SENATOR WARREN AND SENATOR MARKEY RE-CONVENE THE ADVISORY

COMMITTEE ON MASSACHUSETTS JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS TO CONSIDER

BOSTON VACANCY

Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey announced

today that the Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Judicial Nominations will re-convene to

consider applications for a federal judicial vacancy in Boston, Massachusetts. Candidates

interested in applying for a U.S. District Court nomination must submit their applications to the

Advisory Committee by February 23, 2015.

The Advisory Committee, first appointed in March 2013, solicits, interviews, and comments on

applications for federal District Court vacancies. The Advisory Committee is comprised of

distinguished members of the Massachusetts legal community, including prominent academics

and litigators, and is chaired by former District Court Judge Nancy Gertner.

Applications for Boston vacancies are reviewed by Massachusetts attorneys Pamela Berman,

Jack Corrigan, Marianne LeBlanc, Willard P. Ogburn, Walter Prince, Sue Reid, and Georgia

Katsoulomitis. In addition to these individuals, and Judge Gertner, Dean Camille Nelson of

Suffolk University Law School, Professor Mary Sarah Bilder of Boston College Law School,

Professor Andrew Kaufman of Harvard Law School, and. attorney Mike Mone representing the

Massachusetts Bar Association will review all applications.

Interested candidates may access an application here, and questions may be directed to Judge

Gertner at GertnerCoinmittee~u~,~mail.com. Applications must be completed and received by

February 23, 2015.

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