[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S294-S295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Kirk Edward Sherriff

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Kirk Sherriff to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 
California.
  Born in Berkeley, CA, Mr. Sherriff received his B.A. from Columbia 
College at Columbia University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. 
After completing law school, Mr. Sherriff

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clerked for Judge Deborah T. Poritz of the New Jersey Supreme Court 
before beginning his legal career at White & Case LLP. As an associate, 
he focused on complex commercial litigation and on domestic and 
international arbitration matters.
  Following his time in private practice, Mr. Sherriff has spent the 
past two decades at the U.S. Attorney's Office--USAO--for the same 
district to which he is nominated, where he has handled a wide range of 
civil and criminal matters. Since 2015, Mr. Sherriff has been the chief 
of the USAO's Fresno office, where he is responsible for overseeing 
Federal prosecutions brought in the southern half of the Eastern 
District of California.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Mr. Sherriff ``well 
qualified'' to serve on the district court, and he has the strong 
support of Senators Padilla and Butler.
  Mr. Sherriff's deep ties to the California legal community, combined 
with his significant courtroom experience, make him an excellent 
candidate to serve on the Federal bench.
  I urge my colleagues to support his nomination.