Senators praise Biden's nominee for appellate judgeship
June 30 2021
Jennifer Sung, who sits on the Oregon Employment Relations Board, is a labor lawyer and union organizer.
Jennifer Sung, a longtime labor lawyer from Portland who sits on the Oregon Employment Relations Board, is President Joe Biden's nominee for a federal appeals court judgeship.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she will fill the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seat vacated by Susan Graber, who will take senior status. Graber, who turns 72 on July 5, was appointed to the appeals court by President Bill Clinton in 1997 and took her seat in 1998. She is a former Oregon Court of Appeals judge and Oregon Supreme Court justice and sat on those courts a total of 10 years mostly on the Supreme Court (1990-98).