olivia alafriz

Some personal news! Friday was my last day on the insurance beat here at Bloomberg Law—but I'm not going far. Starting today, I'll be joining the US Law Week desk here at BLaw to cover judicial nominations and the federal judiciary. Signal is in my bio--please reach out!

The Atlanta Police Department is investigating whether the officer who a judicial conduct committee found had sex with a federal judge in chambers is one of its employees, the department said in a statement yesterday. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/at…

EXCLUSIVE: Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with the situation. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/el…

New: Eleanor Ross is the federal judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, @SuzanneMonyak @oliviaalafriz & @jacq_thomsen report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/el…

News: The judge reprimanded by the judiciary for having sex in chambers, in earshot of law clerks, is Judge Eleanor Ross of the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia, @BLaw has confirmed. w/ @oliviaalafriz & @jacq_thomsen news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/el…

NEW: Trump said today he plans to nominate an Ohio state judge recommended by VP (and former Ohio senator) JD Vance to a federal trial court seat in the state. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

@AliceinDCland depends on the city...

do i try my luck and find an open track in a new city or do i simply do things the old fashioned way (k repeats on the side of the road)

A spate of judicial vacancies gives President Donald Trump a handful of new seats to try to fill as the window for Senate confirmations narrows before midterm elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ti…

New: A group of conservatives earlier this month pushed Texas's senators to make a pair of lawyers the nominees for two federal judgeships in Dallas. One has since been nominated, another -- a former Cruz staffer -- hasn't. W/@oliviaalafriz news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/co…

Donald Trump’s judicial nominees took a new tack in answering Democrats’ questions on the outcome of the 2020 election, drawing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s response to a similar query during her own confirmation vetting. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

NEW: Donald Trump’s judicial nominees took a new tack in answering Democrats’ questions on the outcome of the 2020 election, drawing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s response to a similar query during her own confirmation vetting. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

NEW: A contingent of Democrats joined Republicans to confirm a former House lawyer and federal prosecutor nominated by President Donald Trump to the South Carolina federal bench. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/se…

Federal judges have expressed frustration repeatedly over the past year with having to read the tea leaves of the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency docket decisions. Last night, a South Carolina district judge had the rare chance to take his vexation directly to a justice.

Federal judges found Trump’s pick for US attorney in Wyoming committed misconduct by making “inflammatory” remarks to grand jurors ahead of indictments. The Senate is scheduled to vote on Darin Smith's nomination tonight. For @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/co…

The Senate Judiciary Committee this morning advanced a federal appeals court nominee who has represented Donald Trump in a defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

ICYMI: Trump last night announced his picks for vacancies on the 8th and 10th Circuit, as well as district court seats in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr… @jacq_thomsen @SuzanneMonyak

A veteran Washington federal judge condemned verbal attacks on the judiciary by members of Congress and executive branch leaders, warning the rhetoric undermines the courts’ independence, @SuzanneMonyak reports from the Third Circuit conference news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ju…

A DC Circuit panel appeared likely to uphold a lower court order temporarily barring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from penalizing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) over remarks telling service members they may disobey unlawful orders. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/co…

The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier today advanced a trial court nominee who was rated "not qualified" by the ABA over her limited legal experience. Katie Lane, an RNC lawyer, was the first nominee in Trump's second term to receive that rating. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

SCOOP: DOJ prosecutors in Virginia are pursuing separate charges against James Comey for allegedly leaking classified info. Blanche's DOJ, not satisfied with just '86 47' case, in recent weeks revived nat sec probe that stalled out last year. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering a nominee who’s the second judge from a Florida state appeals court tapped for the federal bench after ruling for Trump in a defamation case last year. Jeff Kuntz is set to appear before the panel later today. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/se…