According to this report from MetroNews, Tom Kleeh has been confirmed as a District Judge, replacing senior status judge Irene Keeley.

 

Kleeh, a member of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC in the firm’s labor and employment group, is a graduate of West Virginia University College of Law.

 

“Since President Trump nominated Tom, I have been impressed by the amount of support he has received in all corners of West Virginia’s legal community,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said.

 

The Senate voted 65-30 to confirm Kleeh, who graduated summa cum laude and was inducted into the Order of the Coif — reserved for those who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class.

 

“His nomination has also been praised by those who have been on the opposite side and practiced against him,” Capito said. “As one West Virginia Circuit Judge wrote, ‘The trial lawyers, the defense bar, the prosecutors, the public defenders, the public interest lawyers? They all love him.’ That widespread respect speaks volumes, I think, about Tom’s professionalism.”

 

Kleeh succeeds Irene Keely following 25 years on the bench as a District Judge in the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

 

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Editor's Note: Photo from U.S. Courts.gov.