March 01, 2022
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Big Law, Former Federal Prosecutors Back Public Defender for Third Circuit Vacancy | National Law Journal - Law.com

Arianna Freeman.
Arianna Freeman, managing attorney of the Non-Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Courtesy photo

What You Need to Know

  • Biden nominated longtime public defender Arianna Freeman to the Third Circuit in January.
  • Freeman's nomination hearing is set for Wednesday morning.
  • Former federal prosecutors who now work in Big Law sent letters to senators supporting Freeman.

Two groups of former federal prosecutors, including some now in Big Law, sent letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee voicing support for longtime public defender Arianna Freeman’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Freeman has been a managing attorney with the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2009, and is the latest example of President Joe Biden’s push to nominate individuals with public defender backgrounds to the bench.

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source: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/03/01/big-law-former-federal-prosecutors-back-public-defender-for-third-circuit-vacancy/

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