[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Jeannette A. Vargas

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today the Senate will vote to confirm 
Jeannette Vargas to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District 
of New York.
  A highly skilled litigator, Ms. Vargas is a dedicated public servant 
who will be an asset to the Federal bench. A graduate of Harvard 
College and Yale Law School, Ms. Vargas began her legal career at 
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett before clerking for then-Judge Sonia 
Sotomayor on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
  Since 2002, Ms. Vargas has been an assistant U.S. attorney in the 
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. In 
addition, she previously served as deputy chief of the Tax and 
Bankruptcy Unit, chief of the Tax and Bankruptcy Unit, and senior trial 
counsel. She currently serves as deputy chief of the Civil Division.
  In the U.S. attorney's office, Ms. Vargas has handled and supervised 
a range of complex commercial litigation cases in the areas of 
bankruptcy, tax, civil rights, national security, and administrative 
law. She has also investigated criminal civil rights cases involving 
allegations of excessive use of force.
  Over the course of her legal career, Vargas has tried eight cases to 
verdict. She has also drafted or helped draft more than two dozen 
appellate briefs and has argued 10 cases before Federal appellate 
courts.
  Ms. Vargas has the strong support of her home State Senators, Mr. 
Schumer and Mrs. Gillibrand. In addition, she was rated unanimously 
``well qualified'' by the American Bar Association.
  I urge my colleagues to support Ms. Vargas's nomination.

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