D.C. Circuit Pick Discloses Income, Political Contacts (she "canvassed voters" for Obama campaign)

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Caitlin Halligan, General Counsel for the New York County District Attorney’s Office
Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
43 Years Old

Caitlin Halligan made $1.3 million a year as the head of the appellate practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges before stepping down to join the Manhattan district attorney's office in January...

In response to part of the Senate’s background questionnaire, Halligan writes that her first contact with the Obama administration regarding the D.C. Circuit came in April of this year. She writes that she “spoke with an attorney from the White House Counsel’s Office, who informed me that my name was being forwarded to the Justice Department” for vetting for the circuit. She met with White House and DOJ officials on June 8.

Halligan does note, however, that she helped out with Obama’s presidential campaign. She doesn’t say whether she did so during the primary campaign, the general campaign, or both, but she writes that she “coordinated research conducted by several other attorneys on the election laws of several states, which was provided to representatives of the Obama presidential campaign.” She writes that she also canvassed voters.

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/10/dc-circuit-pick-discloses-income-political-contacts.html
http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/111thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/CaitlinHalligan-PublicQuestionnaire.pdf

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Obama Administration Vetting N.Y. Lawyer for D.C. Circuit (Fri Jul-16-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8761875

Obama makes his first appointment to the US DC Circuit Court, SCOTUS training ground (Wed Sep-29-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9225420

Daily Princetonian: Halligan '88 nominated to appeals court (Fri Oct-08-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9282544

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1. No telling when her hearing will be...