[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2355-S2356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of Sunil R. Harjani

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise to speak on the confirmation of 
Judge

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Sunil Harjani to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of 
Illinois.
  After receiving his undergraduate degree and law degree from 
Northwestern University, Judge Harjani began his legal career at Jenner 
& Block LLP and later clerked for U.S. District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon 
on the Northern District of Illinois. He subsequently returned to 
private practice before working at the U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, Judge Harjani joined the U.S. 
Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois as an assistant 
U.S. attorney, prosecuting a range of cases, including securities and 
commodities fraud, investment fraud, corporate misconduct, and other 
business-related crimes. Over the course of his legal career, Judge 
Harjani tried 13 cases before the district court and argued 14 appeals 
before the Seventh Circuit.
  In 2019, Judge Harjani was selected by the district judges of the 
Northern District of Illinois to be a magistrate judge, where he 
presides over civil and criminal cases. He has also served as an 
adjunct professor, previously teaching at the University of Illinois 
Chicago Law School and currently at Northwestern University Pritzker 
School of Law. The American Bar Association rated Judge Harjani as 
unanimously ``well qualified.''
  Given Judge Harjani's considerable courtroom experience--as a 
litigator and on the bench--Senator Duckworth and I strongly support 
his nomination.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for his confirmation.

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