Stephen A. Kubiatowski

Stephen Andrew Kubiatowski is an American lawyer from Kentucky who was a nominee to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Education
Kubiatowski earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College, and his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.

Legal career
Upon graduation from law school, Kubiatowski served as a law clerk to Judge Michael Stephen Kanne of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was then an associate at Mayer Brown. From 1995–1997, Kubiatowski worked in the Office of the Independent Counsel. Kubiatowski became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois in 1997, and moved to the Northern District of Illinois in 2001. From 2011–2015, Kubiatowski was the White Collar Crime and Health Care Fraud Coordinator at the United States Department of Justice. He joined Faegre Baker Daniels in 2015, and worked there until 2016. Kubiatowski is currently Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Kindred Healthcare, where he oversees the company's litigation, investigation, and regulatory portfolios.

Nomination to Court of Federal Claims
On September 2, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Kubiatowski to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. On October 23, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Kubiatowski to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas C. Wheeler, who assumed senior status on October 23, 2020. On October 26, 2020, that nomination was withdrawn and he was renominated to the correct seat, vacated by Judge Margaret M. Sweeney, who assumed senior status on October 23, 2020. On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. Later that same day, his renomination was sent to the Senate. His nomination was withdrawn by President Biden on February 4, 2021.