicans are upset about the Mikkanen nomination

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/02/obama-bucks-home-state-senators-on-judicial-nominee-arvo-mikkanen.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Of course they are. They didn't get to pick their guy.

Plus, he is Native American (though Arvo Mikkanen is an unexpected name - sounds Finnish). Judges ought to be white Christian guys. :eyes:

[spanone]

4. looks like the same guy in both pictures!!

[Tx4obama]

6. Here's an additional photo of Arvo Mikkanen

http://www.oiba.net/Leadership.html