Gillibrand Statement On Biden Administration’s Nomination Of Elizabeth C. Coombe To The United States District Court For The Northern District Of New York

Gillibrand Statement On Biden Administration's Nomination Of Elizabeth C. Coombe To The United States District Court For The Northern District Of New York

Aug 28, 2024

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand applauded President Biden for nominating Elizabeth C. Coombe to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Gillibrand recommended Ms. Coombe to President Biden earlier this year.

"I am proud and grateful that President Biden has nominated Elizabeth C. Coombe to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York at my recommendation," said Senator Gillibrand. "Ms. Coombe is an accomplished trial lawyer with decades of experience in the U.S. Attorney's office and expertise in complex criminal, civil, national security, and administrative matters. Ms. Coombe is fair-minded, dedicated to public service, and extremely well-qualified to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, and I look forward to voting for her confirmation in the Senate."

Elizabeth C. Coombe has served as the First Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York since 2018. She joined the Office in 2003 and previously served as Chief of its Criminal Division from 2014 to 2018. Earlier in her career, Ms. Coombe served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia from 1998 to 2003; a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch from 1996 to 1997; and a staff attorney in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division from 1994 to 1996. She served as a law clerk for Judge Diana E. Murphy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota from 1992 to 1994.

Ms. Coombe received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Hamilton College in 1989.