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U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY

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VERMONT


 Joint Outside Witnesses
On The Nomination Of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Panel One

  • Stephen Tober, Chairman, ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
  • Marna Tucker, D.C. Circuit Representative of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. 
  • John Payton, Federal Circuit Representative of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.

Panel Two

  • Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Senior)
  • Anthony J. Scirica, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • Maryanne Trump Berry, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
  • Ruggero J. Aldisert, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Senior)
  • Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Senior) – via video
  • John J. Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Retired).  He is the founding partner at Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger, and Vecchione. 
  • Timothy K. Lewis, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Retired).  He is currently co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. 

Panel Three

  • Cathy Fleming, a Partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. 
  • Michael J. Gerhardt, the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law. 
  • Peter Kirsanow, a Commissioner to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Partner at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff LLP. 
  • Samuel Issacharoff, the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. 
  • Carter Phillips, the Managing Partner of Sidley Austin LLP.
  • Goodwin Liu, an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall.

Panel Four

  • Nora Demleitner, a Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law.
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Duke University Law School.
  • Anthony Kronman, the Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School, and the former Dean of Yale Law School.
  • Beth Nolan, a partner in Crowell & Moring LLP’s Litigation Group, and Counsel to the President, 1999-2001.
  • Charles Fried, the Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and U.S. Solicitor General, 1985-89.
  • Laurence H. Tribe, the Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. 

Panel Five

  • Fred Gray, a senior partner at Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson.
  • Kate Michelman, previous president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) Pro-Choice America. 
  • Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School.
  • Amanda Frost, an Assistant Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law. 
  • John G.S. Flym, a retired Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law. 

Panel Six

  • Kate Pringle, a Partner at Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler and Adelman LLP.
  • The Hon. Charles A. Gonzalez (D-TX), the Representative for the 20th District of Texas. 
  • The Hon. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the Representative for the 20th District of Florida. 
  • Jack White, an Associate at Kirkland and Ellis LLP in San Francisco.
  • Reginald M. Turner, Jr., President of the National Bar Association (NBA).
  • Theodore Shaw, President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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