Biden’s 9th Circuit Pick Has Union Support, Labor Law Chops (2)

Organized labor threw its support behind the Biden administration’s nomination of Jennifer Sung, a state labor board member and former union-side labor lawyer, to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sung, who serves on the Oregon Employment Relations Board, previously practiced at McKanna Bishop Joffe LLP in Portland, Ore., and Altshuler Berzon LLP in San Francisco. She worked as an organizer for two Service Employees International Union locals prior to attending Yale Law School.

The White House announced Wednesday plans to nominate Sung and five other candidates for life-time appointments to the judiciary.

“We are obviously ...