the principal deputy associate attorney general in May 2019, in which capacity she served as acting associate attorney general pending the confirmation of a permanent associate attorney general. In 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump seriously considered nominating her to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but nominated Justin R. Walker instead. Nomination to United States Sentencing Commission On May 11, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Murray to serve as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission. On May 12, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate, she has been nominated to fill the position left vacant by Judge Danny C. Reeves, whose term expired. On June 8, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On July 21, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote, with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, and Jon Ossoff voting “no” on record. On August 4, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by a voice vote. Personal life In 2010, she married Michael Murray, with whom she has four children. See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8) References External links 1982 births Living people 21st-century American women lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Harvard College alumni People associated with Kirkland & Ellis Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Members of the United States Sentencing Commission Mountain Lakes High School alumni People from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences alumni Trump administration personnel United States Associate Attorneys General Yale Law School alumni