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16 JUNE 10, 2022

President Biden nominates Sopen

Shah as US attorney in Madison

If confirmed, Shah would be only the second woman to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Madison

after Peg Lautenschlager, who led the office during the presidency of Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 2001

OUR BUREAU for all, and their commitment to the ty Solicitor General of Wisconsin Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 2001.
independence of the Department of from 2017 to 2019. She served as a Shah would succeed Scott Blad-
Washington, DC
Justice,” it said. law clerk for Judge Debra Ann Liv- er as the Madison US attorney. Blad-
n good news for the Indi- The nominations, which need ingston on the US Court of Appeals er, who was appointed by President
an-American community, Pres- Senate confirmation, were an- for the Second Circuit from 2016 to Donald Trump, resigned in 2021.
Iident Joe Biden has nominated nounced Monday. 2017 and Judge Amul R. Thapar on Biden has proposed a budget
advocate Sopen B. Shah as US at- If Shah is selected, she would the US District Court for the East- that would significantly increase
torney for the Western District of be only the second woman to lead ern District of Kentucky from 2015 funding for law enforcement as part
Wisconsin, which includes Madison. the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Madi- to 2016. of a comprehensive approach to
Shah’s nomination was sent to the son after Peg Lautenschlager, who Shah received her JD from Yale tackling the rising crime rate this ad-
Senate for confirmation Monday led the office during the presidency Law School in 2015 and AB, magna cum ministration inherited last year, the
along with four attorneys across the of Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 2001. laude, from Harvard College in 2008. White House said.
country, as well as two new nominees Haanstad currently serves as a pros- Last year, she represented the The President has also launched
to serve as US marshals. ecutor in the Eastern District and Democratic National Committee a comprehensive effort to take on
“These are officials who will be previously served as U.S. attorney and the Democratic Party of Wis- the uptick in gun crime that has been
indispensable to upholding the rule there from 2015 to 2018. consin in a voting case which, in a taking place since 2020—putting
of law as top federal law enforce- Shah is a 2015 graduate of Yale span of three weeks, went from US more cops on the beat, supporting
ment officials,” the White House Law School and an associate attor- District Court in Madison to the US community prevention programs,
said in a statement. ney in the Madison office of the law Supreme Court. and cracking down on illegal gun
“These individuals were cho- firm of Perkins Coie since 2019. She If Shah is confirmed, she would trafficking.
sen for their devotion to enforcing specializes in business litigation and be only the second woman to lead Confirming US Attorneys as the
the law, their professionalism, their in appeals, issues and strategy, ac- the US Attorney’s Office in Madison chief federal law enforcement offi-
experience and credentials, their cording to the firm’s website. after Peg Lautenschlager, who led cers in their district is important for
dedication to pursuing equal justice Shah was previously a Depu- the office during the presidency of these efforts, the White House said.

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