[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of Brandon S. Long

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Brandon S. Long to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana.
  Born in Metairie, LA, Mr. Long received his B.B.A. and B.A. from the 
University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and his J.D. from Duke Law School 
in 2005. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Long worked in the Washington, DC, 
office of King & Spalding, LLP, as an associate in the special matters 
and government investigations practice group. While in private 
practice, he focused on Federal criminal matters, internal 
investigations, corporate compliance, and civil matters involving 
securities law.
  Mr. Long then served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. 
Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia from 2010 to 2014. 
There, he tried approximately 27 criminal cases to verdict, of which 15 
were jury trials and 12 were bench trials. Since 2014, Mr. Long has 
served as an AUSA in the Eastern District of Louisiana. From 2017 to 
2018, he served as deputy chief of the narcotics unit. Mr. Long also 
served as the office's opioid coordinator from 2017 to 2020. For a 
brief stint from 2020 to 2021, Mr. Long served on detail as deputy 
chief of staff and acting chief of staff to FBI Director Christopher 
Wray. In 2021, he returned to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana, where he serves as a member of the 
financial crimes unit.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Mr. Long as ``well 
qualified,'' and his nomination is strongly supported by his home state 
Senators, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Cassidy.
  Mr. Long will serve the Eastern District of Louisiana with 
distinction.
  I am proud to support his nomination and urge my colleagues to do the 
same.