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Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division - Christine Varney

Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney was confirmed on April 20, 2009.  A hearing to consider the nomination was held on March 10, 2009.  An archived webcast is available.  icon_webcastOn March 26, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.

Committee Questionnaire
  • Question 13A
  • Question 13B
  • Question 13C
  • Question 13D
  • Question 13E

Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record

  • Questions for the Record:  Chairman Patrick Leahy
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Herb Kohl
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Orrin Hatch
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Dianne Feinstein
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Chuck Grassley
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Russ Feingold
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator John Cornyn
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Chuck Schumer
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Arlen Specter

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • March 9, 2009 - Charles F. Rule, Cadwalader; former Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division
  • March 6, 2009 - Joe Sims, Jones Day; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division
  • March 5, 2009 - Timothy Muris, former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, and Robert Pitofsky, former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
  • March 5, 2009 - Thomas B. Leary, Hogan & Hartson; former Federal Trade Commissioner
  • March 4, 2009 - John H. Shenefield, Counsel, Morgan Lewis; James F. Rill, Partner, Howrey LLP
  • March 4, 2009 - National Rural Health Association
  • March 4, 2009 - Janet McDavid, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, former Chair, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
  • March 4, 2009 - Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, The New York City Department of Education
  • March 4, 2009 - William J. Baer, Arnold & Porter LLP
  • March 3, 2009 - Richard Parker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; former Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
  • March 3, 2009 - A. Douglas Melamed, WilmerHale; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division
  • February 19, 2009 - Former Chairs of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law [Joseph Angland, White & Case LLP; John DeQ. BRiggs, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP; Roxane C. Busey, Baker & McKenzie; Michael L. Denger, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Ky P. Ewing, Jr., Retired; Kathryn M. Fenton, Jones Day; Kevin E. Grady, Retired; Caswell O. Hobbs, Potomac River Associates; Robert T. Joseph, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP; Donald C. Klawiter, Mayer Brown LLP; James R. Loftis III, Retired; Janet L. MCDavid, Hogan & Hartson LLP; Phillip A. Proger, Jones Day; Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins LLP; James F. Rill, Howrey LLP; Irving Scher, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Alan H. Silberman, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP; Robert P. Taylor, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.; Richard J. Wallis, Microsoft Corporation; Robert C. Weinbaum, Retired]
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Did You Know?  The U.S. Courts of Appeals were the first federal courts designed exclusively to hear cases on appeal from trial courts.  In an effort to relieve the caseload burden in the Supreme Court, and to handle a dramatic increase in federal filings, Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1891, establishing nine courts of appeals, one for each judicial circuit.

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