Senate Confirms Laroski as CIT Judge

The U.S. Senate on Feb. 5 confirmed the nomination of Joseph Laroski to serve as the next judge on the Court of International Trade. The nomination of Laroski, who most recently worked as a partner at antidumping and countervailing duty petitioners' firm Schagrin Associates, passed by a unanimous vote of 76-0.

Laroski is the second judge to be added to the trade court in recent days, following the addition of Commerce Department official Lisa Wang on Feb. 2. The Senate confirmed Wang's nomination by a vote of 53-42 after she garnered only four "yes" votes from Senate Republicans (see 2402010077).

Laroski, who is filling the vacancy left by Judge Timothy Stanceu, also previously worked at Commerce, serving as deputy assistant secretary for policy and negotiations and director of policy from 2017-2021. Prior to Commerce, Laroski worked in private practice and as part of the International Trade Commission office of general counsel and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.