[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    Nomination of Stacey D. Neumann

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today the Senate will vote to confirm 
Stacey Neumann to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.
  Ms. Neumann earned her B.A. from James Madison University (2000) and 
her J.D. from Cornell Law School (2005). Following law school, she 
clerked for Judge John A. Dooley on the Vermont Supreme Court and Judge 
Peter W. Hall on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
  Ms. Neumann began her legal career with the Chittenden County Public 
Defender Office in Vermont. In 2009, she joined the U.S. Attorney's 
Office for the District of Maine as a special assistant U.S. attorney 
and became an assistant U.S. attorney in 2010. At the U.S. Attorney's 
Office, she served as the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator. In this 
role, she was responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes 
involving the possession, transportation, and production of child 
sexual abuse material.
  Since 2013, Ms. Neumann has been a litigator with Murray Plumb & 
Murray, where she maintains a diverse practice that consists of 
criminal, civil, and administrative matters. She has focused her civil 
practice on representing employees in workplace discrimination cases 
while also serving as a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel, 
accepting appointed indigent clients.
  Over the course of her legal career, Ms. Neumann has handled 15 
trials or adjudicated matters that proceeded to verdict or judgment.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Ms. Neumann as ``well 
qualified,'' and she has the support of her home State Senators, Ms. 
Collins and Mr. King.
  Ms. Neumann's diverse experience as a litigator and commitment to 
service make her well-prepared to serve on the bench with distinction. 
I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting her nomination.