President Donald Trump announced that he would renominate 51 people for district and appeals court seats on the federal bench, including Paul Matey—a partner in the white-collar criminal defense practice at Lowenstein Sandler in New Jersey and once an adviser to Gov. Chris Christie—for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Matey was among those whose nominations remained pending at the end of 2018, which closed the last Congressional session. Before that time, Matey had advanced to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, which was held last November. He was originally nominated in April 2018 to fill the seat vacated by Third Circuit Judge Julio Fuentes, who took senior status.