Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Judicial Confirmation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Utah Senate consents to Kate A. Toomey for Court of Appeals
Summary
The Utah Senate voted unanimously to confirm Kate A. Toomey to the Utah Court of Appeals after the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee reported a favorable recommendation; Toomey addressed the chamber and thanked lawmakers and family members.
The Utah Senate on the extraordinary September 2014 docket consented to Governor Gary R. Herbert’s appointment of Kate A. Toomey to the Utah Court of Appeals. The Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee reported a favorable recommendation, and Senator Scott Jenkins moved that the chamber concur with the appointment.
Senator Jenkins told the Senate the committee “did in fact meet and interview and, spend a great deal of time with Kate Toomey,” and recommended her as “very responsible, very qualified.” Senator John L. Valentine, who had appeared in committee proceedings, said he knew Judge Toomey’s work and praised “the nature of the reasoning and the quality of the decisions that we will have from this jurist.” Senator Weiler said he had appeared in her courtroom as a trial judge and described her as “fair and intelligent and competent.”
On a roll-call vote the Senate consented to Toomey’s appointment by voice and recorded tally: 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent.
Judge Toomey addressed the Senate in a Committee of the Whole, introduced family members and thanked senators, the governor and committee members for their time and support. “I am also very grateful to the governor and to his fine staff, for the appointment,” she said, and pledged “to do my very best to continue to serve the people of this great state.”
The confirmation completes the governor’s nomination process for this appellate vacancy. The Senate returned to regular business after dissolving the Committee of the Whole.
