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Nomination of Elizabeth A. Wolford to be United States District Judge for the District of New York

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 11, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Judicial Branch

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Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I appreciate the 3 minutes to be on the floor in support of the nomination of Landya McCafferty to the Federal district court for the District of New Hampshire. If confirmed, Landya will be the first woman to serve on the Federal bench in New Hampshire. But it is not Landya's gender that matters; it is her professional experience and her personal qualities that make her stand out. She has widespread bipartisan support throughout the New Hampshire legal community and she will make an excellent addition to the Federal district court in New Hampshire.

She is currently the U.S. magistrate judge for the District of New Hampshire. Her Federal court experience includes clerking for two district court judges and at the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Landya has also prosecuted professional misconduct cases for the New Hampshire Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Office, served as an appellate and trial attorney in the highly regarded New Hampshire public defender program, and worked in private practice as a civil litigator.

Landya is an innovator. As a magistrate judge, she has become a nationally recognized expert and teacher on how to use technology to achieve a more efficient and paperless workflow in the Federal court system.

She was unanimously rated ``well qualified'' by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary--their highest rating.

Landya is also active in the legal community outside the courtroom. For the past decade she has lectured at continuing legal education seminars on various topics, primarily on legal ethics, and has also presented guest lectures on legal ethics and civil procedure at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.

I am pleased that this morning, after several months, we are finally going to get a chance to vote on Landya McCafferty, who is a well-qualified, noncontroversial district court nominee. She has the support of Senator Ayotte, who also represents New Hampshire.

I have no doubt Landya McCafferty will be an outstanding Federal district court judge, and I urge my colleagues to support her nomination when the vote comes up this morning.

I thank the Chair and yield the floor.

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