President Joseph Biden has nominated thirteen judges for positions on federal courts of appeals. Four have had experience as public defenders, including Eunice Lee, a former Assistant Federal Defender in New York who now occupies a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Our president has also nominated more than three dozen men and women for positions on the federal district courts around the country, and a handful of them also have prior experience as public defenders. This trend, long overdue, is a positive one.
