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Matthew Orso

U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

NominatedSeptember 15, 2025

Senate Judiciary HearingSeptember 17, 2025

Advanced Out of Senate JudiciaryOctober 9, 2025 (14-8)

  • Matthew Orso is currently a Partner at Troutman Pepper Locke.
  • His previous roles include:
    • Partner at McGuireWoods LLP.
    • Associate Attorney at Smith Parsons
  • Orso served as a law clerk for then-Chief Judge Robert Conrad Jr. (W.D.N.C.).
  • He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2009.
  • Refused to answer who won the 2020 election.
  • Refused to say what happened on January 6.
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