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Paige Herwig, Biden's Point Person On Judicial Nominations, Is Leaving The White House
HuffPostWhite House senior counsel Paige Herwig, who has been a driving force behind President Joe Biden’s success in diversifying the nation’s federal courts, is leaving her post.
Herwig is headed to another role in the administration, HuffPost has learned. She will be making the move in the next several weeks.
Herwig has been in the counsel’s office since day one of Biden’s presidency, making her the longest-serving team leader there. She’s a big reason why Biden’s judicial nominations are among his signature accomplishments. She’s been overseeing the White House’s aggressive strategy for selecting, nominating and confirming his judges.
The president has confirmed 126 people to lifetime federal judgeships during his tenure, which is more than his three predecessors — Donald Trump (104), Barack Obama (83) and George W. Bush (124) — had confirmed by this point in their presidencies.
This includes 93 district court judges, 32 appeals court judges and one Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“Paige is a phenomenal lawyer, leader, and person, who led the nominations team in Counsel’s Office with the utmost grace and skill,” said former White House counsel Dana Remus, who served with Herwig for most of her tenure.
Herwig is headed to another role in the administration, HuffPost has learned. She will be making the move in the next several weeks.
Herwig has been in the counsel’s office since day one of Biden’s presidency, making her the longest-serving team leader there. She’s a big reason why Biden’s judicial nominations are among his signature accomplishments. She’s been overseeing the White House’s aggressive strategy for selecting, nominating and confirming his judges.
The president has confirmed 126 people to lifetime federal judgeships during his tenure, which is more than his three predecessors — Donald Trump (104), Barack Obama (83) and George W. Bush (124) — had confirmed by this point in their presidencies.
This includes 93 district court judges, 32 appeals court judges and one Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“Paige is a phenomenal lawyer, leader, and person, who led the nominations team in Counsel’s Office with the utmost grace and skill,” said former White House counsel Dana Remus, who served with Herwig for most of her tenure.
