Second Nominee For 2nd Circuit? State, federal judges questioned about Yale in-house attorney

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Susan L. Carney, Deputy general counsel, Yale University
Potential nominee for United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
58 Years Old.


Unlike the selection of a new pope, there is no white puff of smoke to signal when a Circuit Court of Appeals judge is being nominated. But the letter of inquiry from the American Bar Association has a similar portent.

Just weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny was the subject of ABA and FBI questionnaires and interviews, top Connecticut state and federal judges began to receive inquiries about Susan L. Carney, the deputy general counsel at Yale University. A relative unknown in Connecticut legal circles, Carney appears to be on track for a seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals -- considered by many to be the second most prestigious court in the nation, right after the U.S. Supreme Court itself.

Carney’s bio on Yale’s web site says she has been a lawyer in the school’s Office of General Counsel since 1998, and that she focuses on international affiliations and transactions, research, intellectual property, technology transfer, and compliance.

Before coming to Yale, the Harvard Law graduate was an associate general counsel for the Peace Corps. She has also practiced at the Washington, D.C., firms of Bredhoff & Kaiser and Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner. At the latter, her work included litigation and counseling for various nonprofit organizations.

http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=36483
http://ogc.yale.edu/about_us/carney.html

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1. Here at DU you can learn about nominees before they become nominees