Yale University’s deputy general counsel, Susan Carney, will join the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after the Senate put aside concerns about her lack of recent litigation work and voted Tuesday for her confirmation.
The vote of 71-28 came after a debate over whether Carney’s 13 years in Yale’s in-house counsel’s office, and her earlier time in private practice in Washington, gave her sufficient experience to be a federal judge. In-house counsel make up a small minority of nominees for the federal bench, and Carney waited almost a full year for the Senate to act on her nomination.
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