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Welcome to the judicial advocacy section of RepublicanLawyer.com, the web site of the Republican National Lawyers Association (“RNLA”), the nation’s principal organization of lawyers associated with the Republican Party. The RNLA strongly supports the timely confirmation of the President’s judicial nominees issues endorsement statements for Court of Appeals nominees. Endorsement statements are also issued for Supreme Court nominees and selected District and special court nominees.


Endorsed Nominees and Endorsement Statements

The following nominees have been endorsed by the Republican National Lawyers Association for the respective judicial positions. Endorsement information is provided by RNLA’s Communications Committee.


Appellate Court Nominees:


The Honorable G. Steven Agee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The Honorable Robert J. Conrad, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The Honorable Catharina Haynes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Peter D. Keisler, U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Raymond M. Kethledge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Steve A. Matthews, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Stephen J. Murphy, III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
The Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Shalom D. Stone, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit


Judicial Nominations Blog

Please Click Here to view the RNLA's new blog on the Judicial Confirmation Crisis.



National Lawyer Panel Available for Media Comment

The below lawyer members of RNLA are available to provide a practicing professional’s perspective on the President’s judicial nominees. Members of the media are advised to click on a member name for the appropriate media market or geographic territory, review the member information provided, and contact the member directly. Members will generally be able to comment on nominees from their geographic area and Supreme Court nominees.

Unless otherwise instructed by the interviewee, RNLA requests the media to identify interviewed persons as being a member of the “Republican National Lawyers Association.” Opinions expressed, to the extent they go beyond the written Endorsement Statement for the nominee, are personal opinions of the interviewee and not RNLA organizational positions. Opinions expressed are not the positions of the member’s employer or government agency, unless expressly represented as such.

ALABAMA
William B Sellers, Montgomery
Luther J. Strange, Birmingham

ARIZONA
Greg Coulter, Phoenix

ARKANSAS
Jonann C. Chiles, Little Rock

CALIFORNIA
Charles H Bell, Jr., Sacramento
Randall Broberg, San Diego
Michael K. Friedland, Irvine
Mark Foster, San Jose
Timothy J Morgan, Santa Cruz
Rick Richmond, Los Angeles
Michael J Schroeder, Santa Ana
Richard J. Wall, San Francisco

COLORADO
Martha P Allbright, Littleton
Richard C. Kaufman, Denver
MIchael J. Norton, Englewood
David B Wilson, Denver

CONNECTICUT
Ralph W. Johnson, III

DELAWARE
J.C. Boggs
Timothy J. Houseal

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Andrew Cochran
Charles J. Cooper
Jennifer Hawks Bland
Roger J. Marzulla
Steven G. McKnight
Timothy B Mills
Cleta Mitchell
Charles B. Molster
Patrcia J. Paoletta
Don Wallace, Jr.
Richard E Wiley
Pat M. Woodward, Jr.

FLORIDA
Eric Buermann, Miami
J. Laurence Eisenberg, Miami
James H Post, Jacksonville
Edward J Pozzvoli, Ft. Lauderdale
Gil Singer, Tampa
Thomas R Spencer, Jr., Miami

GEORGIA
Clayton R. Barker, Atlanta
Doug Chalmers, Atlanta
Frank B Strickland, Atlanta

ILLINOIS
Deanna S Mool, Springfield

INDIANA
James J. Ammeen, Jr., Indianapolis
James Bopp, Jr., Terre Haute
Robert T Grand, Indianapolis

IOWA
Paula S Dierenfeld, Des Moines

KANSAS
William W Sneed, Topeka

LOUISIANA
Robert N. Markle, New Orleans
MAINE
Larry D Sharp, Portland

MARYLAND
Robert Horn

MASSACHUSETTS
William H Paine Boston
Larry D Sharp, Andover

MICHIGAN
Eric E Doster, Lansing
Craig M Stanley, Detroit

MINNESOTA
Thomas D Jensen, Minneapolis
Ronald K Schultz, Minneapolis

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI
Paul D Seyferth, Kansas City
Harvey M Tettlebaum, Jefferson City

MONTANA
Mark A Baker, Helena

NEBRASKA
Charles V Sederstrom, Jr., Omaha

NEVADA

NEW JERSEY
Brian M. Nelson, Trenton
Christopher J Stracco, Morristown

NEW MEXICO
James O Browning, Albuquerque

NEW YORK
Paul E Dans, New York
Justin Driscoll, New York
Brian T. Egan, Patchogue
Thomas J Kavaler, New York
Sen. James J Lack, Huntington
Grant M Lally, Mineola
John G Schmidt Jr., Buffalo

NORTH DAKOTA
Daniel M Traynor, Devils Lake

OHIO
Matthew L Alden, Cleveland
Richard W Siehl, Columbus
Phillip J Smith, Cincinnati

OKLAHOMA
Fred A Leibrock, Oklahoma City

PENNSYLVANIA
Brian T Guthrie, Philadelphia
Heather S. Heidelbaugh, Pittsburgh
Ronald L Hicks, Jr., Pittsburgh

RHODE ISLAND
Patrick A. Guida, Barrington

SOUTH CAROLINA
Robert E Freer, Jr. Charleston

SOUTH DAKOTA
Dean A. Heyl

TENNESSEE
Paul D Jones, Memphis
Art Rhodes, Cleveland
John Ryder, Memphis

TEXAS
Kenneth W Anderson, Austin
Linton E Barbee, Dallas
Richard Barrett-Cuetara
Drew B Tipton, Houston

VIRGINIA
William G. Anderson, Jr., Fairfax Station
Lee E. Goodman, Richmond
John Padgett, Norfolk

WEST VIRGINIA
Mark A. Carter, Charleston

WISCONSIN
Donald A. Daugherty, Milwaukee

Links to Nominee Biographical Information

Basic Information

Basic information on each nominee, including detailed biography, resume, and quotations from supporters: http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/nominations.htm (Courtesy of Department of Justice.)

To Check Current Status

Official notices of Senate hearings: : http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations_hearings.cfm (Courtesy of Senate Judiciary Committee.)

Special Inquiries

For RNLA members only, the RNLA members only bulletin board at http://www.rnla.org/Members/default.asp contains the latest information and talking points on judicial nominations.

The Committee for Justice was established to defend and promote President Bush's judicial nominees by highlighting and countering the partisan warfare that has emerged in the judicial selection process. In addition, the Committee will seek to break the Senate boycott of President Bush's judicial nominees in order to remedy gaps on the appellate bench and vindicate the President's responsibilities under the Constitution.

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