President Obama Names UW Law School Professor Victoria Nourse to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
On Wednesday, President Obama nominated UW–Madison Law School professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
From the White House Press Release:
Professor Victoria F. Nourse is the Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, where she joined the faculty in 1993. A prolific scholar with wide-ranging interests, Professor Nourse has written extensively on criminal law, legislation, constitutional history and the separation of powers. She is also well-known for her role assisting then-Senator Joseph Biden in drafting the landmark Violence Against Women Act, part of the Biden-Hatch Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 .