Conrad gets Appeals nod

Submitted by bkrueger on July 17, 2007 - 4:29pm.
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President Bush has nominated Robert J. Conrad, a U.S. District Court judge in Charlotte, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr immediately hailed the nomination as a chance to add another judge from North Carolina to the Court of Appeals. Of the 15 seats on the court, only one is now filled by a judge from North Carolina, Burr said.

The court hears appeals from cases filed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.

"North Carolina can be proud of Bob's record as a judge and his integrity," Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, said in a statement.

Conrad was the U.S. attorney for the western district of North Carolina from 2001-03.

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