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Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm John Frank Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Murphy's distinguished legal career will make him an asset on the Federal bench. He received a B.S. from Cornell University, a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School before clerking for Judge Kimberly A. Moore on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

In private practice, Mr. Murphy has focused on intellectual property and patent litigation. He has worked on litigation in Federal courts, International Trade Commission investigations, and contested proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to his IP and patent practice, Mr. Murphy has dedicated a significant amount of time to conducting pro bono work for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania's Prisoner Civil Rights Program. Mr. Murphy has been rated unanimously ``well qualified'' by the American Bar Association, and he has bipartisan support from his home State senators, Mr. Casey and Mr. Toomey.

Mr. Murphy's technical expertise and strong background in IP and patent law will be an asset to the district court. I support his nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.

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