[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 197 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                    Nomination of Shanlyn A.S. Park

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Shanlyn A.S. Park to the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Hawai'i.
  Born in Honolulu, HI, Judge Park received her B.A., cum laude, from 
Chaminade University in 1991 and her J.D. from the University of 
Hawai'i William S. Richardson School of Law in 1995. After graduating 
from law school, Judge Park served as a law clerk to the Honorable 
Francis I. Yamashita, magistrate judge for the District of Hawai'i. 
From 1996 to 1997, Judge Park worked on civil matters as an associate 
attorney at Hisaka Stone & Goto.
  For the next two decades, Judge Park served as an assistant federal 
public defender and later as senior litigator in the Office of the 
Federal Public Defender for the District of Hawai'i. In these roles, 
Judge Park tried 10 felony jury trials and 10 misdemeanor bench trials 
to verdict. She also represented defendants through appeals and argued 
several cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  Prior to joining the bench, Judge Park worked in private practice as 
of counsel at Gallagher Kane Amai & Reyes and as partner and of counsel 
at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP. At both firms, her practice 
centered on a variety of civil matters including commercial disputes, 
contested probate matters, real property disputes, and third-party 
insurance defense.
  Since joining the State of Hawai'i's First Circuit Court in 2021, 
Judge Park has issued more than 100 written opinions and presided over 
21 jury trials--17 in the family court criminal division and four in 
the circuit court criminal division.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Judge Park as 
``qualified,'' and her nomination is strongly supported by her home 
State Senators, Mr. Schatz and Ms. Hirono.
  Once confirmed, Judge Park will become the first Native Hawai'ian 
woman to serve on the Federal bench. I am proud to support this 
historic nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.


                        Vote on Park nomination.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All postcloture time has expired.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Park 
nomination?
  Ms. CANTWELL. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Fetterman) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer).
  The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 324 Ex.]

                                YEAS--53

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Butler
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--45

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Mullin
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Vance
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Cramer
     Fetterman
       
  The nomination was comfirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). Under the previous order, the 
motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon table, and the 
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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