[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                    Nomination of Meredith A. Vacca

  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Meredith Vacca to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of 
New York.
  Judge Vacca earned her B.A. from Colgate University and her J.D. from 
the University at Buffalo School of Law. After completing law school, 
she began her legal career in private practice as an associate attorney 
at Hamberger & Weiss LLP, where she focused primarily on workers' 
compensation insurance defense cases. In 2007, Judge Vacca joined the 
Monroe County District Attorney's Office as an assistant district 
attorney, where she tried approximately 60 cases to verdict in her 13-
year tenure. Since 2021, Judge Vacca has served as a judge on the 
Monroe County Court, where she has presided over 21 felony trials that 
have gone to verdict.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Judge Vacca 
``qualified'' to serve on the district court, and she has the strong 
support of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand.
  Judge Vacca's deep ties to the Rochester, NY, legal community, 
combined with her courtroom experience both on and off the bench, will 
ensure that she is ready to meet the demands of the Western District of 
New York from day one.
  I urge my colleagues to support her nomination.