[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Nomination of Robert Kirsch

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Judge Robert Kirsch to the U.S. District Court for the District of New 
Jersey.
  A graduate of Emory University and Fordham University School of Law, 
Judge Kirsch clerked for U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch on the 
Southern District of Florida before devoting his entire legal career to 
public service.
  Judge Kirsch was selected for the prestigious U.S. Attorney General's 
Honors Program, in which he served as a trial attorney in the civil 
division.
  Thereafter, Judge Kirsch spent over a decade as an Assistant U.S. 
Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, 
defending the United States in civil actions and prosecuting a range of 
criminal cases including financial and corporate fraud, as well as drug 
trafficking, weapons offenses, and bank robbery.
  Since 2010, Judge Kirsch has had a distinguished career as a judge on 
the New Jersey Superior Court, serving as a criminal division judge, a 
civil division judge, and a family division judge.
  The American Bar Association rated Judge Kirsch as unanimously ``well 
qualified.'' In addition, he has the strong support of his home State 
Senators--Mr. Menendez and Mr. Booker--as well as the New Jersey legal 
community.
  Judge Kirsch's significant courtroom experience, as both a longtime 
litigator and on the bench, makes him well-positioned to serve on the 
District of New Jersey with distinction. I urge my colleagues to 
support Judge Kirsch's nomination.