[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 30, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                  Nomination of Darrel James Papillion

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Darrel James Papillion to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana. Born in Eunice, LA, Mr. Papillion received his 
B.A. from Louisiana State University and his J.D. from LSU's Paul M. 
Hebert Law Center. He then clerked for Associate Justice Catherine D. 
Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court before entering private practice 
at a law firm in New Orleans. In 1999, he moved to Baton Rouge, where 
he has maintained a busy trial and litigation practice. He has 
significant experience in both State and Federal court, and he has 
tried over 30 cases to verdict, including more than a dozen jury 
trials.
  In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Papillion has served as a 
special prosecutor for the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office, 
as a mediator, and as a court-appointed special master in the 
Nineteenth Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish. He has 
also taught law school courses at both LSU and Southern University in 
Baton Rouge. And he has served as president of both the Baton Rouge Bar 
Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association. The American Bar 
Association rated Mr. Papillion as unanimously ``well qualified'' to 
serve on the Eastern District of Louisiana. He has the strong support 
of both of his home State Senators--Mr. Cassidy and Mr. Kennedy--as 
well as the Louisiana legal community.
  During Mr. Papillion's confirmation hearing, Senator Kennedy called 
him a ``lawyer's lawyer.'' I couldn't agree more. Mr. Papillion has 
deep ties to Louisiana and decades of legal experience that will serve 
him well on the Federal bench. I strongly support his nomination, and I 
urge my colleagues to join me.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum 
call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 
5:30 p.m. begin.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.