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Elissa Underwood

Elissa Underwood is an attorney in Austin who received her law degree from Boston College Law School and her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College. After clerking for Justice Nathan Hecht on the Supreme Court of Texas, she practiced at an Austin firm for three years. Her political views skew toward liberal. Elissa lives with her dog, Hank, and is beginning her Ph.D. in American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin in Fall 2009.   

Sotomayor confirmed to Supreme Court

August 6, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood

Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed by the Senate as the 111th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Elissa Underwood provides the details about the history-making vote.

Sotomayor’s road to Supreme Court

June 12, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood

As U.S. Supreme Court-designate Sonia Sotomayor has certainly figured out, the road to the bench will not be a cakewalk. It’s only been a few weeks since President Obama picked the U.S. District judge to replace retiring Justice David Souter, but already critics have pulled out all the stops against the nominee.

Souter out, Sotomayor in

May 26, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood

For weeks, SCOTUS watchers have speculated on who President Obama would tap to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter. On Tuesday, Obama introduced his nominee — U.S. appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Reporter Elissa Underwood explains who she is and why she was chosen.

Piracy muddies international waters

April 22, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood

The recent pirate attack on and rescue of a U.S. ship caught the country’s attention, but as reporter Elissa Underwood explains, the world isn’t out of dangerous waters just yet.

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