First Latino Garcia Confirmed to Powerful D.C. Circuit Court (2)

Brad Garcia, a former O’Melveny & Myers partner, was confirmed as the first Latino to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

The Senate voted 53-40 on Monday to confirm Garcia, who has served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel since early 2022.

Garcia’s among a batch of Biden appellate nominees who awaited Senate floor votes while Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was absent due to illness. Others include Nancy Abudu for the Eleventh Circuit; Rachel Bloomekatz to the Sixth Circuit; and Julie Rikelman to the First Circuit. Majority ...