Muslim Circuit Pick’s Firm Defends Him as Key Democrats Oppose

Law firm colleagues of President Joe Biden’s historic Muslim appellate nominee are coming to Adeel Mangi’s defense as opposition from three Senate Democrats jeopardizes his chances of confirmation.

In a letter to Nevada’s two Democratic senators, Eugene Gelernter of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP addresses their decision to oppose Mangi’s confirmation based on the New York litigator’s membership on the advisory board of a criminal justice reform group conservatives have characterized as anti-police.

“The Advisory Board does nothing at all. Our membership is purely nominal,” Gelernter says of both their membership on the Alliance of Families for Justice’s advisory ...