Draft:Byron B. Conway

Byron B. Conway
Personal details
Born
Byron Browning Conway[1]

1976 (age 47–48)
Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
EducationSanta Clara University (BA)
Marquette University (JD)

Byron Browning Conway (born 1976)[2] is an American lawyer who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Education

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Conway received a Bachelor of Arts from Santa Clara University in 1998 and a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 2002.[3]

Career

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From 2002 to 2006, Conway worked as an associate at the Milwaukee law firm Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown LLP. Since 2006, he has been an attorney in the Green Bay office of the law firm Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C. and a shareholder at the firm since 2010.[3]

Nomination to district court

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In June 2023, Conway and Circuit Judge Marc Aaron Hammer were recommended to the Biden administration by Senators Baldwin and Johnson to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for Eastern Wisconsin.[4] On July 3, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Conway to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. On July 8, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Conway to the seat vacated by Judge William C. Griesbach, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2019.[5] On July 31, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

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  1. ^ Lawrence, Andrea (July 3, 2024). "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Fifty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Roy, Yash (June 8, 2023). "Johnson, Baldwin make recommendations for long-vacant federal judgeship in Green Bay". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 30, 2024.