Sen. Bob Casey’s political campaign has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from his brother’s personal injury law firm over the past 15 years — and the lawmaker has tapped one of its partners to help him nominate federal judges.
Attorneys and staff at Philadelphia-based Ross Feller Casey, LLP, have donated $222,566 to Bob Casey for Senate since 2008, federal election filings show, of which more than $85,000 arrived this past April — the largest contribution to date.
Founding partners of the Philadelphia-based firm — including Matt Casey, the senator’s brother — have already maxed out donations to the Pennsylvania Democrat ahead of what is expected to be a competitive 2024 campaign.
Casey (D-Pa.) also has twice picked one of those partners, Robert Ross, to co-chair a panel that helped confirm dozens of federal judges in the Keystone State.
“Since Sen. Casey came into the Senate, every federal judge from Pennsylvania has been nominated through a joint recommendation with [former Republican] Sen. [Pat] Toomey or his predecessor [Arlen Specter] — a bipartisan process praised by Sen. Toomey,” a spokeswoman for Casey’s campaign told The Post.