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Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Meredith Vacca to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

Judge Vacca earned her B.A. from Colgate University and her J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law. After completing law school, she began her legal career in private practice as an associate attorney at Hamberger & Weiss LLP, where she focused primarily on workers' compensation insurance defense cases. In 2007, Judge Vacca joined the Monroe County District Attorney's Office as an assistant district attorney, where she tried approximately 60 cases to verdict in her 13- year tenure. Since 2021, Judge Vacca has served as a judge on the Monroe County Court, where she has presided over 21 felony trials that have gone to verdict.

The American Bar Association unanimously rated Judge Vacca ``qualified'' to serve on the district court, and she has the strong support of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand.

Judge Vacca's deep ties to the Rochester, NY, legal community, combined with her courtroom experience both on and off the bench, will ensure that she is ready to meet the demands of the Western District of New York from day one.

I urge my colleagues to support her nomination.

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