The State Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michael J. Garcia, a former United States attorney, to the remaining vacancy on the New York Court of Appeals.
Mr. Garcia, most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, who focuses on government investigations, antitrust, international trade and national security. He was the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan from 2005 to 2008. He was nominated by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, but has promised senators that he would be independent.
Mr. Garcia is a Republican whose office’s investigation into a prostitution ring led to the 2008 resignation of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer. He was among seven possible nominees for the Court of Appeals who were advanced by a state commission that found all of them to be well qualified.
He replaces Judge Susan Read, who retired. A Republican, she was appointed to the seven-member court by Gov. George E. Pataki.
Full content: The New York Times
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