[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5621-S5622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of Jeffrey M. Bryan

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Judge Jeffrey Bryan to the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Minnesota.
  Judge Bryan received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin 
and his J.D. from Yale Law School. After clerking for Judge Paul A. 
Magnuson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 
Judge Bryan worked in private practice at Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi 
LLP on a range of complex civil matters and Federal white collar 
criminal cases. Judge Bryan then went on to serve as a Federal 
prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's

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Office for the District of Minnesota for 6 years, where he handled more 
than 1,000 hearings in Federal court. During his time as an assistant 
U.S. attorney, he directed the largest cocaine and methamphetamine 
investigations ever conducted in the district, recovering more than 
9,600 grams of methamphetamine and securing the convictions of more 
than 60 defendants. In 2013, Judge Bryan was appointed as a trial court 
judge for the Second Judicial District of Minnesota, where he presided 
over more than 8,000 cases and nearly 120 trials. In 2016, Judge Bryan 
was appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, where he has 
participated in more than 500 decisions and has authored over 180 
written opinions and orders.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Judge Bryan ``well 
qualified'' to serve on the district court, and he has the strong 
support of Senators Klobuchar and Smith. With nearly two decades of 
public service, as well as his extensive courtroom experience, Judge 
Bryan is well-positioned to handle the demands of the District of 
Minnesota from day one.
  I urge my colleagues to support his nomination.
  Mr. MORAN. I yield the floor.