Senate Schedules Vote on Circuit Court Nominee Jimmie Reyna

Last night the Senate agreed to vote on Monday at 5:30p.m. on the nomination of Jimmie Reyna to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Reyna currently serves as a partner and director at Williams, Mullin P.C., in Washington, D.C. He is a leading international trade attorney with significant experience in trade policy, business regulation, and compliance law. Reyna was nominated on September 29, 2010, and he was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously on March 10, 2010. If confirmed, Mr. Reyna would become the first Hispanic American ever to serve on the Federal Circuit.