The Senate Judiciary Committee is slated to vote on two U.S. Attorney nominees at its meeting next Thursday.
They are:
Wifredo Ferrer (gov)
-Wifredo Ferrer (Southern District of Florida): The assistant Dade County, Fla., attorney and deputy chief of staff to then-Attorney General Janet Reno would succeed R. Alexander Acosta, who stepped down as U.S. Attorney last summer. Ferrer was nominated on Feb. 24. Read more about the nominee here.
Bill Nettles (Sanders & Nettles)
-William Nettles (South Carolina): The attorney at Columbia, S.C., law firm Sanders & Nettles LLC would succeed W. Walter Wilkins III, who resigned as U.S. Attorney earlier this month. Nettles was tapped on Dec. 22. Read more about him here.
The panel has approved 36 U.S. Attorney nominees, all of whom have already won Senate confirmation. The committee has yet to schedule votes for another 18 would-be U.S. Attorneys.
