{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-applauds-nomination-of-edward-kiel-to-us-district-court-of-new-jersey", "Booker Applauds Nomination of Edward Kiel to U.S. District Court of New Jersey", "2023-10-04", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded President Biden\u2019s nomination of Judge Edward Kiel to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.\n\n\u201cJudge Edward Kiel is an outstanding nominee who is highly qualified and committed to upholding the law,\u201d said Senator Booker. \u201cI\u2019m confident he will serve the people of New Jersey and the country with integrity, bringing his wealth of legal experience and knowledge to our federal bench. I thank President Biden for this nomination, and I look forward to Judge Kiel\u2019s hearing before the Judiciary Committee and confirmation by the Senate.\u201d\n\nJudge Edward S. Kiel has been a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey since 2019. Previously, Judge Kiel was a partner at Cole Schotz, P.C. from 2002 to 2019. Before that, he was an associate at Cole Schotz from 1998 to 2001, at Beattie Padovano from 1994 to 1998, and at Jamieson Moore Peskin & Spicer from 1992 to 1994. Judge Kiel served as a law clerk on the Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County from 1991 to 1992. He received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1991 and his B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1988.\n\nPresident Joe Biden has nominated and the Senate has confirmed eight judges to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey: Julien X. Neals, Zahid Quraishi, Christine O\u2019Hearn, Karen Williams, Georgette Castner, Evelyn Padin, Michael Fabiarz, and Robert Kirsch. Last month, President Biden nominated Jamel Semper to the court, and Booker spoke today in support of Semper\u2019s nomination as he was introduced to the Senate Judiciary Committee.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-applauds-nomination-of-edward-kiel-to-us-district-court-of-new-jersey"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.603909069672227, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}