[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 76 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of LaShonda A. Hunt

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Judge LaShonda Hunt to the U.S. District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois.
  Born in Mississippi and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Judge 
Hunt received her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law 
School.
  After working as a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the Seventh Circuit, Judge Hunt clerked for Judge William J. Hibbler on 
the Northern District of Illinois. Immediately following her clerkship, 
Judge Hunt worked for 2 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. 
Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois. In 2010, she 
returned to this role and served for another 5 years. As a Federal 
prosecutor, she handled cases involving employment discrimination, 
civil rights violations, healthcare fraud, and more. After leaving the 
U.S. Attorney's Office, Judge Hunt worked for the State of Illinois in 
the Department of Corrections and the Department of Central Management 
Services. In 2017, the Seventh Circuit appointed Judge Hunt to serve as 
a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. She has 
presided over approximately 22,000 bankruptcy cases and adversary 
proceedings, about 75 of which have gone to verdict or judgement.
  The American Bar Association rated Judge Hunt ``well qualified,'' and 
she received a strong bipartisan vote in committee. Given her extensive 
experience, dedication to public service and deep knowledge of the 
Northern District of Illinois, Senator Duckworth and I strongly support 
Judge Hunt. I am honored to vote for her confirmation, and I urge my 
colleagues join me.