Byron Browning Conway (born 1976)[2] is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Byron B. Conway | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | |
| Assumed office November 4, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | William C. Griesbach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Byron Browning Conway[1] 1976 (age 47–48) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education | Santa Clara University (BA) University of Queensland (International Law Certificate) Marquette University (JD) |
Education
editConway received a Bachelor of Arts from Santa Clara University in 1998.[3] He received an International Law Certificate from the University of Queensland in 2000.[2][4] Conway received a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 2002.[3]
Career
editFrom 2002 to 2006, Conway worked as an associate at the Milwaukee law firm Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown LLP. From 2006 to 2024, he was an attorney in the Green Bay office of the law firm Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C. and a shareholder at the firm from 2010 to 2024.[3]
Federal judicial service
editIn 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.[5] 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.[6] On July 31, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On September 19, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–8 vote.[8][9] On September 25, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 58–37 vote.[10] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 58–37 vote.[11][12] He received his judicial commission on November 4, 2024.[13] He was sworn in on November 8, 2024.[14]
References
edit- ^ Lawrence, Andrea (July 3, 2024). "Joe Biden to nominate Green Bay attorney to vacant federal judgeship". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ^ a b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ Byron B. Conway at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Roy, Yash (June 8, 2023). "Johnson, Baldwin make recommendations for long-vacant federal judgeship in Green Bay". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 8, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Four Judicial Nominations, Two Marshal Nominations To Full Senate" (Press release). U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana. "US Attorney Pick Stalled by Vance Advances as Judicial Nominee". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Byron B. Conway to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin)". United States Senate. September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Byron B. Conway, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin)". United States Senate. September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ Andrea, Lawrence. "Senate confirms Green Bay attorney to fill long-vacant federal judgeship". jsonline.com. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ Byron B. Conway at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Byron B. Conway Sworn in as the District's Newest Article III Judge". wied.uscourts.gov (Press release). Retrieved November 18, 2024.
External links
edit- Byron B. Conway at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.