The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Cleveland Assistant U.S. Attorney Benita Pearson to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
The confirmation is part of a rapid series of Senate judicial approvals, following a deal reportedly struck by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to break a logjam caused by GOP objections that Democrats had denounced as without substance.
On Tuesday, the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys urged the Senate to confirm more judges.
Pearson, whose nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee in February, worked in the Cleveland U.S. Attorney’s office from July 2000 to August 2008.
She currently serves as a magistrate judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Pearson previously was an associate at Jones Day Reavis & Pogue (now Jones Day) and McDonald Hopkins LLC.
