This week President Obama nominated Margo Kitsy Brodie to the Eastern District of New York, Jesse M. Furman to the Southern District of New York, Susie Morgan to the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Mary Elizabeth Phillips to the Western District of Missouri.Ms. Brodie, Mr. Furman, and Ms. Phillips are currently Assistant United States Attorneys, and Ms. Morgan is a commercial litigation partner at the New Orleans law firm of Phelps Dunbar. With these nominations, there are now 56 nominees pending in the Senate and 53 vacancies without nominees.
