[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NOMINATION OF ROBIN MICHELLE MERIWEATHER

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, the Senate will vote to confirm Robin 
Michelle Meriweather to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
  Born in Detroit, MI, Judge Meriweather received her undergraduate 
degree from the University of Michigan and her law degree from Yale Law 
School. Following her graduation from law school, she clerked for Judge 
Merrick B. Garland on the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit between 1998 and 1999. After her 
clerkship, she joined the law firm of Jenner and Block, LLP, as a 
litigation associate. There, Judge Meriweather's practice involved 
complex civil litigation, as well as matters concerning constitutional, 
statutory, and regulatory claims.
  In 2007, she joined the civil division of the U.S. Attorney's Office 
for the District of Columbia as an assistant U.S. attorney. Judge 
Meriweather became deputy chief of that division in 2011 and served in 
that capacity until 2017. Since January 2017, she has served as a U.S. 
magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia. Throughout her time on the bench, Judge Meriweather has 
issued more than 1,000 orders and presided over three trials.
  Judge Meriweather's experience as a magistrate judge coupled with her 
experience in public and private practice have prepared her to serve 
honorably on the United States Court of Federal Claims.
  I am proud to support her nomination and urge my colleagues to do the 
same.

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