Daniel A. Bress, the only new addition to President Donald Trump’s latest list of nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is a private attorney with no judicial experience. He is, however, a rising star with powerhouse law firm Kirkland & Ellis who’s made a name for himself representing corporate clients.
Bress was one of three nominees Trump said Jan. 30 that he plans to send to the Senate for the Ninth Circuit. The San Francisco-based court is a political flashpoint between the conservative White House and California’s two Democratic senators, one of whom is running ...
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