President Obama nominated Mary L. Smith to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division on April 20, 2009. A hearing to consider her nomination was held on May 12, 2009. 
On June 11, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.
- Committee Questionnaire and Related Materials
- Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record
- Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record
- Questions for the Record: Ranking Member Jeff Sessions
- Questions for the Record: Senator Orrin Hatch
- Questions for the Record: Senator Charles Grassley
- Questions for the Record: Senator Tom Coburn
- Questions for the Record: Senator Carl Levin
Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
- November 1, 2009 - United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
- October 29, 2009 - National Congress of American Indian
- October 27, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
- October 21, 2009 - W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman/CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
- June 18, 2009 - Sheldon S. Cohen, former Chief Counsel for the International Revenue Service, and former IRS Commissioner
- May 12, 2009 - National Bar Association
- May 11, 2009 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- May 11, 2009 - Nathan J. Hochman, Bingham; former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
- May 11, 2009 - Hispanic National Bar Association
- May 8, 2009 - National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- May 7, 2009 - Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- May 7, 2009 - Representative Bobby L. Rush (Illinois)
- May 7, 2009 - Representative Bill Foster (Illinois)
- May 6, 2009 - E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., President, The Chicago Bar Association
- May 6, 2009 - H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
- May 6, 2009 - Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Solicitor General
- May 6, 2009 - Beth Nolan, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General
- May 6, 2009 - Bill Lann Lee, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., former Assistant Attorney General
- May 6, 2009 - Nancy E. Gist, former Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
- May 6, 2009 - Paulette Brown, Partner & Chief Diversity Officer, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
- May 5, 2009 - National Association of Women Lawyers
- May 5, 2009 - Native American Rights Fund
- May 5, 2009 - Representative Danny K. Davis (Illinois)
- May 5, 2009 - Jack Carey, President, Illinois State Bar Association
- May 4, 2009 - Charles R. Work, McDermott Will & Emery; former Assistant U.S. Attorney
- May 4, 2009 - National Congress of American Indians
- May 4, 2009 - James K. Robinson, Cadwalader; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
- May 1, 2009 - Judith A. Winston, former Undersecretary and General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education
- May 1, 2009 - National Women's Law Center
- April 30, 2009 - Abner J. Mikva, former White House Counsel; former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit; former U.S. Congressman
- April 30, 2009 - Daniel Marcus, American University Washington College of Law; former Associate Attorney General; former Counsel, White House Counsel's Office
- April 29, 2009 - Michael J. Madigan, Orrick
- April 29, 2009 - Dennis W. Archer, Dickinson Wright PLLC; former Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court; former Mayor, City of Detroit; former President, American Bar Association
- April 28, 2009 - William P. Marshall, Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina
- April 28, 2009 - Michale S. Greco, K&L Gates LLP
- April 28, 2009 - David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
- April 27, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
- April 27, 2009 - Robert J. Grey, Jr., Hunton & Williams; former President, American Bar Association
- April 23, 2009 - Carol Lamm, White & Case LLP
- April 21, 2009 - William Lytton, former Assistant U.S. Attorney
