Great Lakes Wire

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) on June 8 introduced Susan DeClercq to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing considering her nomination to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. DeClercq was nominated by President Biden on May 3. 

In her introduction, Senator Debbie Stabenow said, “Susan DeClercq is an outstanding nominee, and I wholeheartedly support her nomination. I urge the Committee to do the same.”

In his introduction, Senator Gary Peters said: “Susan DeClercq is an accomplished legal professional with the experience, the qualifications, and temperament necessary for this role. From her extensive civil rights work, to representing businesses in high-stakes investigations, to defending the U.S. government against litigation brought against it… Susan would not just be an exemplary model for our state, she would also be Michigan’s first federal judge of East Asian descent. I am proud to support her nomination to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.” 

A video of Senator Stabenow’s remarks can be found here, and a video of Senator Peters’ remarks can be found here. 

Susan K. DeClercq has been Director and Counsel of Special Investigations at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan since 2022. Ms. DeClercq previously served as an Assistant U.S Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2004 to 2022, where she had several leadership roles, including serving as Chief of the Civil Division. Ms. DeClercq worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, and Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C. as a litigation associate from 2001 to 2004. From 1999 to 2001, she served as a law clerk for Judge Avern Cohn on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Ms. DeClercq received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Wayne State University School of Law in 1999 and her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1995.

Original source can be found here