[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NOMINATION OF F. DENNIS SAYLOR, IV

  Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, I welcome the action of the leadership 
in taking up the nomination of Dennis Saylor to the United States 
District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I urge the Senate to 
confirm him.
  Mr. Saylor has received impressive support from a broad spectrum of 
leaders of the bar. They are confident of his ability, his good 
judgment, and his fairness. I am confident he will be a distinguished 
member of the court.
  Mr. Saylor has past experience in the executive branch. I am 
confident he understands the importance of the independence of the 
judicial branch.
  He is currently a partner at the highly respected law firm of Goodwin 
Procter in Boston, where he joined as an associate after graduating 
from Harvard Law School in 1981. He later served as an assistant U.S. 
attorney in Boston. From 1990 to 1993, he served as the chief of staff 
of the Assistant Attorney General, Robert Mueller, in the criminal 
division of the Department of Justice, providing litigation and policy 
advice, and served as a liaison with Congress and outside 
organizations.
  He returned to Goodwin Procter as a partner in the litigation 
department and currently specializes in white-collar criminal defense 
cases and other complex legal issues involving individuals and 
corporations.
  His impressive background, legal expertise, and experience make him 
well qualified for this position and inspire confidence that he will be 
a judge in which Massachusetts will take pride.
  The Federal district supreme court in Massachusetts is one of the 
most efficient and effective district courts in the country, and its 
judges are highly regarded and respected. It dispenses justice fairly 
and takes seriously its role as part of an independent branch of our 
government. I am sure Mr. Saylor will contribute to the distinguished 
work of this court. I urge the Senate to approve his nomination.
  Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The journal clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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