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last year as he considered a member of the law firm for a federal judgeship, according to a published report.
As Reid vetted attorney Jennifer Dorsey in May 2012, the two partners at her firm, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, made contributions to Senate Majority PAC, a super PAC created by former Reid strategists to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported (http://bit.ly/14YEocA ).
Will Kemp made a $100,000 contribution while J. Randall Jones made a $50,000 contribution, campaign reports show.
Last June, Reid recommended Dorsey to replace retiring U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks. She was nominated by President Barack Obama
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last September. Her nomination is still pending.
Dorsey also made a personal contribution of $2,250 to Reid's campaign committee in March 2012 shortly after they first spoke about her interest in becoming a federal judge, according to records.
Reid, D-Nev., returned that contribution a month later as he proceeded to check out her credentials and experience.
Reid declined to comment on the law firm's contributions to the PAC. Reid spokeswoman Kristen Orthman stressed that Dorsey's contribution was returned as the senator weighed her possible nomination and sought to avoid an appearance of a conflict.