President Barack Obama today nominated five lawyers for trial and appellate courts, including Dechert partner Cheryl Krause for a spot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and an attorney in Florida who would be the first openly gay male African-American federal district judge.

Krause, a former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, has worked in Dechert’s office in Philadelphia since 2006. She specializes in white-collar criminal defense and government investigations.