[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6681-S6682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



             Nomination of Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today the Senate is poised to confirm 
another

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outstanding judicial nominee, Maria Antongiorgi-Jordan, nominated to 
the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
  Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan is a dedicated public servant and accomplished 
litigator who will be a tremendous asset to the District of Puerto 
Rico.
  After earning her B.A. from Seton Hill University, her J.D. from the 
Interamerican University School of Law, and her L.L.M. from Georgetown 
University Law Center, Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan began her legal career at 
McConnell Valdes, a law firm based in San Juan, PR.
  For nearly 20 years, Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan had a wide-ranging 
litigation practice within the firm. While she focused on complex civil 
matters, she also was active in criminal defense work through the local 
Criminal Justice Act--CJA--panel, representing indigent criminal 
defendants in Federal court.
  In total, Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan participated in 42 trials, serving 
as chief or cochief counsel in 36 of the 42.
  Today, Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan serves as clerk of the court for the 
District of Puerto Rico. In that role, she has helped the court 
navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and kept it functioning on a day-to-day 
basis.
  Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan boasts widespread support from the Puerto Rico 
legal community and civic leaders, including Governor Pedro Pierluisi 
and Stephen Muldrow, the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney in Puerto Rico.
  I will support Ms. Antongiorgi-Jordan's confirmation, and I urge my 
colleagues to do the same.

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