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Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division - Ignacia S. Moreno

Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno was confirmed on November 5, 2009.  A hearing to consider her nomination was held on September 9, 2009. icon_webcastAn archived webcast is available. On September 24, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration. 

Committee Questionnaire

Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record

  • Questions for the Record: Ranking Member Jeff Sessions
  • Questions for the Record: Senator Russ Feingold

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • September 3, 2009 - Gerald Torres, Bryant Smith Chair, University of Texas Law School
  • August 31, 2009 - Richard Revesz, Dean and Lawrence King Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
  • August 31, 2009 - National Council of La Raza
  • August 24, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
  • August 18, 2009 - National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
  • August 7, 2009 - Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
  • August 7, 2009 - J. William Futrell, former President, Environmental Law Institute
  • July 28, 2009 - Edward M. Norton, Chairman, National Conservation System Foundation
  • July 27, 2009 - Steven P. Solow
  • July 22, 2009 - Judge Charles J. Sheehan
  • July 21, 2009 - James Simon, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Protecting the World's Oceans
  • July 21, 2009 - Steven A. Herman
  • July 16, 2009 - Joint Letter from Former Assistant Attorneys General, Environment and Natural Resources Division [James Moorman, F. Henry Habicht, Tom Sansonetti]
  • July 16, 2009 - William D. Kissinger, Bingham
  • July 1, 2009 - Hispanic National Bar Association
  • June 23, 2009 - Jeffrey B. Gracer, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.
  • June 23, 2009 - Robert B. Cave, Hogan & Hartson
  • June 16, 2009 - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
  • June 15, 2009 - Lois Schiffer, former Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division
  • June 12, 2009 - Daniel Barstow Magraw, President, Center for International Environmental Law
  • June 12, 2009 - Current and Past Chairs of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources [Lauren J. Caster, Claudia Rast, Sheila Slocum Hollis, Kenneth J. Warren, Eugene E. Smary, Lynn L. Bergeson]
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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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