Trump to Tap Jones Day Litigator to CPSC as GOP Eyes Majority

Sept 22nd 2017
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Dana Baiocco, a partner at Jones Day in Boston, to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the White House said in a statement Sept. 21.
Baiocco, a product liability and regulatory compliance attorney, has defended Vibram USA, Honeywell Safety Products, and Yamaha in high-profile litigation, according to the firm’s website.
If the nomination proceeds and Baiocco is confirmed by the Senate, she’ll take the seat held by Commissioner Marietta Robinson, whose term expires in late October.
Robinson is part of a 3-2 Democratic majority on the commission. A Trump administration appointment here would give the edge to Republicans.
Baiocco obtained an undergraduate degree in journalism from Ohio University in 1988 and her J.D. from Duquesne University in 1997, according to the Jones Day website.
She clerked for Judge Gustave Diamond of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1996-98, according to the White House statement. Diamond was nominated to the federal bench by President Jimmy Carter.
Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation announced it would consider CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle’s nomination to be chairman at a Sept. 27 hearing.

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