[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                    Nomination of Susan Kim DeClercq

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Susan DeClercq to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 
Michigan.
  Born in Seoul, South Korea, Ms. DeClercq received her B.A. from the 
University of Michigan and her J.D. from Wayne State University School 
of Law. After clerking for Judge Avern L. Cohn of the U.S. District 
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Ms. DeClercq worked at 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom, LLP as an associate, where she 
worked on a variety of matters, including white collar defense and 
commercial litigation. During her tenure at Skadden, she coauthored an 
amicus brief on behalf of Members of Congress in the 2003 Supreme Court 
case Grutter v. Bollinger, which considered the use of affirmative 
action policies in college admissions. She then went on to serve as a 
Federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern 
District of Michigan for 18 years, where she led substantial 
investigations and handled hundreds of cases at every stage of 
litigation, from inception to post-judgment.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Ms. DeClercq 
``qualified'' to serve on the district court, and she has the strong 
support of Senators Stabenow and Peters.
  With more than two decades of litigation experience--the vast 
majority of which has been in government service--Ms. DeClercq is well 
positioned to handle the demands of the Eastern District of Michigan 
from day one.
  I thank my colleagues for supporting her nomination.