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NOMINATIONS OF MICHAEL A. HUGHES, 

NANCY M. WARE, DANYA A. DAYSON, 

PETER A. KRAUTHAMER, AND JOHN F. MCCABE 

HEARING 

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON 

HOMELAND SECURITY AND 

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 

UNITED STATES SENATE 

ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION 

NOMINATIONS OF MICHAEL A. HUGHES TO BE U.S. MARSHAL, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NANCY M. WARE TO 

BE DIRECTOR, COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DANYA A. DAYSON, PETER A. 

KRAUTHAMER, AND JOHN F. MCCABE TO BE ASSOCIATE JUDGES, 

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

NOVEMBER 8, 2011 

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COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 

JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut, Chairman 

CARL LEVIN, Michigan 

DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii 

THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware 

MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas 

MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana 

CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri 

JON TESTER, Montana 

MARK BEGICH, Alaska 

SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine 

TOM COBURN, Oklahoma 

SCOTT P. BROWN, Massachusetts 

JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona 

RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin 

ROB PORTMAN, Ohio 

RAND PAUL, Kentucky 

JERRY MORAN, Kansas 

MICHAEL L. ALEXANDER, Staff Director 

KRISTINE V. LAM, Professional Staff Member 

LISA M. POWELL, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 

Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia 

CHRISTINE S. WEST, Counsel, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 

Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia 

NICHOLAS A. ROSSI, Minority Staff Director 

JENNIFER L. TARR, Minority Counsel 

TRINA DRIESSNACK TYRER, Chief Clerk 

PATRICIA R. HOGAN, Publications Clerk 

LAURA W. KILBRIDE, Hearing Clerk 

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C O N T E N T S 

Opening statement: Page 

Senator Akaka .................................................................................................. 1 

Prepared statement: 

Senator Akaka .................................................................................................. 19 

WITNESSES 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011 

Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Delegate in Congress from the District of 

Columbia ............................................................................................................... 1 

Michael A. Hughes to be U.S. Marshal, Superior Court of the District of 

Columbia ............................................................................................................... 4 

Nancy M. Ware to be Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency for the District of Columbia ................................................................... 5 

Danya A. Dayson to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District 

of Columbia ........................................................................................................... 11 

Peter A. Krauthamer to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District 

of Columbia ........................................................................................................... 12 

John F. McCabe to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District 

of Columbia ........................................................................................................... 13 

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Dayson, Danya A.: 

Testimony .......................................................................................................... 11 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 70 

Biographical and financial information .......................................................... 71 

Hughes, Michael A.: 

Testimony .......................................................................................................... 4 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 20 

Biographical and financial information .......................................................... 21 

Responses to pre-hearing questions ................................................................ 30 

Letter from the Office of Government Ethics with an attachment .............. 37 

Krauthamer, Peter A.: 

Testimony .......................................................................................................... 12 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 96 

Biographical and financial information .......................................................... 97 

McCabe, John F.: 

Testimony .......................................................................................................... 13 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 114 

Biographical and financial information .......................................................... 115 

Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes: 

Testimony .......................................................................................................... 1 

Ware, Nancy M.: 

Testimony .......................................................................................................... 5 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 40 

Biographical and financial information .......................................................... 43 

Responses to pre-hearing questions ................................................................ 51 

Letter from the Office of Government Ethics with an attachment .............. 68 

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APPENDIX 

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, letter of support for Mr. 

Hughes, dated September 28, 2011 .................................................................... 133 

Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, letter of support for Ms. Ware, dated October 

19, 2011 ................................................................................................................. 135 

Paul Strauss, U.S. Shadow Senator for the District of Columbia, prepared 

statement .............................................................................................................. 138 

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NOMINATIONS OF MICHAEL A. HUGHES, 

NANCY M. WARE, DANYA A. DAYSON, PETER 

A. KRAUTHAMER, AND JOHN F. MCCABE 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011 

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:10 p.m., in room 

SD–628, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Akaka, 

presiding. 

Present: Senator Akaka. 

OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR AKAKA 

Senator AKAKA. This hearing will come to order. 

Good afternoon and welcome, everyone. Today, the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs meets to consider 

the nominations of Michael Hughes to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia Superior Court and Nancy Ware to be Director 

of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA). 

On the second panel of today’s hearing, we will consider the nominations of Danya Dayson, Peter Krauthamer, and John McCabe to 

be Associate Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 

We are happy to have Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton 

here. I would like to welcome you, Congresswoman Norton, to the 

Committee and yield to you for the introduction of the nominees. 

Will you please proceed. 

INTRODUCTION OF NOMINEES BY HON. ELEANOR HOLMES 

NORTON, A DELEGATE IN CONGRESS FROM THE DISTRICT 

OF COLUMBIA 

Ms. NORTON. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I always appreciate your work and help with matters affecting the District of 

Columbia, especially today, where it looks like you have a full 

agenda of only District of Columbia nominees. 

We begin with two unusual posts. Both of these nominees head 

Federal agencies, but their jurisdiction involves exclusively District 

of Columbia matters. I was pleased to recommend both Michael 

Hughes and Nancy Ware to President Obama after both were recommended by the Judicial Nomination Commission. 

First, I strongly recommend Mr. Hughes for U.S. Marshal for the 

D.C. Superior Court. Now, the D.C. Superior Court is an Article I 

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court responsible for D.C. Code offenders, not Federal offenders. 

Mr. Hughes is very familiar with local matters, having served with 

multi-agency task forces involving, among others, District of Columbia officials. This agency, the Superior Court Marshals Service, 

has been without leadership for a very long time. In my judgment 

and in the judgment of the President, Mr. Hughes is particularly 

well suited to fill this position. He has had 20 years of career service with the U.S. Marshals Service. He began right out of college. 

All who have had any association with him agree that he would 

bring the kind of strong and patient and problem-solving experience that the Marshals Service for the Superior Court needs. 

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Hughes has the broadest spectrum of experience at the U.S. Marshals Service, where he now serves. He has 

served in management, in investigations, in human resources, in 

tactical operations, and in crisis services. He brings the full load 

of what it will take at the Marshals Service for the Superior Court, 

in our judgment. 

I am also very pleased to recommend Nancy Ware for the post 

of Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency. 

This post, too, has long been without leadership. I am convinced 

that Nancy Ware is uniquely qualified to fill this post after an exhaustive search. It is a very critical law enforcement post because 

it involves leadership of returning D.C. residents from the Federal 

Bureau of Prisons who are under supervision. 

Ms. Ware’s experience, particularly at the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, gives her just the kind of experience the 

CSOSA needs because CSOSA, like the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, is a Federal agency that has a foot in the Federal 

system as well as the District of Columbia system. We believe that 

Ms. Ware has precisely the qualifications to deal with this very important agency to the District of Columbia. When she headed the 

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, its membership included 

the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, the D.C. Police 

Chief, other city law enforcement officials, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission. 

I am favorably impressed with her myself. I seldom know from 

personal experience nominees that I have brought to you, but as 

it turns out, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council was one 

that often had to come to see me. I was very impressed with the 

kind of leadership that Ms. Ware brought and so apparently was 

everyone we spoke with about her, including D.C. Superior Court 

Judge Lee Satterfield, the Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Harley Lappin, and U.S. Parole Commission Chairman Isaac Fulwood. 

Mr. Chairman, I would also like to recommend three very qualified attorneys for Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court. They come to you, of course, from the President, but on 

the recommendation of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission. I will just quickly go through their names. You 

have their full qualifications. 

Danya Dayson is an attorney in private practice with O’Toole, 

Rothwell, Nassau, and Steinbach. She has engaged in matters involving criminal defense and family law in particular, as well as 

having been counsel for small business and nonprofits with respect 

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to employment law and corporate compliance. Ms. Dayson is a 

graduate of Appalachian State University in North Carolina and 

Georgetown University Law Center. 

Peter Krauthamer—also for the Superior Court—has very extensive criminal law experience, having spent most of his career with 

the Public Defender Service (PDS) of the District of Columbia, 

where he is now Deputy Director with management and supervision of 220 employees, including 120 attorneys. Mr. Krauthamer 

received his Bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and his 

law degree from Boston University College of Law. 

Finally, Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to recommend, again for Associate Judge of the Superior Court, John McCabe, now a Magistrate Judge on the District of Columbia Family Court. Mr. 

McCabe has also served as a U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia, as an Assistant Corporation Counsel, and his undergraduate work was done at Duke University with a cum laude law 

degree from Tulane University Law School. 

All three of these nominees from the President are, in my judgment, Mr. Chairman, very highly qualified for the Superior Court 

bench in our city. 

Senator AKAKA. Let me thank you again for your support of 

these nominees. I want you to know that your support does make 

a difference to this Committee, so we really appreciate your being 

here today to introduce the nominees despite your busy schedule. 

Ms. NORTON. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I will excuse 

myself, then. 

Senator AKAKA. Yes. Thank you very much. 

The U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court has unique responsibilities. In addition to traditional Marshal functions like judicial 

security and prisoner transport, the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court must perform local duties, such as evictions, that are 

typically associated with a Sheriff’s Office. Mr. Hughes has spent 

his entire career with the Marshals Service, beginning in 1991 as 

a Deputy Marshal and working his way up to his current position 

as Chief of the Tactical Operations Division. 

The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency is a Federal 

agency that monitors probationers and parolees in the District of 

Columbia. Ms. Ware has spent a number of years working in the 

criminal justice system. Before assuming her current role as a 

Management Analyst at CSOSA, Ms. Ware was the Executive Director of the D.C. Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. 

I believe you are both well qualified and well supported, and I 

want to congratulate you on your nominations. I understand that 

you have some family and friends in the audience today, and I 

wanted to give you the opportunity to acknowledge them at this 

time. Mr. Hughes, please introduce your guests. 

Mr. HUGHES. Thank you, Senator. I have my mother and father 

here, and my sister, Tomianne. I see my brother and his wife are 

here. Jarl Jonas is here. I see Laura Kelso and many colleagues 

and friends who have joined me, and Mike Prout and my little godchild, Zoey, and I thank them all for their support today. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. I welcome your family 

and friends and thank them for the support that they are giving 

you, Mr. Hughes. 

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1The prepared statement of Mr. Hughes appears in the Appendix on page 20. 

Ms. Ware, will you please introduce your guests. 

Ms. WARE. Thank you, Chairman Akaka. I would like to introduce the members of my family: My daughter, Dalila; my son, 

Omari; my oldest son, Diallo; his wife, Muriel; my sister-in-law, 

Giselle; and my brother, St. Elmo Crawford. I want to thank them 

all for their support in being here. 

I also want to thank the members of the staff of CSOSA who 

have taken time out of their busy schedules to join me here today. 

They are scattered throughout the room, and I am really pleased 

to have them here. Also I have former members of the Criminal 

Justice Coordinating Council who are here today to support this 

nomination, and I am really pleased that they all took time out of 

their busy schedules. I do not know if I can name enough people, 

but I see a lot of friends and family here, so I want to thank them 

all for coming. 

I also want to take a moment to thank my mother and father, 

who are no longer here, but they provided me with a lot of nurturing for any aspirations that I chose to pursue. Thank you, Senator. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. It is good to have your 

supporters here with you today. So, again, let me say aloha and 

welcome to you. Your loved ones and friends must be very proud 

of your accomplishments. 

Our nominees have filed responses to biographical and financial 

questionnaires and answered pre-hearing questions submitted by 

the Committee. Without objection, this information will be made 

part of the hearing record, with the exception of the financial information, which will be on file and available for public inspection at 

the Committee office. 

Our Committee rules require that witnesses at nomination hearings give their testimony under oath. Therefore, I ask you both to 

please stand and raise your right hands. 

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give 

this Committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the 

truth, so help you, God? 

Ms. WARE. I do. 

Mr. HUGHES. I do. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. Let it be noted for the 

record that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. 

Mr. Hughes, please proceed with your statement. 

TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL A. HUGHES 1 TO BE U.S. MARSHAL, 

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Mr. HUGHES. Thank you, Chairman Akaka, and thanks to Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins, and all the Members of 

the Committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am 

grateful and honored by the opportunity to be here and for your 

consideration of my qualifications to be the U.S. Marshal for the 

Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 

I want to thank Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for recommending me to the White House as well as her Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission for their endorsement of my 

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1The prepared statement of Ms. Ware appears in the Appendix on page 40. 

qualifications. I am thankful to President Barack Obama for nominating me. 

My thanks, as well, to the Senate Committee staff for the professionalism and guidance that they provided throughout this process. 

I am delighted to have many family, friends, and colleagues here 

today. I would like to recognize and express my sincere gratitude 

to my family who are here with me today as well as those who 

could not make it: John and Thomasina Hughes, John and Kathleen Hughes, Linda and John Hadginikitas, Tomianne and Scott 

Pagano, and all my nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I 

am very grateful to my family for their wisdom, wonderful humor, 

and unconditional love throughout my life. 

I would like to thank Jarl Jonas, who provided me with unwavering encouragement and guidance throughout this process. 

Finally, I would like to thank all my friends, colleagues, and 

mentors for their encouragement and support. 

I am honored to have spent my last 20-plus years as a career 

U.S. Marshals Service employee. I have had the opportunity to 

serve in a vast array of areas, both in the field and at the headquarters level, including court security, fugitive investigations, 

asset forfeiture, protective operations, human resources, tactical operations, and on various multi-agency task forces. I have served in 

positions, including Deputy U.S. Marshal, Supervisory Inspector in 

our Witness Security Division, Supervisor of the Deputy Attorney 

General’s Protection Detail, Chief of our Organized Crime and 

Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) at the OCDETF Fusion 

Center, Chief of our Office of Operational Staffing and Recruitment 

as well as Acting Deputy Assistant Director in our Human Resources Division, and Chief of our Office of Crisis Services in our 

Tactical Operations Division. I have also had the privilege to serve 

as a Legislative Fellow from 2003 to 2004 here in the U.S. Senate. 

I am very honored to be associated with the brave and dedicated 

men and women of the U.S. Marshals Service. As a proud resident 

of the District of Columbia for more than 10 years, I am moved to 

be before you today as a nominee to be the U.S. Marshal for the 

Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If confirmed for this position, I look forward to the opportunity to utilize my knowledge 

and practical skills acquired over the course of my career to lead 

this office with honor and integrity while serving the residents of 

my community. 

Thank you very much for your time and consideration of my 

nomination, and I look forward to answering your questions. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. 

Ms. Ware, will you please proceed with your statement. 

TESTIMONY OF NANCY M. WARE 1 TO BE DIRECTOR, COURT 

SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Ms. WARE. Thank you, Chairman Akaka and distinguished Members of the Committee and staff. Thank you for the opportunity to 

appear before you today. It is an honor to be the nominee to serve 

as Director of the Court Services and the Offender Supervision 

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Agency for the District of Columbia. I want to thank President 

Obama for the confidence he has shown in me by nominating me 

and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for recommending me 

to serve in this position. 

I would like to introduce the members of my family today, my 

children, my daughter-in-law, my brother and sister-in-law, and all 

my friends who supported me and provided me with love and support throughout my aspirations and endeavors. I am profoundly 

grateful to them, and I really have a lot of respect and support 

from the staff at CSOSA Pretrial Services, and I want to thank 

them all for being here, as well as those from the Criminal Justice 

Coordinating Council. 

As the former Director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating 

Council for 8 years and currently serving as a Management Analyst with CSOSA, I am keenly aware of the tremendous responsibilities of the Director of CSOSA as well as the pivotal role that this 

agency plays daily in support of public safety in the Nation’s Capital and the surrounding jurisdictions. As a native Washingtonian, 

I have maintained a lifelong love for the District of Columbia, its 

rich and vibrant culture, history, and people. I understand the 

needs of D.C. citizens and the particular public safety challenges 

of the District of Columbia. 

Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to work for both 

District and Federal agencies whose missions put me in direct contact with persons who have been wards of the city, incarcerated, or 

directly impacted by the criminal justice system. Consequently, I 

am acutely aware of the needs and challenges that confront the law 

enforcement community and the men and women who are responsible for supervising at-risk and repeat criminal offenders. 

If confirmed as the Director of CSOSA, I want to assure you, the 

employees of CSOSA, and D.C. citizens that I will do my utmost 

to ensure that the agency upholds its mandate to effectively supervise its probation, parole, and supervised release population, with 

particular emphasis on high-risk and repeat offenders. 

I am also motivated and committed to helping CSOSA clients obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to function as law-abiding 

and contributing members of the community. I understand that 

this is a difficult challenge, but it is one we are committed to at 

CSOSA. Additionally, I recognize it is essential to build a sense of 

confidence and enthusiasm among our core employees who are 

seeking management direction, stability, and accountability from 

its Director. 

Chairman Akaka and Members of the Committee, I welcome the 

opportunity to tackle the challenges that are ahead at CSOSA and 

thank you for affording me the opportunity to offer my testimony 

today. 

In closing, I want to thank the Committee for the attention it has 

given to my nomination. If confirmed, I intend to work closely with 

you, Mr. Chairman, and the other Members of this Committee and 

your staff to pursue our shared objective of promoting the safety 

of the public and the successful reintegration of men and women 

returning from prison. I am deeply committed to maintaining the 

very productive and close relationship that exists between this 

Committee and the agency that I have been nominated to lead. 

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Mr. Chairman, I would be pleased to respond to any questions 

that you or Members of the Committee have. Thank you. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much, Ms. Ware, for your statement. 

I will begin with the standard questions that this Committee 

asks of all nominees. Is there anything you are aware of in your 

background that might present a conflict of interest with the duties 

of the office to which you have been nominated? 

Mr. HUGHES. No, Senator. 

Ms. WARE. No, Senator. 

Senator AKAKA. Do you know of anything, personal or otherwise, 

that would in any way prevent you from fully and honorably discharging the responsibilities of the office to which you have been 

nominated? 

Mr. HUGHES. No, Senator. 

Ms. WARE. No, Senator. 

Senator AKAKA. Finally, do you agree without reservation to respond to any reasonable summons to appear and testify before any 

duly constituted committee of Congress if you are confirmed? 

Mr. HUGHES. Yes, Senator. 

Ms. WARE. Yes, Senator. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much for your responses. 

Mr. Hughes, you have spent your entire career with the Marshals Service, leaving only for a temporary detail with Senator 

Lautenberg’s office. Please describe how your experience has prepared you to be the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court. 

Mr. HUGHES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I spent over 20 years 

in the U.S. Marshals Service in various duty locations and served 

in many different mission areas. I have worked my way up from 

a GS–5 Deputy U.S. Marshal through my present position as a GS– 

15 Chief in our Tactical Operations Division, and I also served as 

the Acting Deputy Assistant Director. I have worked on many 

multi-agency task forces where I led the Marshals Service initiatives in those task forces in collaborating with various other agencies. I have also spent time up here as a Legislative Fellow on the 

Hill and learned about many of the different areas in the Legislative Branch, which was extremely advantageous to my learning. 

Following that, I completed my Masters in Public Administration 

at the American University’s Key Executive Leadership Program. 

I believe that a culmination of all of my knowledge and experience that I have acquired has fully prepared me to lead the U.S. 

Marshals Service for the Superior Court in the District of Columbia. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much for your response. 

Ms. Ware, I see that you have extensive experience in the criminal justice system, both at the District and Federal levels. Why are 

you seeking appointment to be the Director of CSOSA at this point 

in your career, and what do you hope to contribute to the agency? 

Ms. WARE. Thank you, Senator. I am seeking this appointment 

because I have had the luxury and the advantage of working with 

CSOSA for almost 2 years now, and I have had the opportunity to 

observe the agency and the tremendous milestones that the agency 

has been able to accomplish in the decade that the agency has been 

in existence officially. It was certified in 2002, and it is an agency 

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that has committed itself to using best practices, to using new technologies, and to advancing the tools of the trade in the areas of reentry, and I think it is a wonderful agency to work for and to lead. 

In addition, I bring with me the experience of working, as the 

Congresswoman noted, for 8 years as the Executive Director of the 

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Not only was I the Director, 

but I developed the infrastructure for that agency so that it is now 

a bona fide criminal justice agency in the District of Columbia that 

brings together the Federal, local, and judicial branches of government to work in public safety initiatives that are important to the 

District. 

In that capacity, I worked very closely with members of CSOSA 

staff and the Director of CSOSA as well as the other criminal and 

law enforcement agencies in the District, and I had the opportunity 

to observe the needs of the reentry community, those citizens who 

are coming back from prison as well as those who are supervised 

in the community. As the Director of Training and Technical Assistance with the Office of Justice Programs, I was responsible for 

developing a curriculum for over 300 sites across all 50 States in 

the United States to help them to develop initiatives that focused 

on community sustainability as well as law enforcement initiatives 

so that they could work together to clean up at-risk communities 

across our country. 

In addition to that, I worked with the Bureau of Justice Assistance with the Office of Justice Programs as the Director of National Programs, where I was responsible for granting agencies and 

State and local governments funds to help them implement law enforcement activities, everything from adjudication to incarceration. 

So I think I bring a wealth of experience, but I also bring a very 

focused respect for the mission of this agency. I think it is an important mission that contributes greatly to public safety in the District of Columbia and I look forward to continuing to work with 

CSOSA as the Director, if confirmed. Thank you. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much for your response. 

This question is to both of you. I understand there have been 

workforce challenges at both the CSOSA and the D.C. Superior 

Court Marshal’s Office. If confirmed, what steps will you take to 

evaluate the workforce and identify areas in need of improvement? 

Mr. Hughes, will you begin first, and after that, Ms. Ware. 

Mr. HUGHES. Thank you, Senator. If confirmed, it would be my 

intent to do a workforce analysis. We are all facing financial and 

workforce challenges, and doing a workforce assessment would aid 

me in establishing some sort of baseline and prioritizing what our 

mission needs are. We have many different job series performing 

many different duties within the Superior Court. I would be looking at that assessment to make sure that the jobs are commensurate with the work that they should be performing and doing a 

prioritization of the work itself to ensure that we are working in 

the most efficient manner possible. 

Senator AKAKA. Ms. Ware. 

Ms. WARE. Yes, thank you. I think that it is important within 

CSOSA to encourage staff to participate actively in the decisions 

around the focus and mission, goals and objectives of the agency. 

So as such, I intend to continue to build on the Labor-Management 

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Forum, which was established by Executive Order of the President, 

to use that as a forum to engage staff on all levels of the agency 

in decision making and to encourage their participation as a part 

of our focus on the future. I think it is critical within CSOSA to 

constantly reevaluate the needs of the clients that we serve and to 

remain flexible in meeting those needs and in training the workforce in constantly being able to meet the challenges of the clients 

that we serve. 

So it is my intention to actively engage staff through all ranks 

of the agency in those decisions and to constantly ensure their participation through surveys, meetings, and, of course, the LaborManagement Forum. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you for your response. 

Mr. Hughes, in the past, there have been issues with insufficient 

training of Court Security Officers (CSOs). As U.S. Marshal, what 

steps would you take to make sure CSOs are current in their training and security plans? 

Mr. HUGHES. Thank you, Senator. If confirmed, I would work 

closely and make sure that our Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR), who is responsible for maintaining the CSO 

contracts, works closely with the court security supervisors to ensure that those Court Security Officers are getting the proper 

training and maintaining that training. So it would become a contracting issue to ensure that the oversight of that contract is being 

maintained and kept up to date. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. This is my final question for both of 

you. If confirmed, what are your top three priorities? Mr. Hughes. 

Mr. HUGHES. The top priority would be to provide the safety and 

security for the judiciary, the prosecutors, the court family, and the 

public, and to ensure the protection of the judicial process. I would 

be looking at doing an overall assessment of the office itself to then 

further look at the priorities that come out of that assessment. It 

would be a collaborative effort through consultation with various 

stakeholders within the court community. 

Senator AKAKA. Ms. Ware. 

Ms. WARE. Yes. Well, as you know, CSOSA is composed of the 

Community Supervision component and the Pretrial Services component. For the Community Supervision component, my priorities 

would be to fully implement the strategic plan, goals and objectives, and performance measures, and to put in place performance 

evaluations for those performance measures so that we meet the 

needs of the agency and the mission of the agency. 

In addition to that, I think it would be important to continue to 

evaluate the interventions that we provide to our clients so that we 

can be sure that those interventions are maximizing public safety 

in the District of Columbia and ensuring that our clients are meeting the conditions of the supervision and providing them with graduated sanctions, which include an increase in the incentives component of our graduated sanctions matrix so that we can have a balanced approach to supervision. 

For our Pretrial Services component, I would think it would be 

important to maximize our vendors’ cost so that we can be sure 

that across our two components of the agency, we are maximizing 

our tax dollars across vendors. Co-training would be important to 

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me so that our agency can maximize our training dollars and potential as well as research to make sure that we prioritize research 

initiatives. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. I want to thank you for 

your statements, and I want to wish you well in your quest, and 

we will certainly work toward your confirmation. So thank you 

both for being here today. 

Mr. HUGHES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Ms. WARE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Senator AKAKA. So at this time, there are no further questions, 

and I would like to ask the second panel come to the table. 

[Pause.] 

Welcome to the second part of today’s hearing as we consider the 

nominations of Danya Dayson, Peter Krauthamer, and John 

McCabe to be Associate Judges of the District of Columbia Superior 

Court. 

The Committee consistently receives excellent D.C. judicial candidates nominated by the President from those recommended by 

the nonpartisan Judicial Nomination Commission. I am confident 

that, if confirmed, these nominees will join the others who have appeared before us in making valuable contributions to the District. 

Ms. Dayson currently is an attorney with the firm of O’Toole, 

Rothwell, Nassau, and Steinbach. Before that, she held a number 

of positions, practicing both civil and criminal law. 

Mr. Krauthamer is the Deputy Director of the D.C. Public Defender Service, where he has a distinguished career in public service, both at the local and Federal levels. 

Judge McCabe currently is a Magistrate at the D.C. Superior 

Court. Before that, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and also 

worked at the D.C. Corporation Counsel. 

I believe these nominees have much to offer the D.C. Superior 

Court, and I hope we can act quickly to confirm them. 

I understand you have loved ones here with you today, and I 

would like to give you an opportunity to introduce them at this 

time. Ms. Dayson, please introduce your family and friends who are 

here. 

Ms. DAYSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My parents, Don and 

Claudia Dayson, are here with me today, as are my husband, Michael Murphy, my daughter, Wallace Murphy—I am not sure if she 

will be with us for the duration, but she is here now—my boss, Jeffrey O’Toole, various friends and colleagues, including Jennifer 

Parton, also Nicholas and William Pohlman, my godsons from 

North Carolina who have come up to witness a live Senate hearing, 

and they are with us with their families, as well. I would like to 

thank them all for their support. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. Mr. Krauthamer. 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My wife, Tanya 

Chutkan, is right behind me to my left. Next to her, on her right, 

is my sister, Michele Krauthamer. And to the left of my wife are 

my two young sons, Max and Nicholas Krauthamer. My mother, 

Eleanor Krauthamer, is also here, and my niece, Sarah Bohannon, 

is also in the audience. A number of friends and colleagues are also 

here, and I wish to acknowledge them and thank them all for being 

here and supporting me. Thank you. 

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1The prepared statement of Ms. Dayson appears in the Appendix on page 70. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. 

Judge McCabe, please introduce your guests. 

Mr. MCCABE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Most of my family lives 

out of State in Florida, so they were not able to be here, but I am 

sure they will be watching on a webcam if my sisters can show my 

mother how to operate a computer. [Laughter.] 

I am very fortunate to be joined by many friends and colleagues 

from the Superior Court, and I would like to acknowledge Chief 

Judge Lee Satterfield of the Superior Court, and I appreciate him 

and other members of the court for being here. Thank you. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you for introducing your guests and families. I welcome all of you to this hearing today and am grateful for 

your support of our nominees. I am sure your family and friends 

are proud of your accomplishments and look forward to the new 

chapter in your life here in D.C. 

Each nominee has filed responses to biographical and financial 

questionnaires submitted by the Committee. Without objection, this 

information will be made a part of the hearing record, with the exception of financial data, which will be kept on file and made available for public inspection in the Committee office. 

Our Committee rules require that all witnesses at nomination 

hearings give their testimony under oath, so therefore I ask you to 

please stand and raise your right hand. 

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give 

this Committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the 

truth, so help you, God? 

Ms. DAYSON. I do. 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. I do. 

Mr. MCCABE. I do. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. Let the record note that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. 

Ms. Dayson, will you please proceed with your statement. 

TESTIMONY OF DANYA A. DAYSON 1 TO BE AN ASSOCIATE 

JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Ms. DAYSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman and 

Members of the Committee, it is an honor and a privilege to appear 

before you today as a nominee to the bench of the Superior Court 

for the District of Columbia. I want to thank the Judicial Nomination Commission, in particular its chairman, the Hon. Emmet Sullivan, for recommending me to the White House and President 

Barack Obama for nominating me. I would also like to thank the 

Committee Members and staff for their courtesy and professionalism during this process. 

As I noted, my family is here today. My grandmother, Marjorie 

Anderson, I believe, is tuning in via website. I am grateful to have 

had their example, inspiration, and support throughout the years. 

In addition, I would like to thank my friends, colleagues, and 

mentors who have attended today for their continued guidance and 

support, including my sister-in-law, who I neglected to introduce, 

and I am sorry, Janine Morris. 

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1The prepared statement of Mr. Krauthamer appears in the Appendix on page 96. 

While I was growing up, my parents always stressed the importance of education, not only for its own sake, but so that one could 

be of service to others. Their examples of service through my father’s work with low-income patients and my mother’s literacy and 

housing volunteer work, using their abilities to serve others in 

need, led me to my ultimate path during law school. I have been 

fortunate to have colleagues, bosses, and mentors who have exemplified the best of the ideals of service. 

In my legal career, through my work as a law clerk to the Hon. 

Judge Robert Morin in the District of Columbia Superior Court, in 

private practice as a partner to Jennifer Wicks, and as an associate 

at O’Toole, Rothwell, Nassau and Steinbach, I have sought to be of 

use to others and to assist them in times of genuine crisis in their 

lives. If confirmed, I would be honored to work with another set of 

colleagues and mentors who will continue to challenge and inspire 

me to live out this commitment to service. 

I have lived, attended school, and worked in the District since 

1994. In my time as an attorney, I have had the good fortune to 

work in organizations and environments that have allowed me to 

provide assistance to my clients in a variety of ways. I have been 

able to advocate in the criminal, abuse and neglect, and domestic 

relations arenas and to advise my small business and nonprofit clients. In each of these roles, I learned the importance of using diligence, creativity, and pragmatism to address the needs of my clients. I came to fully appreciate the extent to which advocating for 

each client in whatever role is an important responsibility as well 

as a privilege and an honor. 

I started my professional life in the D.C. Superior Court and 

have learned so many valuable lessons from the bench and the 

practitioners there. I am extraordinarily humbled and grateful to 

be considered for a judgeship on the Superior Court, and if confirmed, I hope to carry the values and lessons about the practice 

of law, justice, and service to the bench. 

Thank you for considering my nomination, and I look forward to 

answering your questions. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much, Ms. Dayson. 

Mr. Krauthamer, will you please proceed with your statement. 

TESTIMONY OF PETER A. KRAUTHAMER 1 TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman and 

Members of the Committee, I am grateful for the opportunity to appear before you today as a nominee to be an Associate Judge of the 

Superior Court of the District of Columbia. I want to thank President Obama and the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination 

Commission, in particular its chairman, the Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan, for this great honor. 

I also want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and this Committee for 

holding this hearing and the Committee staff for all of the work 

that goes into making these hearings possible. 

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1The prepared statement of Mr. McCabe appears in the Appendix on page 114. 

I would like to acknowledge once again and thank my family and 

friends: My wife, Tanya Chutkan; my two sons, Nicholas and Max 

Krauthamer; my mother, Eleanor Krauthamer; my sister, Michele 

Krauthamer; and her daughter, Sarah Bohannon. I also want to 

thank my many friends, colleagues, and other family members, a 

number of whom are in attendance today or who are watching from 

their home or offices. I would like to thank them all for inspiring 

and supporting me over the years. 

I have dedicated my career to working to promote fairness in our 

justice system, particularly for those least able to afford representation and advocate for themselves. After graduating from Boston 

University Law School, I worked for 11 years at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. I joined the D.C. Federal Public Defender Office for a little under a year before being 

fortunate enough to teach at Howard University School of Law. 

When I left Howard University, I joined the District of Columbia 

Pretrial Services Agency and finally returned to the PDS. During 

the course of my career, I have primarily represented and supported indigent clients in the District of Columbia local and Federal courts. 

Over my 28 years of practicing law in the District of Columbia, 

I have had the honor to appear before many thoughtful and talented judges for whom I have tremendous respect and admiration. 

I have a good understanding of the challenges and rewards that 

come with serving on the bench, and it would be an honor and a 

privilege to continue serving the city that has been my home for 

so many years. I will endeavor to be worthy of the trust that has 

been placed in me and to continue to uphold the high standards of 

judicial fairness and integrity. 

Thank you for considering my nomination, and I look forward to 

answering your questions. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much, Mr. Krauthamer. 

Judge McCabe, please proceed with your statement. 

TESTIMONY OF JOHN F. MCCABE 1 TO BE AN ASSOCIATE 

JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Mr. MCCABE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the 

Committee for the opportunity to appear before you as a candidate 

for a position as an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the 

District of Columbia. I would also like to thank the Judicial Nomination Commission and its chairman, Judge Emmet Sullivan, who 

I believe is present today, for recommending me to the White 

House, and also, obviously, I am grateful to President Obama for 

nominating me for this position. 

I have been very fortunate to have many friends, colleagues, and 

family members who have provided a lot of support and encouragement to me throughout my legal career. 

I began my career as an attorney as an associate in private practice at a law firm in Atlanta, but after a couple of years realized 

that I felt a real pull to work in public service, and so in 1989, I 

moved to the District of Columbia and over the next 13 years had 

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lumbia Superior Court and to work as an attorney in each of the 

busiest divisions of the court, in the Family Court and in the Civil 

and Criminal Divisions, and it really gave me a unique opportunity 

to see the work of the court as a practicing attorney. 

As a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society, I worked on family 

court matters representing indigent clients. During 8 years at the 

Office of the Attorney General, I worked on cases involving children in foster care who had been abused and neglected. I also represented the District of Columbia and its employees in civil litigation in both the Superior Court and the U.S. District Court. And 

as the first Chief of the Domestic Violence Section of the Office of 

the Attorney General, I represented victims of domestic violence 

and was also active in helping to reform and improve the way that 

victims of domestic violence were treated in their cases in this community. 

From 1998 until 2002, I worked as a criminal prosecutor for the 

U.S. Attorney’s Office, and over the past 9 years, I have been a 

Magistrate Judge in the Superior Court. For the first 8 of those 

years, I worked in the Family Court in one of the positions where 

I was exclusively handling cases involving children in foster care. 

As you can imagine, those are some of the most challenging and 

emotionally charged matters in the courthouse, and I think it really helped give me a lot of good training and experience in how to 

manage a courtroom and manage litigants who had been through 

enormously difficult circumstances in their lives. 

I have also had the opportunity to work in the Criminal Division 

of the court, and over the past year, I have been the Alternate 

Chairperson of the Commission on Mental Health, in which capacity I have worked on cases involving those who are facing involuntary commitment because of mental illness. 

And finally, as a Deputy Presiding Magistrate Judge, I have had 

the responsibility, along with the Presiding Magistrate Judge, to 

ensure that all of the 24 assignments that are handled by Magistrate Judges are handled on a daily basis. 

So I feel that over the past 22 years, 13 years as an attorney and 

9 years as a Magistrate Judge, I have really had a wonderful opportunity to become quite familiar with the work of the Superior 

Court, and I really look forward to the opportunity to continuing 

my career in public service if I am confirmed as an Associate 

Judge. Thank you. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much, Judge McCabe, for your 

statement. 

I will begin with the standard questions this Committee asks of 

all nominees. 

Is there anything you are aware of in your background that 

might present a conflict of interest with the duties of the office to 

which you have been nominated? 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. No. 

Ms. DAYSON. No, Senator. 

Mr. MCCABE. No. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. Do you know of anything, personal 

or otherwise, that would in any way prevent you from fully and 

honorably discharging the responsibilities of the office to which you 

have been nominated? 

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Mr. KRAUTHAMER. No, Mr. Chairman. 

Ms. DAYSON. No, Mr. Chairman. 

Mr. MCCABE. No, Mr. Chairman. 

Senator AKAKA. Do you agree, without reservation, to respond to 

any reasonable summons to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of Congress if you are confirmed? 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. Yes, Mr. Chairman. 

Ms. DAYSON. Yes, Mr. Chairman. 

Mr. MCCABE. Yes, Mr. Chairman. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much for your responses, and let 

the record note that the nominees have answered the questions 

properly. 

I would like all three of you to elaborate on why you are seeking 

appointment to become an Associate Judge at this point in your career. Judge McCabe, I would like you to answer first, followed by 

Mr. Krauthamer and Ms. Dayson. Judge McCabe. 

Mr. MCCABE. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I first became interested in working at the court when the new Family 

Court was created back in 2001 and 2002. As you may know, Senator, there was a special Family Court created here in the District 

of Columbia Superior Court at that time, and I was one of the first 

10 Magistrate Judges to take on responsibility for children in foster 

care. So I think I first was attracted to the idea of working at the 

Superior Court because of that particular assignment. 

I had worked on cases involving children in foster care as an attorney with the Office of the Attorney General for a few years and 

felt very committed to that work, and so that really gave me a wonderful opportunity to continue that kind of work as a judicial officer. At this point in my career, after doing that work for several 

years, I am just really looking forward to the opportunity to have 

greater challenges and a greater variety in the types of cases that 

I can handle. As you may know, the Magistrate Judges have a 

much more limited jurisdiction in terms of which types of cases we 

can preside over, and I really think it would be a wonderful opportunity for me to get a little bit more variety in the type of matters 

that I can handle as an Associate Judge. I very much enjoyed the 

work as a Magistrate Judge. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. Mr. Krauthamer. 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My whole life as 

a lawyer has been dedicated to public service, and to public service 

in the District of Columbia, and I view the position of a judge along 

with holding public office as the highest form of public service that 

one can perform for his or her community. 

That is why I am seeking to become a judge in the Superior 

Court. I believe in helping people. I believe in helping my community. I believe in serving the people who live in my community and 

setting a good example for them. And I hope that I can do all of 

those things that I have set out to do. That is why I want to be 

a judge, sir. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. Ms. Dayson. 

Ms. DAYSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I mentioned, my professional career has been focused on helping individuals in times 

of crisis, and although I am eager to seek a new professional challenge, I would like one that is grounded in the values of helping 

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litigants. And I believe that judges have a very important role to 

play by presiding over the matters that come before them fairly, efficiently, and respectfully, and in that way can help the community 

as well as the Bar of the District of Columbia, and that is why I 

am interested in becoming a judge. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. 

Mr. Krauthamer, a judge is often challenged to rule on complex 

issues both quickly and correctly. Please describe how your experience qualifies you to confront this challenge. 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For approximately 

my whole legal career that spans 28 years, I have been a trial attorney. A trial attorney must think fast on his feet, must process 

information, must know the law, must know the procedures, and 

must act decisively for the client. I also have had the benefit of 

teaching evidence for 5 years when I was a professor at Howard 

University School of Law, and that has enabled me to master, as 

much as one can master, the Rules of Evidence as they apply in 

a courtroom. I believe that my thorough knowledge of how to litigate a case, how to prepare a case, the rules of evidence, and the 

court rules will enable me to make those decisions quickly, correctly, and, obviously, fairly. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. 

Ms. Dayson, if confirmed, you may preside over cases arising 

under different areas of the law. How has your career prepared you 

to handle the wide range of legal issues you will confront? 

Ms. DAYSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have been lucky 

enough to be a somewhat rare bird in the current legal field, which 

is somewhat of a general practitioner. I have worked on various aspects of the law, although I have obviously had concentrations 

mostly in criminal and family law. Especially in my role as outside 

counsel to small business and nonprofits, I have had to advise 

those clients on various issues in law, and I think that has given 

me a unique ability to recognize the holes in my knowledge. I think 

that is a very important skill to have for a judge entering a bench 

of general jurisdiction like the Superior Court, where you are obviously going to encounter many different areas of law over the 

course of your career. So I believe the ability to recognize those 

areas in which I need to educate myself has been a benefit to me 

and, if confirmed, would serve me well on the bench. 

I have also had the opportunity while clerking some time ago to 

see firsthand the excellent training programs that the Superior 

Court has to offer and would certainly, if confirmed, take advantage of those training programs, as well as the wisdom of my colleagues on the bench. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much. 

Judge McCabe, as an Associate Judge, you will be able to staff 

your own chamber and hire a law clerk. Please describe your management style and the type of chamber you hope to create. 

Mr. MCCABE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I will have to be 

careful in how I answer this question since a couple of my law 

clerks are present—former and present law clerks as well as administrative assistants, and they can feel free to correct me if I 

misstate what my style is. [Laughter.] 

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I certainly think that my style in supervising staff would be similar to that in a courtroom. I try to be considerate of and respectful 

to all those that I am dealing with. Obviously, I want to hire folks 

who are very competent and enthusiastic about the work and as 

committed to it as I feel that I am. But I do not feel that there is 

anything in particular other than making sure I hire very well 

qualified and committed staff and treating them with respect and 

courtesy and keeping in mind their own ambitions and their career 

paths when dealing with them on a day-to-day basis. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much for your responses. 

This is my final question to the three of you. What do you think 

the biggest challenge will be in becoming an Associate Judge, and 

how do you plan to address that challenge? Ms. Dayson, I would 

like you to be first. 

Ms. DAYSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If confirmed, I believe 

that the biggest challenge I would face is simply to carry the values 

that I have had thus far to the bench, the values of service to the 

public, and to keep in mind that is what really underpins why we 

are on the bench. And I would hope to be able to meet that challenge by fairly and efficiently meeting the challenges that are 

brought before my court, if confirmed, being respectful of the litigants and the practitioners that appear before us, and as part of 

that respect, making sure that matters are handled in a timely 

manner. So that is how I would meet that challenge. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. Mr. Krauthamer. 

Mr. KRAUTHAMER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe probably 

the biggest challenge for me will be the shift from being an advocate to being a judge. All my life, I have been an advocate for a 

party. A judge is not an advocate for a particular party, must sit 

there and be impartial, and must balance that impartiality and 

that objectivity with compassion and with respect for the parties 

that appear before him, and that is a challenge that a good judge 

must face and must overcome. I believe that is my biggest challenge. I am confident in my abilities, and shifting the role from advocate to judge will be the greatest challenge that I believe I will 

face. Thank you. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you. Judge McCabe. 

Mr. MCCABE. Mr. Chairman, I anticipate that, if confirmed, the 

challenges that I would face as an Associate Judge are similar to 

the ones that I have faced as a Magistrate Judge, and certainly 

there is always the opportunity to be a public servant and treat all 

the people in your courtroom with dignity and respect. 

I think probably the greatest challenge that I have found over 

the past 9 years is drawing the balance between trying to make 

sure that you handle cases expeditiously so that litigants and counsel are not left waiting for long periods of time, balancing the need 

for moving things quickly with the need also to make sure that you 

give each case thoughtful enough consideration and making sure 

that all parties have their matters heard and feel when they leave 

the courtroom, even if their side did not prevail, that at least their 

view and their position was heard and considered thoughtfully by 

the court. 

And that can sometimes be a challenge in the press of day-to-day 

business with heavy caseloads, but it is something that I hope my 

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1The prepared statement of Paul Strauss appears in the Appendix on page 138. 

experience over the last several years will serve me well in meeting 

that challenge if I am confirmed as an Associate Judge. Thank you. 

Senator AKAKA. Thank you all for your testimony. There are no 

further questions at this time. 

This Committee is scheduled to vote on your nominations tomorrow. As such, the hearing record will remain open until the close 

of business today for Members of this Committee to submit additional statements or questions. Any additional questions will be 

submitted to you in writing. 

I want to note for the record that Paul Strauss is submitting a 

statement of support for all five nominations.1

I again want to thank Congresswoman Norton for taking the 

time to be with us today and supporting our nominees. 

It is my hope that the Senate will act quickly to confirm all of 

the nominees who appeared before the Committee this afternoon. 

I want to wish you well in your future and your service to D.C. and 

our country. So thank you very much, all of you. 

This hearing is adjourned. 

[Whereupon, at 3:17 p.m., the Committee was adjourned.] 

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