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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Law - Senate panel OKs Ind. nominee Dawn Johnsen for DOJ role

Marueen Groppe has this report in the Indianapolis Star. It begins:

WASHINGTON — The nomination of Hoosier lawyer Dawn Johnsen to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's office of legal counsel was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee over the objection of Republicans.

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the committee, declined to vote, saying he wanted the nomination to move forward to the full Senate but still has questions for Johnsen.

“I want to talk to the nominee again,” Specter said. “There are parts of the record which are very difficult to understand.”

Johnsen is scheduled to give the opening address at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit, to be held here in Indianapolis at the Westin from May 17, 2009 through May 19, 2009. More information here. From the program for Monday, May 18th:
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Opening Address: Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney General Designate, United States Department of Justice, and former Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, will speak on “The Priorities of the Department of Justice Under the New Administration.”

Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 19, 2009 12:34 PM
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