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The ‘first third’: Kato Crews ceremonially sworn in as federal judge
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President Joe Biden’s first four appointments to Colorado’s federal trial court were “firsts” of one kind or another. But S. Kato Crews, Biden’s latest appointee to the U.S. District Court, said on Friday that he proudly thinks of himself as the “first third” — the third consecutive magistrate judge elevated to a lifetime appointment and the third…
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‘Walking a little bit taller’: Veronica Rossman, a historic appointee, ceremonially sworn in to 10th Circuit
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When Veronica S. Rossman’s daughter, Sofia, was in second grade, she approached her mother one night while Rossman was working at home. Sofia wanted to know what she was doing. “I’m writing a 10th Circuit brief,” said Rossman, at the time a public defender who handled cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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Kato Crews advances out of Senate Judiciary Committee along party lines
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President Joe Biden’s latest nominee to be a federal trial judge in Colorado, S. Kato Crews, advanced out of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday with a party-line vote of 11-10. The committee acted on Crews’ nomination only after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., returned to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday following an extended absence.…
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Biden judicial nominee Nina Wang appears before Senate with long list of endorsements
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President Joe Biden’s most recent judicial nominee to Colorado’s federal trial court, Nina Y. Wang, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday equipped with a lengthy roster of endorsements and a sizeable résumé of handling federal court cases. The committee’s chair, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., alluded to Wang’s experience for the job,…
