[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S6240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                  NOMINATION OF GRETCHEN C.F. SHAPPERT

  Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I rise in support of the nomination of 
Gretchen C.F. Shappert to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of 
North Carolina.
  Ms. Shappert has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western 
District since 1990 and has served as Acting U.S. Attorney since 2004.
  Ms. Shappert brings a wealth of experience to the position, and I am 
confident that she will continue to serve the President, the State of 
North Carolina, and the country with honor and distinction.
  From 1983 to 1990, Ms. Shappert served as Assistant District Attorney 
and as Assistant Public Defender for Mecklenburg County, NC.
  Before her career in public service, Ms. Shappert was an associate 
with the law firm of Tucker, Hicks, Sentelle, Moon & Hodge in 
Charlotte, NC.
  Ms. Shappert earned her bachelor's degree from Duke University and 
her J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she 
earned the title of managing editor of the Washington and Lee Law 
Review.
  I have no doubt that Ms. Shappert will continue to represent North 
Carolina well in the judicial branch of our Nation.

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