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Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Aug. 5, 2022

Circuit nominee sails through confirmation, with powerful ally

Litigator Roopali H. Desai had the most powerful politician in America — at least for the moment — on her side: U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ.

Arizona litigator Roopali H. Desai had plenty of things in her resume that would draw the opposition of Senate Republicans. She is a prominent election attorney who defended the Arizona secretary of state against Republican challenges, defended mask mandates and opposed charter schools.

But in the end, none of that mattered because Desai, a partner with Coopersmith Brockelman APC, had the most powerful politician in America — at least for ...

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