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Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:30 AM

The Senate Judiciary Committee has divided the witness list for Sonia Sotomayor's hearings into five panels. What time they appear depends on how many questions they're asked by senators and how many senators show up, a spokeswoman said.

Among the high-profile figures: New Haven, Conn., firefighter Frank Ricci, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau in the second panel; former baseball star David Cone, former FBI Director Louis Freeh and former National Rifle Association President Sandy Froman in the third panel.

Read the full list after the jump.

Panel 1

Kim Askew, Chair of Standing Committee, American Bar Association
Mary Boies, Primary Reviewer, American Bar Association

Panel 2

Majority

Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
Robert Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York County, New York
Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General, State of Arkansas
Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Minority

Frank Ricci, Director of Fire Services, ConnectiCOSH (Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health)
• Lt. Ben Vargas, New Haven Fire Department
Peter Kirsanow, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Linda Chavez, President, Center for Equal Opportunity

Panel 3

Majority

Louis Freeh, former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police
David Cone, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Kate Stith, Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Minority

• Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life
Sandy Froman, Esq., Former President, National Rifle Association of America
David Kopel, Esq., Independence Institute
Ilya Somin, Professor, George Mason University School of Law

Panel 4

Majority

• Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Rep. Jose E. Serrano, New York 16th District
Ramona Romero, National President, Hispanic National Bar Association
Theodore M. Shaw, Professor, Columbia Law School

Minority

Tim Jeffries, Founder, P7 Enterprises
Neomi Rao, Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Nick Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University School of Law
John McGinnis, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law

Panel 5

Majority

Michael J. Garcia, former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
Patricia Hynes, President, New York City Bar Association
JoAnne A. Epps, Dean, Temple University Beasley School of Law, on behalf of the National Association of Women Lawyers

Minority

David Rivkin, Esq., Partner, Baker Hostetler
• Dr. Stephen Halbrook, Attorney

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