Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 827-875]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
One First Street NE 20543, phone 479-3000
WILLIAM HUBBS REHNQUIST, Chief Justice of the United States; born in
Milwaukee, WI, October 1, 1924; son of William Benjamin and Margery Peck
Rehnquist; married to Natalie Cornell of San Diego, CA; children: James,
Janet, and Nancy, member of Faith Lutheran Church, Arlington, VA; served
in the U.S. Army Air Corps in this country and overseas from 1943-46;
discharged with the rank of sergeant; Stanford University, B.A., M.A.,
1948; Harvard University, M.A., 1950; Stanford University, LL.B., 1952,
ranking first in class; Order of the Coif; member of the Board of
Editors of the Stanford Law Review; law clerk for Justice Robert H.
Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, 1952-53; private practice
of law, Phoenix, AZ, 1953-69; engaged in a general practice of law with
primary emphasis on civil litigation; appointed Assistant Attorney
General, Office of Legal Counsel, by President Nixon in January 1969;
nominated Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by
President Nixon on October 21, 1971, confirmed December 10, 1971, sworn
in on January 7, 1972; nominated by President Reagan as Chief Justice of
the United States on June 17, 1986; sworn in on September 26, 1986.
JOHN PAUL STEVENS, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in Chicago, IL, April 20, 1920; son of Ernest James
and Elizabeth Street Stevens; A.B., University of Chicago, 1941, Phi
Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon; J.D. (magna cum laude), Northwestern
University, 1947, Order of the Coif, Phi Delta Phi, co-editor, Illinois
Law Review; married to Maryan Mulholland; children: John Joseph, Kathryn
Jedlicka, Elizabeth Jane Sesemann, and Susan Roberta Mullen; entered
active duty U.S. Navy in 1942, released as Lt. Commander in 1945 after
WW II service, Bronz Star; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wiley
Rutledge, 1947-48; admitted to Illinois bar, 1949; practiced law in
Chicago, Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson and Raymond, 1949-52; associate
counsel, Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power, Judiciary
Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1951-52; partner,
Rothschild, Stevens, Barry and Myers, Chicago, 1952-70; member of the
Attorney General's National Committee to Study Antitrust Laws, 1953-55;
lecturer in Antitrust Law, Northwestern University School of Law, 1950-
54, and University of Chicago Law School, 1955-58; chief counsel,
Illinois Supreme Court Special Commission to Investigate Integrity of
the Judgment of People v. Isaacs, 1969; appointed U.S. Circuit Judge for
the Seventh Circuit, October 14, 1970, entering on duty November 2,
1970, and serving until becoming an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court; nominated to the Supreme Court December 1, 1975, by President
Ford; confirmed by the Senate December 17, 1975; sworn in on December
19, 1975.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in El Paso, TX, March 26, 1930; daughter of Harry A.
and Ada Mae Wilkey Day; A.B. (with great distinction), Stanford
University, 1950; LL.B., Stanford Law School, 1952; Order of the Coif,
Board of Editors, Stanford Law Review; married to John Jay O'Connor III,
1952; children: Scott, Brian, and Jay; deputy county attorney, San Mateo
County, CA, 1952-53; civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center,
Frankfurt, Germany, 1954-57; private practice of law in Maryvale, AZ,
1958-60; assistant attorney general, Arizona, 1965-69; elected to the
Arizona State senate, 1969-75; senate majority leader, 1974 and 1975;
chairman of the State, County, and Municipal Affairs Committee in 1972
and 1973; also served on the Legislative Council, on the Probate Code
Commission, and on the Arizona Advisory Council on Intergovernmental
Relations; elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, Phoenix,
AZ, 1975-79; appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Gov. Bruce
Babbitt, 1979-81; nominated by President Reagan as Associate Justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court on July 7, 1981; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on
September 22, 1981; and sworn in on September 25, 1981; member, National
Board of Smithsonian Associates, 1981-present; president, board of
trustees, The Heard Museum, 1968-74, 1976-81; member:
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Salvation Army Advisory Board, 1975-81, board of trustees, Stanford
University, 1976-81, Board of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988 to
present.
ANTONIN SCALIA, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States; born in Trenton, NJ, March 11, 1936; LL.B., Harvard Law School,
1960; note editor, Harvard Law Review; Sheldon fellow, Harvard
University, 1960-61; married to Maureen McCarthy, September 10, 1960;
children: Ann Forrest; Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary
Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane;
admitted to practice in Ohio (1962) and Virginia (1970); in private
practice with Jones, Day, Cockley, and Reavis (Cleveland, OH), 1961-67;
professor of law, University of Virginia Law School, 1967-74 (on leave
1971-74); general counsel, Office of Telecommunications Policy,
Executive Office of the President, 1971-72; chairman, Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1972-74; Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-77; scholar in
residence, American Enterprise Institute, 1977; professor of law,
University of Chicago, 1977-82; appointed by President Reagan as Circuit
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit;
sworn in on August 17, 1982; appointed by President Reagan as Associate
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; sworn in on September 26, 1986.
ANTHONY M. KENNEDY, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, born in Sacramento, CA, July 23, 1936; son of Anthony
James and Gladys McLeod Kennedy; married to Mary Davis, June 29, 1963;
children: Justin Anthony, Gregory Davis, and Kristin Marie; Stanford
University, 1954-57; London School of Economics, 1957-58; B.A., Stanford
University, 1958; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1961; associate, Thelen,
Marrin, Johnson and Bridges, San Francisco, 1961-63; sole practitioner,
Sacramento, 1963-67; partner, Evans, Jackson and Kennedy, Sacramento,
1967-75; professor of constitutional law, McGeorge School of Law,
University of the Pacific, 1965-88; California Army National Guard,
1961; member: the Judicial Conference of the United States' Advisory
Panel on Financial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities
(subsequently renamed the Advisory Committee of Codes of Conduct), 1979-
87; Committee on Pacific Territories, 1979-90 (chairman, 1982-90); board
of the Federal Judicial Center, 1987-88; nominated by President Ford to
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; sworn in on May 30, 1975;
nominated by President Reagan as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court; sworn in on February 18, 1988.
DAVID HACKETT SOUTER, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, born in Melrose, MA, September 17, 1939; son of Joseph
Alexander and Helen Adams Hackett Souter; Harvard College, A.B., 1961,
Phi Beta Kappa, selected Rhodes Scholar; Magdalen College, Oxford, 1963,
A.B. in Jurisprudence, 1989, M.A., 1989; Harvard Law School, LL.B.,
1966; associate, Orr and Reno, Concord, NH, 1966-68; assistant attorney
general of New Hampshire, 1968-71; Deputy Attorney General of New
Hampshire, 1971-76; Attorney General of New Hampshire, 1976-78;
Associate Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court, 1978-83; Associate
Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court, 1983-90; member: Maine-New
Hampshire Interstate Boundary Commission, 1971-75; New Hampshire Police
Standards and Training Council, 1976-78; New Hampshire Governor's
Commmission on Crime and Delinquency, 1976-78; 1979-83; New Hampshire
Judicial Council, 1976-78; Concord Hospital Board of Trustees, 1972-85
(president, 1978-84); New Hampshire Historical Society, 1968-present,
(vice-president, 1980-85, trustee, 1976-85); Dartmouth Medical School,
Board of Overseers, 1981-87; Merrimack County Bar Association, 1966-
present; New Hampshire Bar Association, 1966-present; Honorary Fellow,
American Bar Foundation; Honorary Fellow, American College of Trial
Lawyers; Honorary Master of the Bench, Gray's Inn, London; Honorary
Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford; Associate, Lowell House, Harvard
College; nominated by President Bush to U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit; took oath May 25, 1990; nominated by President Bush as
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; took oath of office October
9, 1990.
CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in Pin Point, GA (near Savannah), June 23, 1948; son
of M.C. and Leola Thomas; raised by his grandparents, Myers and
Christine Anderson; married to Virginia Lamp, May 30, 1987; son Jamal
Adeen by previous marriage; attended Conception Seminary, 1967-68; A.B.
(cum laude), Holy Cross College, 1971; J.D., Yale Law School, 1974;
admitted to practice in Missouri, 1974; assistant attorney general of
Missouri, 1974-77; attorney in the law department of Monsanto Company,
1977-79; legislative assistant to Senator John Danforth, 1979-81;
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education,
1981-82; chairman, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-
90; nominated by President Bush to U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit; took oath March 12, 1990; nominated by
President Bush as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; took the
constitutional oath on October 18, 1991 and the judicial oath on October
23, 1991.
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RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born March 15, 1933, Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of
Nathan and Celia Amster Bader; married Martin Ginsburg, 1954; two
children: Jane C. and James S.; B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell
University, 1954; attended Harvard Law School, 1956-58; LL.B., Columbia
Law School, 1959; law clerk to Edmund L. Palmieri, U.S. District Court,
Southern District of New York, 1959-61; Columbia Law School Project on
International Procedure, 1961-62, associate director, 1962-63;
professor, Rutgers University School of Law, 1963-72; professor,
Columbia Law School, 1972-80; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in
Behavioral Sciences, 1977-78; American Civil Liberties Union, general
counsel, 1973-80; National Board of Directors, 1974-80; Women's Rights
Project, founder and Counsel, 1972-80; American Bar Foundation Board of
Directors, executive committee, secretary, 1979-89; American Bar
Association Board of Editors, 1972-78; ABA Section on Individual Rights
and Responsibilities, council member, 1975-81; American Law Institute,
council member, 1978-93; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow,
1982-present; Council on Foreign Relations, 1975-present; nominated by
President Carter as a Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, sworn in on June 30, 1980; nominated Associate Justice
by President Clinton, June 14, 1993, confirmed by the Senate, August 3,
1993, and sworn in August 10, 1993.
STEPHEN G. BREYER, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in San Francisco, CA, August 15, 1938; son of Irving
G. and Anne R. Breyer; married Joanna Hare, 1967, three children: Chloe,
Nell, and Michael; A.B., Stanford University, 1959; B.A., Oxford
University, Magdalen College, Marshall Scholar, 1961; LL.B., Harvard Law
School, 1964; law clerk to Associate Justice Arthur J. Goldberg of the
Supreme Court of the United States, 1964-65; special assistant to the
Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust), Department of Justice, 1965-67;
Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force,
1973; Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee,
Subcommittee on Administrative Practices, 1974-75; Chief Counsel of the
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979-80; Professor of Law, Harvard Law
School, 1970-80; (assistant professor, 1967-70; lecturer, 1980-94);
professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1977-80;
Nominated by President Carter as a Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit, sworn in on December 10, 1980; Chief Judge, 1990-94;
member, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1985-89; member, Judicial Conference
of the United States, 1990-94; nominated Associate Justice by President
Clinton May 13, 1994, confirmed by the Senate July 29, 1994, and sworn
in on August 3, 1994.
Retired Members of the Court
WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States (retired); born in Newark, NJ, April 25, 1906; son of
William J. and Agnes (McDermott) Brennan; married to Mary Fowler, 1983;
previously married to Marjorie Leonard, May 5, 1928 (deceased, 1982);
children: William J., Hugh Leonard and Nancy; B.S. (with honors),
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 1928; LL.B.,
Harvard Law School, 1931; associate, Pitney, Hardin and Skinner, Newark,
NJ, 1931; member, 1937-42, and again 1945-49, firm name Pitney, Hardin,
Ward and Brennan; major, later colonel, U.S. Army, specializing in
manpower and personnel work, 1942-45, awarded Legion of Merit; appointed
by Governor Driscoll, New Jersey Superior Court, 1949, served as
assignment judge, Hudson County, to 1951; appointed to Appellate
Division of that court, 1951; appointed by Governor Driscoll, associate
justice of New Jersey Supreme Court, 1952; appointed as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President
Eisenhower, a recess appointment on October 15, 1956; sworn in on
October 16, 1956; was nominated by President Eisenhower on January 14,
1957; the nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 19, 1957; was
given a new commission on March 21, 1957, and again took the oaths on
March 22, 1957; retired on July 20, 1990.
BYRON RAYMOND WHITE, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in Fort Collins, CO, June 8, 1917; son of Alpha
Albert and Maude Burger White; elementary and high school, Wellington,
CO; B.A., University of Colorado, 1938; Rhodes scholar, Oxford, England,
1939; officer, USNR, 1942-46; LL.B., Yale Law School, 1946; married to
Marion Lloyd Stearns of Denver, CO, June 15, 1946; children: Charles
Byron and Nancy Pitkin; law clerk to the Chief Justice of the United
States, 1946-47; associate, Lewis, Grant, Newton, Davis and Henry (now
Davis, Graham and Stubbs), 1947-50, partner, 1950-60; Deputy Attorney
General of the United States, 1961-62; nominated Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States by President Kennedy on April 3,
1962, confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 1962, and sworn in on April
16, 1962; retired June 28, 1993.
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HARRY A. BLACKMUN, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in Nashville, IL, November 12, 1908; son of Corwin
M. and Theo (Reuter) Blackmun; A.B. (summa cum laude), Harvard College,
1929; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1932; married to Dorothy E. Clark, June
21, 1941; children: Nancy Clark (Mrs. John C. Coniaris), Sally Ann (Mrs.
Michael V. Elsberry), and Susan Manning (Mrs. William H. Brown);
admitted to the Minnesota bar, 1932; law clerk to the Hon. John B.
Sanborn, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit,
1932-33; associate, junior partner and general partner, Dorsey, Colman,
Barker, Scott and Barber and predecessor firms, Minneapolis, MN, 1934-
50; occasional member of the faculties of St. Paul College of Law (now
William Mitchell College of Law) and University of Minnesota Law School;
resident counsel, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Association (now Mayo
Foundation), and member of the Section of Administration, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN, 1950-59; nominated by President Eisenhower as judge of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, succeeding the Hon.
John B. Sanborn, August 18, 1959; confirmed September 14, 1959; sworn in
on November 4, 1959; nominated associate justice by President Nixon
April 14, 1970, confirmed May 12, 1970; sworn in on June 9, 1970;
retired August 3, 1994; numerous honorary degrees; member, Judicial
Conference Advisory Committee on Judicial Activities, 1969-79;
representative of Judicial Branch, National Historical Publications and
Records Commission, 1975-82, 1986-present; chairman of Faculty, Salzburg
Seminar on American Studies (Law), July 1977, and member of the faculty,
July 1989; participant, Franco-American Colloquium on Human Rights,
Paris, France, December 1979; co-moderator, Seminar on Justice and
Society, Aspen Institute, 1979-95, inclusive; Brandeis Medal, presented
by Brandeis Honor Society, University of Louisville School of Law, 1983;
University Citation, presented by Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey-School of Law/Newark, 1985; The Hebrew University Honorary
Fellowship, presented at Jerusalem, 1986; Justice Award, presented by
Justice Lodge of B'nai B'rith, Philadelphia, 1986; Public Service Award,
presented by the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1987;
Presidents' Award, presented by American Society of Law and Medicine,
1987; UCLA Medal, presented by University of California at Los Angeles,
1989; Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and the Law Award,
presented by the American Psychology-Law Society, 1990; Brandeis Medal
for Distinguished Legal Service, presented by Brandeis University, 1990;
Learned Hand Medal, presented by Federal Bar Council, New York, 1990;
Award of Merit, presented by The Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Chicago,
1991; Award, Annual Survey of American Law, New York University School
of Law, 1991; Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, 1991;
American Liberties Medallion, presented by the American Jewish
Committee, 1992; Isaac Ray Award, presented by the American Psychiatric
Association, 1992; co-moderator, Seminar on Constitutional Justice and
Society, Aspen Institute, Italia, Rome, July 1986; visiting instructor
on Constitutional Law, Louisiana State University Law School Summer
Session at Aix-en-Provence, France, July 1986 and July 1992; visiting
instructor on Constitutional Law, Tulane University Law School Summer
Session at Berlin, July 1992. Harvard Law School Association Award,
1993; Public Service Award, American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists, 1994; Madison-Jefferson Award, Americans United for
Separation of Church and State, 1994; Association of Trial Lawyers of
America, citation, 1994; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Achievement Award, 1994; Blackmun Scholarship Foundation, established by
Law Clerks to Justice Blackmun, 1994; Christopher Tietze Humanitarian
Award, National Abortion Federation, 1995; Ehrmann Award, Massachusetts
Citizen against the Death Penalty, 1995; Joseph Callaway Award for the
Defense of Privacy, New York Civil Liberties Union, 1995; National
Education Association Award, 1995; Harry A. Blackmun Scholarship of the
Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Minnesota, 1995; Carrie Chapman Catt Lifetime
Achievement Award presented by the League of Women Voters, 1995; Harry
A. Blackmun Reproductive Freedom Award, Family Planning Council of
Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1995; National Abortion Rights Action League
Lifetime Achievement Award, 1995; Jefferson Award, American Institute
for Public Service, 1995; Roger N. Baldwin Civil Liberties Award, New
Jersey American Civil Liberties Union, 1995; Reproductive Freedom Award,
Voters for Choice, 1995; Blackmun Fellowship, Center for Reproductive
Law and Policy, New York City, 1995; William J. Brennan, Jr., Defense of
Freedom Award, Libel Defense Resource Center, New York City, 1995;
Lifetime Achievement Award, National Family Planning and Reproductive
Health Association, 1996.
LEWIS FRANKLIN POWELL, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States (retired); born in Suffolk, VA, September 19, 1907;
married to Josephine Pierce Rucker, 1936; children: Josephine McRae
(Mrs. Richard Stowers Smith), Ann Pendleton (Mrs. Basil Terence
Carmody), Mary Lewis Gwathmey (Mrs. Christopher James Sumner), and Lewis
Franklin Powell III; B.S., Washington and Lee University, 1929, magna
cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa; LL.B., 1931; LL.M., Harvard Law School,
1932; during World War II, served with U.S. Army Air Forces from 1942-
46, including service in the European and North African theaters; 319th
Bombardment Group, the 12th Air Force, and as Chief of Operational
Intelligence for U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe; held rank from
first lieutenant
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to full colonel; awarded Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and France's
Croix de Guerre with Palm; attorney, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell, and
Gibson, Richmond, VA, 1935-71; general counsel, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, 1957-71; member: National Commission on Law Enforcement and
Administration of Justice, appointed by President Johnson, 1965-67;
National Advisory Committee on Legal Services to the Poor, established
pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; Blue Ribbon Defense
Panel, appointed by President Nixon to study the Department of Defense,
1969-70; Virginia State Board of Education, 1961-69 (president, 1968-
69); chairman: Richmond Public School Board, 1952-61, and special
commission which wrote the charter introducing the manager form of
government to the city of Richmond, 1947-48; member, Virginia
Constitutional Revision Commission, 1967-68, which proposed the new
constitution adopted by the State of Virginia in 1970; trustee emeritus
of Washington and Lee University; chairman emeritus of Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation; member: American Bar Association (president,
1964-65); American College of Trial Lawyers (president, 1969-70); and
American Bar Foundation (president, 1969-71); honorary bencher,
Lincoln's Inn, London; nominated by President Nixon as Associate Justice
of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 21, 1971, confirmed by the U.S.
Senate on December 6, 1971, and sworn in on January 7, 1972; retired on
June 26, 1987.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE
James C. Duff.
OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT
Clerk.--William K. Suter.
Librarian.--Shelley Dowling.
Marshal.--Dale E. Bosley.
Reporter of Decisions.--Frank D. Wagner.
Counsel.--Mary Ann Willis.
Curator.--Gail A. Galloway.
Budget and Personnel Officer.--Cyril A. Donnelly.
Public Information Officer.--Toni House.
Director of Data Systems.--Donna Clement.
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UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS
District of Columbia Judicial Circuit (District of Columbia).--Circuit
Justice. Chief Judge.--Harry T. Edwards. Circuit Judges: Patricia M.
Wald; Laurence H. Silberman; Stephen F. Williams; Douglas H.
Ginsburg; David B. Sentelle; Karen LeCraft Henderson; A. Raymond
Randolph; Judith W. Rogers; David S. Tatel. Senior Circuit Judges:
Spottswood W. Robinson, III; James L. Buckley. Circuit Executive.--
Linda Finkelstein Ferren, 273-0340; Clerk.--Mark J. Langer, 273-
0310, E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, 333
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
First Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island).--Chief Judge.--Juan R.
Torruella. Circuit Judges: Bruce M. Selya; Michael Boudin; Norman H.
Stahl; Sandra L. Lynch. Senior Circuit Judges: Bailey Aldrich; Frank
M. Coffin; Levin H. Campbell; Hugh H. Bownes; Conrad K. Cyr. Chief
Judge, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.--Arthur N. Votolato, Jr. Judges,
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: James A. Goodman; James E. Yacos; James
F. Queenan, Jr.; Carol J. Kenner; Enrique S. Lamoutte; Sara E. De
Jesus; James B. Haines, Jr.; William C. Hillman; Joan N. Feeney;
Mark W. Vaughn; Henry J. Boroff; Gerardo A. Carlo-Altieri. Circuit
Executive.--Vincent Flanagan, (617) 223-9613. Clerk.--William H. Ng,
617-223-9057, John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, 90
Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109-4590.
Second Judicial Circuit (Districts of Connecticut, New York, and
Vermont). Chief Judge.--Jon O. Newman. Circuit Judges: Amalya Lyle
Kearse; Ralph K. Winter, Jr.; John M. Walker, Jr.; Joseph M.
McLaughlin; Dennis G. Jacobs; Pierre N. Leval; Guido Calabresi;
Jose A. Cabranes; Fred I. Parker. Senior Circuit Judges: J. Edward
Lumbard; Wilfred Feinberg; James L. Oakes; Ellsworth A. Van
Graafeiland; Thomas J. Meskill; Richard J. Cardamone; Roger J.
Miner; Frank X. Altimari. Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.--
Burton R. Lifland. Judges, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: Robert L.
Krechevsky; Alan H.W. Shiff; Tina L. Brozman; Francis G. Conrad;
Stephen D. Gerling; Michael J. Kaplan; John Charles Ninfo, II;
Jeffry H. Gallet; Carl L. Bucki; Adlai S. Hardin, Jr.; Robert E.
Littlefield, Jr. Circuit Executive.--Steven Flanders, (212) 857-
8700. Clerk.--George Lange III, (212) 857-8500, United States
Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007-1581.
Third Judicial Circuit (Districts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Virgin Islands).--Chief Judge.--Dolores K. Sloviter. Circuit
Judges: Edward R. Becker; Walter K. Stapleton; Carol Los Mansmann;
Morton I. Greenberg; Anthony J. Scirica; Robert E. Cowen; Richard L.
Nygaard; Samuel H. Alito, Jr.; Jane R. Roth; Timothy K. Lewis;
Theodore A. McKee. Senior Circuit Judges: Collins J. Seitz; Ruggero
J. Aldisert; Max Rosenn; Joseph F. Weis, Jr.; Leonard I. Garth.
Circuit Executive.--Toby D. Slawsky, (215) 597-0718. Clerk.--P.
Douglas Sisk, (215) 597-2995, United States Courthouse, 601 Market
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia). Chief Judge.--J. Harrie
Wilkinson, III. Circuit Judges: Donald Stuart Russell; H. Emory
Widener, Jr.; Kenneth K. Hall; Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr.; Sam J.
Ervin, III; William W. Wilkins, Jr.; Paul V. Niemeyer; Clyde H.
Hamilton; J. Michael Luttig; Karen J. Williams; M. Blane Michael;
Diana Gribbon Motz. Senior Circuit Judges: John D. Butzner, Jr.;
James Dickson Phillips, Jr. Circuit Executive.--Samuel W. Phillips,
(804) 771-2184. Clerk.--Patricia S. Connor, (804) 771-2213, United
States Courthouse Annex, 1100 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Texas).--Chief Judge.--Henry A. Politz. Circuit Judges: Carolyn
Dineen King; E. Grady Jolly; Patrick E. Higginbotham; W. Eugene
Davis; Edith Hollan Jones; Jerry E. Smith; John M. Duhe, Jr.; Jaques
L. Weiner, Jr.; Rhesa H. Barksdale; Emilio M. Garza; Harold R.
DeMoss, Jr., Fortunato P. Benavides; Carl E. Stewart; Robert M.
Parker; James L. Dennis. Senior Circuit Judges: John Minor Wisdom;
Reynaldo G. Garza; Thomas M. Reavely; Samuel D. Johnson, Jr.; Will
L. Garwood. Circuit Executive.--Gregory A. Nussel, (504) 589-2730.
Clerk.--Charles R. Fulbruge, III, (504) 589-6514, John Minor Wisdom
United States Court of Appeals Building, 600 Camp Street, New
Orleans, LA 70130.
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Sixth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and
Tennessee).--Chief Judge.--Boyce F. Martin, Jr. Circuit Judges:
Gilbert S. Merritt; Cornelia G. Kennedy; David M. Nelson; James L.
Ryan; Danny J. Boggs; Alan E. Norris; Richard F. Suhrheinrich;
Eugene E. Siler, Jr.; Alice M. Batchelder; Martha Craig Daughtrey;
Karen Nelson Moore; Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. Senior Circuit Judges:
Anthony J. Celebrezze; Pierce Lively; Albert J. Engel; Damon J.
Keith; Bailey Brown; Nathaniel R. Jones; Leroy J. Contie, Jr.,
Robert B. Krupansky; Harry W. Wellford; Ralph B. Guy, Jr. Chief
Judge, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.--Thomas F. Waldron. Judges,
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: Keith M. Lundin; Steven W. Rhodes;
Randolph Baxter; David T. Stosberg. Circuit Executive.--James A.
Higgins, (513) 564-7200. Clerk.--Leonard Green, (513) 564-7000,
Potter Stewart United States Courthouse, 100 East Fifth Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3988.
Seventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin).--Chief Judge.--Richard A. Posner. Circuit Judges: Walter
J. Cummings; John L. Coffey; Joel M. Flaum; Frank H. Easterbrook;
Kenneth F. Ripple; Daniel A. Manion; Michael S. Kanne; Ilana Diamond
Rovner; Diane P. Wood; Terence T. Evans. Senior Circuit Judges:
Thomas E. Fairchild; Wilbur F. Pell, Jr., William J. Bauer;
Harlington Wood, Jr.; Richard D. Cudahy; Jesse E. Eschbach. Circuit
Executive.--Collins T. Fitzpatrick, (312) 435-5803. Clerk.--Thomas
F. Strubbe, (312) 435-5850, Everett McKinley Dirksen Building, 219
South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604.
Eighth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota).--Chief Judge.--
Richard S. Arnold. Circuit Judges: Theodore McMillian; George G.
Fagg; Pasco M. Bowman, II; Roger L. Wollman; Frank J. Magill; C.
Arlen Beam; James B. Loken; David R. Hansen; Morris S. Arnold; Diana
E. Murphy. Senior Circuit Judges: Floyd R. Gibson; Donald P. Lay;
Gerald W. Heaney; Myron H. Bright; Donald R. Ross; J. Smith Henley;
John R. Gibson. Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.--Frank W.
Koger. Judges, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: Robert J. Kressel;
William A. Hill; Barry S. Schermer; Mary D. Scott; Nancy C. Dreher.
Circuit Executive.--June L. Boadwine, (612) 290-3311. Clerk.--
Michael E. Gans, (314) 539-3609, United States Court and Custom
House, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63101.
Ninth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam,
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon,
and Washington). Chief Judge.--Procter Hug, Jr. Circuit Judges:
James R. Browning; Mary M. Schroeder; Betty B. Fletcher; Harry
Pregerson; Stephen Reinhardt; Cynthia H. Hall; Melvin Brunetti; Alex
Kozinski; David R. Thompson; Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain; Edward Leavy;
Stephen S. Trott; Ferdinand F. Fernandez; Pamela Ann Rymer; Thomas
G. Nelson; Andrew J. Kleinfeld; Michael A. Hawkins; A. Wallace
Tashima; Sidney R. Thomas. Senior Circuit Judges: Eugene A. Wright;
Herbert Y.C. Choy; Alfred T. Goodwin; J. Clifford Wallace; Joseph T.
Sneed; Otto R. Skopil, Jr.; Jerome Farris; Authur L. Alarcon; Cecil
F. Poole; Warren J. Ferguson; Dorothy W. Nelson; William C. Canby,
Jr.; Robert Boochever; William A. Norris; Robert R. Beezer; Charles
E. Wiggins; John T. Noonan, Jr. Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Appellate
Panel.--James W. Meyers. Judges, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: Sidney
C. Volinn; Robert Clive Jones; Lawrence Ollason; Barry Russell;
Alfred C. Hagan; John E. Ryan. Circuit Executive.--Gregory B.
Walters, (415) 556-6100. Clerk.--Cathy Catterson, (415) 556-9800, PO
Box 193939, San Francisco, CA 94119-3939.
Tenth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming).--Chief Judge.--Stephanie K. Seymour.
Circuit Judges: John C. Porfilio; Stephen H. Anderson; Deanell R.
Tacha; Bobby R. Baldock; Wade Brorby; David M. Ebel; Paul J. Kelly,
Jr.; Robert H. Henry; Mary Beck Briscoe; Carlos F. Lucero; Michael
R. Murphy. Senior Circuit Judges: William J. Holloway, Jr.; Robert
H. McWilliams; James E. Barrett; Monroe G. McKay; James K. Logan.
Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.--Mark B. McFeeley. Judges,
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: James A. Pusateri; Stewart Rose; Glen E.
Clark; Richard L. Bohanon; John K. Pearson; Judith A. Boulden; Tom
R. Cornish; Julie A. Robinson. Circuit Executive.--Robert L.
Hoecker, (303) 844-2067. Clerk.--Patrick J. Fisher, (303) 844-3157,
Byron White United States Courthouse, 1823 Stout Street, Denver, CO
80257.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia).
Chief Judge.--Joseph W. Hatchett. Circuit Judges: Gerald B. Tjoflat;
R. Lanier Anderson, III; J.L. Edmondson; Emmett Ripley Cox; Stanley
F. Birch, Jr.; Joel F. Dubina; Susan H. Black; Edward E. Carnes;
Rosemary Barkett. Senior Circuit Judges: David W. Dyer; John C.
Godbold; Paul H. Roney; James C. Hill; Peter T. Fay; Phyllis A.
Kravitch; Frank M. Johnson, Jr.; Albert J. Henderson; Thomas A.
Clark. Circuit Executive.--Norman E. Zoller, (404) 331-5724.
Clerk.--Miguel J. Cortez, Jr., (404) 331-6187, Elbert P. Tuttle
Court of Appeals Building, 56 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
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Federal Judicial Circuit.--Chief Judge.--Glenn L. Archer, Jr. Circuit
Judges: Giles S. Rich; Pauline Newman; H. Robert Mayer; Paul R.
Michel; S. Jay Plager; Alan D. Lourie; Raymond C. Clevenger, III;
Randall R. Rader; Alvin A. Schall; William C. Bryson. Senior Circuit
Judges: Wilson Cowen; Byron G. Skelton; Marion T. Bennett; Daniel M.
Friedman; Edward S. Smith. Clerk.--Jan Horbaly, (202) 633-6570,
National Courts Building, 717 Madison NW, Washington, DC 20439.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Room 5423 Courthouse, Third Street and Constitution Avenue 20001, phone
273-0310
HARRY T. EDWARDS, chief judge; born in New York, NY, November 3,
1940; son of George H. Edwards and Arline (Ross) Lyle; B.S., Cornell
University, 1962; J.D. (with distinction), University of Michigan Law
School, 1965; associate with Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson,
1965-70; professor of law, University of Michigan, 1970-75 and 1977-80;
professor of law, Harvard University, 1975-77; visiting professor of
law, Free University of Brussels, 1974; arbitrator of labor/management
disputes, 1970-80; vice president, National Academy of Arbitrators,
1978-80; member (1977-79) and chairman (1979-80), National Railroad
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); Executive Committee of the Association
of American Law Schools, 1978-80; public member of the Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1977-80; International Women's Year
Commission, 1976-77; American Bar Association Commission of Law and the
Economy; coauthor of four books: Labor Relations Law in the Public
Sector, The Lawyer as a Negotiator, Higher Education and the Law, and
Collective Bargaining and Labor Arbitration; recipient of the Judge
William B. Groat Alumni Award, 1978, given by Cornell University; the
Society of American Law Teachers Award (for ``distinguished
contributions to teaching and public service''); the Whitney North
Seymour Medal presented by the American Arbitration Association for
outstanding contributions to the use of arbitration; and several
Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees. Judge Edwards teaches law on a part-
time basis; he has recently taught at Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, and
Harvard Law Schools, and he is presently teaching a course in Federal
Courts at N.Y.U; A.B.A.; married to The Honorable Mildred Matesich
Edwards; children: Brent and Michelle; stepchildren: Jessica and Andrew
Seidman; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, February 20, 1980;
serving as chief judge since September 15, 1994; office: 5400 U.S.
Courthouse, Washington, DC 20001.
PATRICIA McGOWAN WALD, circuit judge; born in Torrington, CT,
September 16, 1928; daughter of Margaret (O'Keefe) and Joseph McGowan;
B.A., Connecticut College, 1948; Phi Beta Kappa; LL.B., Yale Law School,
1951; case editor, Yale Law Journal; Order of the Coif; law clerk, Judge
Jerome Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1951-52:
associate, Arnold, Fortas and Porter, Washington, DC, 1952-53; member,
President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia, 1965-66;
attorney, Office of Criminal Justice, Department of Justice, 1967-68;
attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services Program, 1968-70; co-director,
Ford Foundation Drug Abuse Research Project, 1970; attorney: Center for
Law and Social Policy, 1971-72; Mental Health Law Project (litigation
director, 1975-77), 1972-77; Assistant Attorney General for Legislative
Affairs, Department of Justice, 1977-79; board of trustees, Vera
Institute of Justice, 1965-72; American Law Institute (Council, 1978-
present; Second Vice President, 1989-93; First Vice President 1993-
present); Juvenile Justice Standards Project (IJA-ABA) joint commission
member and Executive Commission 1973-77; board of governors, District of
Columbia bar (Executive Committee, 1975-76), 1974-77; board of editors,
American Bar Association Journal, 1978-84; Institute of Medicine,
National Science Foundation, 1978-91; board of trustees, Ford Foundation
(Executive Committee, 1975-77), 1972-77; Carnegie Council on Children,
1973-77; Exeter Academy, 1975-77; board of trustees, Connecticut
College, 1976-77; Meyer Foundation, 1976-77; married to Robert L. Wald,
1952; children: Sarah, Douglas, Johanna, Frederica, and Thomas.
Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on July 26, 1979, and entered on duty
July 31, 1979; served as chief judge July 26, 1986 to January 19, 1991.
LAURENCE HIRSCH SILBERMAN, circuit judge; born in York, PA, October
12, 1935; son of William Silberman and Anna (Hirsch); married to Rosalie
G. Gaull, January 5, 1957; children: Robert Stephen, Katherine DeBoer
Balaban, and Anne Gaull; B.A., Dartmouth College, 1957; LL.B., Harvard
Law School, 1961. Admitted to Hawaii bar, 1962, District of Columbia
bar, 1973; associate, Moore, Torkildson and Rice, 1961-64; partner
(Moore, Silberman and Schulze), Honolulu, 1964-67; attorney, National
Labor Relations Board, Office of General Counsel, Appellate Division,
1967-69; Solicitor, Department of Labor, 1969-70; Under
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Secretary of Labor, 1970-73; partner, Steptoe and Johnson, 1973-74;
Deputy Attorney General of the United States, 1974-75; Ambassador to
Yugoslavia, 1975-77; President's Special Envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976;
senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-78; visiting fellow,
1978-85; managing partner, Morrison and Foerster, 1978-79 and 1983-85;
executive vice president, Crocker National Bank, 1979-83; lecturer,
University of Hawaii, 1962-63; board of directors, Commission on Present
Danger, 1978-85, Institute for Educational Affairs, New York, NY, 1981-
85, member: General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament,
1981-85; Defense Policy Board, 1981-85; vice chairman, State
Department's Commission on Security and Economic Assistance, 1983-84;
American Bar Association (Labor Law Committee, 1965-72, Corporations and
Banking Committee, 1973, Law and National Security Advisory Committee,
1981-85); Hawaii Bar Association Ethics Committee, 1965-67; Council on
Foreign Relations, 1977-present; Judicial Conference Committee on Court
Administration and Case Management, 1994-; Adjunct Professor of Law
(Administrative Law) Georgetown Law Center, 1987-94; 1997; Adjunct
Professor of Law (Administrative Law) New York University Law School,
1995-96; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit by President Ronald W. Reagan on October 28, 1985.
JAMES LANE BUCKLEY, circuit judge, born in New York, NY, March 9,
1923; son of William Frank and Aloise Josephine (Steiner) Buckley;
married to Ann Frances Cooley, May 22, 1953; children: Peter, James,
Priscilla, William, David, and Andrew; B.A., Yale University, 1943; Lt.
(j.g.), U.S. Navy Reserve, 1943-46; LL.B., Yale, 1949; admitted to:
Connecticut bar, 1949; District of Columbia bar, 1953; associate: Wiggin
and Dana, New Haven, CT, 1949-53; Reasoner and Davis, Washington, DC,
1953-57; vice president, Catawba Corp., New York City, 1957-70; U.S.
Senator, 1971-77; director, Executive Committee, Donaldson, Lufkin and
Jenrette, New York City, 1977-78; business consultant, 1978-80; Under
Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, U.S.
Department of State, 1981-82; president, Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty, Munich, West Germany, 1982-85; co-chairman, U.S. delegation to
the United Nations Conference on the Environment, Nairobi, Kenya, 1982;
chairman; U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on
Population, Mexico City, 1984; appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals
(District of Columbia Circuit) in December 1985; retired from active
judicial service in September 1996.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, circuit judge; born in New York, NY, September
23, 1936, son of Charles Dickerman Williams and Virginia (Fain); B.A.,
Yale, 1958, J.D., Harvard Law School, 1961. U.S. Army reserves, 1961-62;
associate, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons and Gates, 1962-66; Assistant U.S.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1966-69; associate professor
and professor of law, University of Colorado School of Law, 1969-86;
visiting professor of law, UCLA, 1975-76; visiting professor of law and
fellow in law and economics, University Chicago Law School, 1979-80;
visiting George W. Hutchison Professor of Energy Law, SMU, 1983-84;
consultant to: Administrative Conference of the United States, 1974-76;
Federal Trade Commission on energy-related issues, 1983-85; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by
President Ronald Reagan, June 16, 1986; member, American Law Institute;
married to Faith Morrow, 1966; children: Susan, Geoffrey, Sarah,
Timothy, and Nicholas.
DOUGLAS HOWARD GINSBURG, circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL, May 25,
1946; son of Maurice and Katherine (Goodmont) Ginsburg; married to
Claudia DeSecundy, May 31, 1968 (divorced); one child, Jessica J.E.
Lubow; married to Hallee Perkins Morgan, May 9, 1981; children, Hallee
Katherine Morgan and Hannah Maurice Morgan; education: diploma, Latin
School of Chicago, 1963; B.S., Cornell University, 1970 (Phi Kappa Phi,
Ives Award); J.D., University of Chicago, 1973 (Mecham Prize Scholarship
1970-73, Casper Platt Award, 1972, Order of Coif, Articles and Book Rev.
Ed., 40 U. Chi. L. Rev.); bar admissions: Illinois (1973), Massachusetts
(1982), U.S. Supreme Court (1984), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit (1986). Member: Mont Pelerin Society, American Economic
Association, Executive Council of Antitrust Section of the American Bar
Association (ex officio, 1985-86); law clerk to: Judge Carl McGowan,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-74;
Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1974-75;
previous positions: assistant professor, Harvard University Law School,
1975-81; Professor 1981-83; Deputy Assistant Attorney General for
Regulatory Affairs, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
1983-84; administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, Executive
Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1984-85;
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1985-86; visiting professor of law, Columbia University, New
York City, 1987-88; lecturer in law, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
1987-90; foundation professor of law, George Mason University,
Arlington, VA, 1988-; Charles J. Merriam visiting scholar, senior
lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996.
Appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on October 14, 1986, taking oath of
office on November 10, 1986.
DAVID BRYAN SENTELLE, circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals (District
of Columbia Circuit); 273-0348; born in Canton, NC, February 12, 1943;
son of Horace and Maude Sentelle; B.A., University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 1965; J.D. with honors, University of North Carolina School
of Law, 1968; associate, Uzzell and Dumont, Charlotte, 1968-79;
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charlotte, 1970-74; North Carolina State
District Judge, 1974-77; partner, Tucker, Hicks, Sentelle, Moon and
Hodge, Charlotte, 1977-85; U.S. District Judge for the Western District
of North Carolina, 1985-87; married to Jane LaRue Oldham; daughters:
Sharon, Reagan, and Rebecca.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, circuit judge. [Biographical information
not supplied, per Judge Henderson's request.]
A. RAYMOND RANDOLPH, circuit judge; born in Riverside, NJ, November
1, 1943; son of Arthur Raymond Randolph, Sr. and Marile (Kelly); two
children: John Trevor and Cynthia Lee Randolph; married to Eileen
Janette O'Connor, May 18, 1984. B.S., Drexel University, 1966; J.D.,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1969, summa cum laude; managing
editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Order of the Coif.
Admitted to Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of
California; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth,
Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits. Memberships: American Law
Institute. Law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit, 1969-70; Assistant to the Solicitor General,
1970-73; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center,
1974-78; George Mason School of Law, 1992; Deputy Solicitor General,
1975-77; Special Counsel, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
House of Representatives, 1979-80; special assistant attorney general,
State of Montana (honorary), 1983-July 1990; special assistant attorney
general, State of New Mexico, 1985-July 1990; special assistant attorney
general, State of Utah, 1986-July 1990; advisory panel, Federal Courts
Study Committee, 1989-July 1990; partner, Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz,
1987-July 1990; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit by President George W. Bush on July 16, 1990, and
took oath of office on July 20, 1990; chairman, Committee on Codes of
Conduct, U.S. Judicial Conference, 1995.
JUDITH W. ROGERS, circuit judge, born in New York, NY; A.B. (with
honors), Radcliffe College, 1961; Phi Beta Kappa honors member; LL.B.,
Harvard Law School, 1964; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law,
1988; law clerk, D.C. Juvenile Court, 1964-65; assistant U.S. Attorney
for the District of Columbia, 1965-68; trial attorney, San Francisco
Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1968-69; Attorney, U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of the Associate Deputy Attorney General
and Criminal Division, 1969-71; general counsel, Congressional
Commission on the Organization of the D.C. Government, 1971-72;
legislative assistant to D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington, 1972-79;
corporation counsel for the District of Columbia, 1979-83; trustee,
Radcliffe College, 1982-90; member of Visiting Committee to Harvard Law
School, 1984-90. Appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan to the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge on September 15,
1983; served as chief judge, November 1, 1988 to March 18, 1994; member
of Executive Committee, Conference of Chief Justices, 1993-94. Appointed
by President William Jefferson Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit on March 11, 1994, and entered on duty
March 21, 1994.
DAVID S. TATEL, circuit judge; born in Washington, DC, March 16,
1942; son of Molly and Dr. Howard Tatel; B.A., University of Michigan,
1963; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1966; instructor,
University of Michigan Law School, 1966-67; associate, Sidley and
Austin, Chicago, 1967-69; director, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law, 1969-70; associate, Sidley and Austin, 1970-72;
director, National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1972-
74; associate and partner, Hogan and Hartson, 1974-77; director, Office
for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,
1977-79; partner, Hogan and Hartson, 1979-94; acting general counsel,
Legal Services Corporation, 1975-76; lecturer, Stanford University Law
School, 1991-92; past activities: board of directors, Spencer
Foundation, 1987-97 (chair, 1990-97); Pew Forum on Education Reform; and
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; past memberships:
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1969-70; Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, 1975-77; Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar
Association, 1980-81; Mental Health Law Project, 1983-90; Refugee Policy
Group, 1985-90; Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under
Law, co-chair, 1986-87; National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law, co-chair, 1989-91; Disability Rights Council; awards: Stuart
Stiller Foundation, Stuart
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Stiller Memorial Award, March 1982; Center for Law and Social Policy,
Allan Lebow Award, October, 1984; National Association of College and
University Attorneys, Distinguished Service Award, June 1993; Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Segal-Tweed Founders Award, June
1993; National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Award, May 1994;
admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1966 and the District Columbia
in 1970; married to the former Edith Bassichis, 1965; children: Rebecca,
Stephanie, Joshua, and Emily; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit by President William Jefferson Clinton
on October 7, 1994, and entered on duty October 11, 1994.
Retired Member of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, senior circuit judge; born in Richmond,
VA, July 26, 1916; son of Spottswood W., Jr., and Inez C. Robinson; B.S.
(magna cum laude), Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA, 1937; J.D.
(magna cum laude), Howard University, Washington, DC, 1939; LL.D.,
Virginia Union University, 1955; LL.D., Howard University, 1981; LL.D.,
Georgetown University, 1983; LL.D., New York Law School, 1986; married
to Marian B. Wilkerson; children: Spottswood W., IV, and Nina Cecelia
(Mrs. Oswald G.) Govan; admitted to Virginia Bar, 1943; member of
faculty, School of Law, Howard University, 1939-48 (on leave 1947-48);
practiced law in Richmond, VA, as a member of the firm of Hill and
Robinson, later Hill, Martin and Robinson, 1943-55, and as sole
practitioner, 1955-60; Dean of School of Law, Howard University, 1960-
63; member of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1961-63; vice president
and general counsel, Consolidated Bank and Trust Co., Richmond, VA,
1963-64; member of American Bar Association, Virginia State bar
(judicial member); Bar Association of the District of Columbia
(honorary); Bar Association of the city of Richmond, VA (honorary),
fellow, Virginia Law Foundation; nominated by President Kennedy as judge
of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on October 1,
1963; following adjournment of the Senate, received recess appointment
as judge of said court under commission of President Johnson dated
January 6, 1964, and took oath of office on January 7, 1964; nominated
by President Johnson as judge of said court on February 3, 1964,
confirmed by Senate on July 1, 1964, and took oath of office on July 7,
1964, under commission of President Johnson dated July 2, 1964;
nominated by President Johnson as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit on October 6, 1966, confirmed by Senate
on October 20, 1966, and took oath of office on November 9, 1966, under
commission of President Johnson dated November 3, 1966 (served as chief
judge May 7, 1981 to July 25, 1986).
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Circuit Executive.--Linda J. Ferren.
Clerk.--Ron H. Garvin.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Marilyn R. Sargent.
Chief Staff Counsel.--Mark J. Langer.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
717 Madison Place 20439, phone 633-6550
GLENN LeROY ARCHER, Jr., chief judge; born March 21, 1929, in
Densmore, KS; son of Glenn L. Archer and Ruth Agnes Ford; educated in
Kansas public schools; B.A., Yale University, 1951; J.D., with honors,
George Washington University Law School, 1954; married to Carole Joan
Thomas; children: Susan, Sharon, Glenn III, and Thomas; First
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Office, U.S. Air Force, 1954-56;
associate (1956-60) and partner (1960-81), Hamel, Park, McCabe and
Saunders, Washington, DC; nominated in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan
to be Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, U.S. Department
of Justice, and served in that position from December 1981 to December
1985; nominated in October 1985 by President Ronald Reagan to be circuit
judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Assumed duties of
the office on December 23, 1985 and became chief judge on March 19,
1994.
GILES SUTHERLAND RICH, circuit judge; born May 30, 1904, in
Rochester, NY; son of Giles Willard and Sarah Sutherland Rich;
education: public and private schools in Rochester, Horace Mann School
for Boys in New York; S.B., Harvard College, 1926; LL.B., Columbia
University School of Law, 1929; admitted to the New York bar and
commenced practice in New York City in 1929; formerly married to
Gertrude Verity Braun, 1931 (deceased); one daughter, Verity Sutherland
(Verity S. Grinnell, M.D.); married, Helen Gill Field of Milton, MA and
Washington, DC, 1953; practiced patent and trademark law in New York
City as partner in the firms of Williams, Rich and Morse and Churchill;
Rich, Weymouth and Engel; lecturer on patent law, Columbia University,
1942-56; adjunct professor of patent law, Georgetown University Law
Center, 1963-69; honorary life member: Rochester, NY and Los Angeles
Patent Law Associations; LL.D. (honoris causa), John Marshall Law
School, Chicago, 1981 and the George Washington University, 1989; add
Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1923; Columbia University School of Law's
1994 Medal for Excellence; member: American Bar Association, the
Association of the Bar of the city of New York, New York Patent,
Trademark and Copyright Law Association (past president), American
Intellectual Property Law Association, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity;
appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by
President Eisenhower on July 19, 1956; assumed duties as judge on July
20, 1956; as of October 1, 1982, continued in office as judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, pursuant to section 165,
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, Public Law 97-164, 96 Stat. 50.
PAULINE NEWMAN, circuit judge; born June 20, 1927, in New York, NY;
daughter of Maxwell H. and Rosella G. Newman; B.A. degree from Vassar
College in 1947; M.A. in pure science from Columbia University in 1948;
Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Yale University in 1952; LL.B. degree
from New York University School of Law in 1958; admitted to the New York
bar in 1958 and to the Pennsylvania bar in 1979; worked as research
scientist for the American Cyanamid Co. from 1951-54; worked for the FMC
Corp. from 1954-84 as patent attorney and house counsel and, since 1969,
as director of the Patent, Trademark, and Licensing Department; on leave
from FMC Corp. worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization as a science policy specialist in the Department
of Natural Sciences, 1961-62; offices in scientific and professional
organizations include: member of Council of the Patent, Trademark and
Copyright Section of the American Bar Association, 1982-84; board of
directors of the American Patent Law Association, 1981-84; vice
president of the United States Trademark Association, 1978-79, and
member of the board of directors, 1975-76, 1977-79; board of governors
of the New York Patent Law Association, 1970-74; president of the
Pacific Industrial Property Association, 1978-80; executive committee of
the International Patent and Trademark Association, 1982-84; board of
directors: the American Chemical Society, 1973-75, 1976-78, 1979-81;
American Institute of Chemists, 1960-66, 1970-76; member: board of
trustees of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1983-84;
patent policy board of State University of New York, 1983-84; national
board of Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1975-84; board of directors of
Research Corp., 1982-84; governmental committees include: State
Department Advisory
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Committee on International Intellectual Property, 1974-84; advisory
committee to the Domestic Policy Review of Industrial Innovation, 1978-
79; special advisory committee on Patent Office Procedure and Practice,
1972-74; member of the U.S. Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on
the Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, 1982-84; awarded Wilbur Cross Medal of Yale University
Graduate School, 1989, the Jefferson Medal of the New Jersey Patent Law
Association, 1988, and the Award for Outstanding Contributions in the
Intellectual Property Field of the Pacific Industrial Property
Association, 1987; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit by President Reagan and entered upon duties of that
office on May 7, 1984.
H. ROBERT MAYER, circuit judge; born in Buffalo, NY, February 21,
1941; son of Haldane and Myrtle (Gaude) Mayer; educated in the public
schools of Lockport, NY; B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY,
1963; and J.D., Marshall-Wythe School of Law, The College of William and
Mary in Virginia, 1971; editor-in-chief, William and Mary Law Review,
Omicron Delta Kappa; admitted to practice in Virginia and the District
of Columbia; board of directors, William and Mary Law School
Association, 1979-85; served in the U.S. Army, 1963-75, in the Infantry
and the Judge Advocate General's Corps; awarded the Bronze Star Medal,
Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Ranger
Combat Badge, Campaign and Service Ribbons; resigned from Regular Army
and was commissioned in the U.S. Army Reserve, currently Lieutenant
Colonel, retired; law clerk for Judge John D. Butzner, Jr., U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1971-72; private practice with
McGuire, Woods and Battle in Charlottesville, VA, 1975-77; adjunct
professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 1975-77, 1992-94,
George Washington University National Law Center, 1992-present; Special
Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger,
1977-80; private practice with Baker and McKenzie in Washington, DC,
1980-81; Deputy and Acting Special Counsel (by designation of the
President), U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 1981-82; appointed by
President Reagan to the U.S. Claims Court, 1982; appointed by President
Reagan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, June 15,
1987; assumed duties of the office, June 19, 1987; Judicial Conference
of the U.S. Committee on the International Appellate Judges Conference,
1988-91, Committee on Judicial Resources, 1990-present; married Mary
Anne McCurdy, August 13, 1966; two daughters, Anne Christian and Rebecca
Paige.
PAUL R. MICHEL, circuit judge; born February 3, 1941, in
Philadelphia, PA; son of Lincoln M. Michel and Dorothy Kelley; educated
in public schools in Wayne and Radnor, PA; B.A., Williams College, 1963;
J.D., University of Virginia Law School, 1966; married Sally Ann Clark,
1965 (divorced, 1987); children, Sarah Elizabeth and Margaret Kelley;
married Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, 1989; Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Reserve
(1966-72); admitted to practice: Pennsylvania (1967), U.S. district
court (1968), U.S. circuit court (1969), and U.S. Supreme Court (1969);
assistant district attorney, Philadelphia, PA (1967-71); Deputy District
Attorney for Investigations (1972-74); Assistant Watergate Special
Prosecutor (1974-75); assistant counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee
(1975-76); deputy chief, Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division,
U.S. Department of Justice (1976-78); ``Koreagate'' prosecutor (1976-
78); Associate Deputy Attorney General (1978-81); Acting Deputy Attorney
General (Dec. 1979-Feb. 1980); counsel and administrative assistant to
Senator Arlen Specter (1981-88); nominated December 19, 1987 by
President Ronald Reagan to be circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit, confirmed by Senate on February 29, 1988, and
assumed duties of the office on March 8, 1988.
S. JAY PLAGER, circuit judge; born May 16, 1931, son of A.L. and
Clara (Matross) Plager; educated public schools, Long Branch, NJ; A.B.,
University of North Carolina, 1952; J.D., University of Florida, with
high honors, 1958; LL.M., Columbia University, 1961; Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Kappa Phi, Order of the Coif, Holloway fellow, University of North
Carolina; Editor-in-Chief, University of Florida Law Review; Charles
Evans Hughes Fellow, Columbia University; married to Ilene H. Nagel;
three children; commissioned, Ensign U.S. Navy, 1952; active duty Korean
conflict; honorable discharge as Commander, USNR, 1971; professor,
Faculty of Law, University of Florida, 1958-64; University of Illinois,
1964-77; Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, 1977-89;
visiting research professor of law, University of Wisconsin, 1967-68;
visiting fellow, Trinity College and visiting professor, Cambridge
University, 1980; visiting scholar, Stanford University Law School,
1984-85; dean and professor, Indiana University School of Law,
Bloomington, 1977-84; counselor to the Under Secretary, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, 1986-87; Associate Director, Office of
Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the United
States, 1987-88; Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President of the United States, 1988-89; circuit judge, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appointed by President George Bush,
November
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1989; member: Administrative Conference of the United States, vice-
chair, National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, Florida
bar, Illinois bar; author of numerous articles and books.
ALAN D. LOURIE, circuit judge; born January 13, 1935, in Boston, MA;
son of Joseph Lourie and Rose Hurwitz; educated in public schools in
Brookline, MA; A.B., Harvard University, (1956); M.S., University of
Wisconsin, (1958); Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, (1965); and J.D.,
Temple University, (1970); married to the former L. Elizabeth D.
Schwartz; children, Deborah L. Rapoport and Linda S. Lourie; employed at
Monsanto Company (chemist, 1957-59); Wyeth Laboratories (chemist,
literature scientist, patent liaison specialist, 1959-64); SmithKline
Beecham Corporation, (Patent Agent, 1964-70; assistant director,
Corporate Patents, 1970-76; director, Corporate Patents, 1976-77; vice
president, Corporate Patents and Trademarks and Associate General
Counsel, 1977-90); vice chairman of the Industry Functional Advisory
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights for Trade Policy Matters (IFAC
3) for the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative (1987-90); Treasurer of the Association of Corporate
Patent Counsel (1987-89); President of the Philadelphia Patent Law
Association (1984-85); member of the board of directors of the American
Intellectual Property Law Association (formerly American Patent Law
Association) (1982-85); member of the U.S. delegation to the Diplomatic
Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property, October-November 1982, March 1984; chairman of the
Patent Committee of the Law Section of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association (1980-85); member of the American Bar Association, the
American Chemical Society, the Cosmos Club, and the Harvard Club of
Washington; admitted to: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
U.S. Supreme Court; nominated January 25, 1990, by President George Bush
to be circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
confirmed by Senate on April 5, 1990, and assumed duties of the office
on April 11, 1990.
RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER, III, circuit judge, born August 27, 1937, in
Topeka, KS; son of R. Charles Clevenger and Mary Margaret Ramsey
Clevenger; educated in the public schools in Topeka, Kansas, and at
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; B.A., Yale University, 1959; LL.B., Yale
University, 1966; law clerk to Justice White, October term, 1966;
practice of law at Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Washington, DC, 1967-
90. Nominated by President George Bush on January 24, 1990, confirmed on
April 27, 1990 and assumed duties on May 3, 1990.
RANDALL R. RADER, circuit judge; born April 21, 1949 in Hastings,
NE, son of Raymond A. Rader and Gloria R. Smith; higher education: B.A.,
Brigham Young University, 1971-74, (magna cum laude), Phi Beta Kappa;
J.D., George Washington University Law Center, 1974-78; married the
former Sheryl Fluckiger, children: Larke, Samuel, Lisa, and Andrew.
1975-78: legislative assistant to Representative Virginia Smith; 1978-
81: legislative director, counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means to
Representative Philip M. Crane; 1981-86: General Counsel, Chief Counsel,
Subcommittee on the Constitution; 1987-88, Minority Chief Counsel, Staff
Director, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Senate
Committee on Judiciary; 1988-90: Judge, U.S. Claims Court; 1990-present,
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, nominated
by President George Bush on June 12, 1990; confirmed by Senate August 3,
1990, sworn in August 14, 1990, recipient: Outstanding Young Federal
Lawyer Award by Federal Bar Association, 1983, bar member: District of
Columbia, 1978, Supreme Court of the United States, 1984, U.S. Claims
Court, 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1990.
ALVIN A. SCHALL, circuit judge; born April 4, 1944, in New York
City, NY; son of the late Gordon W. Schall and the late Helen D. Rogers;
preparatory education: St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, 1956-62,
graduated cum laude; higher education: B.A., Princeton University, 1962-
66; J.D., Tulane Law School, 1966-69; married to the former Sharon
Frances LeBlanc, children: Amanda and Anthony. 1969-73: associate with
the law firm of Shearman and Sterling in New York City; 1973-78:
Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of New York, chief of the Appeals Division,
1977-78; 1978-87: Trial Attorney, Senior Trial Counsel, Civil Division,
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; 1987-88: member of
the Washington, DC law firm of Perlman and Partners; 1988-92: Assistant
to the Attorney General of the United States; 1992-Present: Circuit
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appointed
by President George Bush on August 17, 1992, sworn in on August 19,
1992. Author: ``Federal Contract Disputes and Forums,'' Chapter 9 in
Construction Litigation: Strategies and Techniques, published by John
Wiley and Sons (Wiley Law Publications), 1989. Bar memberships: State of
New York (1970), District of Columbia (1980), Supreme Court of
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the United States (1989), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
(1974), U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of
New York (1973), U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (1991), United States District Court for the District of
Columbia (1991), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1982),
and U.S. Court of Federal Claims, formerly the U.S. Claims Court (1978).
WILLIAM CURTIS BRYSON, circuit judge; born August 19, 1945, in
Houston, TX; son of William C. Bryson and Jeanne Sherrod; A.B., Harvard
University, 1969; J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1973; married
to Julia Penny Clark; children: Alice and Ellen; law clerk to Hon. Henry
J. Friendly, circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
(1973-74), and Hon. Thurgood Marshall, associate justice, U.S. Supreme
Court (1974-75); associate, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin,
Washington, DC (1975-78); Department of Justice, Criminal Division
(1979-86), Office of Solicitor General (1978-79, 1986-94), and Office of
the Associate Attorney General (1994); nominated in June 1994 by
President Clinton to be circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, and assumed duties of the office on October 7, 1994.
WILSON COWEN, senior judge; born near Clifton, TX, December 20,
1905; son of John R. and Florence (McFadden) Cowen; LL.B., University of
Texas, 1928; married to Florence Elizabeth Walker, April 18, 1930;
children: Wilson Walker and John Elwin; admitted to Texas bar in 1928;
private practice in Dalhart, TX, 1928-34; county judge, Dallam County,
TX, 1935-38; State director for Texas, 1938-40, and regional director,
1940-42, Farm Security Administration, region XII; commissioner, U.S.
Court of Claims, 1942-43; assistant administrator, War Food
Administration, 1943-44; returned to the Court of Claims as commissioner
in 1945, and was designated chief commissioner in 1959; nominated by
President Lyndon B. Johnson as chief judge, U.S. Court of Claims, June
16, 1964, and assumed duties of the office July 14, 1964; retired from
active service as chief judge, March 1, 1977, and assumed status as
senior judge; as of October 1, 1982, continued in office as senior judge
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, pursuant to
section 165, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, Public Law 97-164,
96 Stat. 50.
BYRON G. SKELTON, senior judge; born in Florence, Williamson County,
TX, September 1, 1905; son of Clarence Edgar and Avis (Bowmer) Skelton;
graduated from Clarendon Texas High School in 1923; student at Baylor
University, Waco, TX, 1923-24; B.A. (1927), M.A. (1928), and LL.B.
(1931), University of Texas, Austin, TX; married to Ruth Alice Thomas,
November 28, 1931; children: Sue Helen (Mrs. Jerry Ramsey) and Sandra
(Mrs. Robert T. Farrell); admitted to State bar of Texas in 1931;
private practice of law in Temple, TX, 1931-42, 1945-66; county attorney
of Bell County, TX, 1934-38; special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to
Argentina, 1942-45; city attorney of Temple, TX, 1945-60; admitted to
practice before U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) (1937), U.S.
Supreme Court (1946), Federal Communications Commission (1950), Tax
Court of the United States (1952), U.S. Treasury Department (1952),
Interstate Commerce Commission (1953); member: Bell-Lampasas-Mills
Counties Texas Bar Association (past president), American Bar
Association, American Law Institute, American Judicature Society; served
on the Grievance Committee, Committee on Administration of Justice and
Legislative Committee of the State bar of Texas; Phi Beta Kappa, Pi
Sigma Alpha, Delta Theta Phi, and Sigma Delta Pi; appointed judge of the
U.S. Court of Claims, August 17, 1966, confirmed by the U.S. Senate,
October 20, 1966, and assumed duties of that office on November 9, 1966;
retired from active service May 1, 1977, and assumed senior judge
status; continued in office as senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, pursuant to section 165, Federal Courts
Improvement Act of 1982, Public Law 97-164, 96 Stat. 50; office: W.R.
Poage Federal Building, Temple, TX 76504.
MARION T. BENNETT, senior judge; born in Buffalo, MO, June 6, 1914;
son of former Congressman Phillip Allen Bennett and Mary Bertha
(Tinsley) Bennett; received A.B. degree from Southwest Missouri State
University, 1935; J.D. degree, Washington University School of Law; St.
Louis, MO (1938); received distinguished awards from both universities;
married June Young of Hurley, MO, April 27, 1941; children: Ann and
William Philip; admitted to Missouri Bar (1938); private practice of
law, Springfield, MO, 1938-43; admitted to bar of the District of
Columbia (1956); elected to U.S. House of Representatives (R), 6th
District of Missouri, and served in the 78th, 79th, and 80th Congresses,
1943-49; appointed and served as a Commissioner, U.S. Court of Claims,
1949-64, when appointed Chief Commissioner of the Trail Division,
serving until July 7, 1972; Colonel (ret.), USAFR, decorated, Legion of
Merit; member: Reserve Officers Association, American Bar Association,
District of Columbia Bar Association, National Council of the Federal
Bar Association (1958-76), United States Association of Former Members
of Congress; past president, Bethesda-Chevy Chase chapter of the
National Exchange Club; former trustee and chairman (two terms)
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of the board, Chevy Chase United Methodist Church; nominated by
President Richard Nixon as judge of the U.S. Court of Claims on May 22,
1972, confirmed by the Senate on June 28, 1972, and assumed the duties
of that office from July 7, 1992 to October 1, 1982; circuit judge, U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as of October 1, 1982; senior
circuit judge as of March 1, 1986.
DANIEL M. FRIEDMAN, senior circuit judge; born New York, NY,
February 8, 1916; son of Henry M. and Julia (Freedman) Friedman;
attended the Ethical Culture Schools in New York City; A.B., Columbia
College, 1937; LL.B., Columbia Law School, 1940; married to Leah L.
Lipson (deceased), January 16, 1955; married to Elizabeth M. Ellis,
October 18, 1975; admitted to New York bar, 1941; private practice, New
York, NY, 1940-42; legal staff, Securities and Exchange Commission,
1942, 1946-51; served in the U.S. Army, 1942-46; Appellate Section,
Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1951-59; assistant to
the Solicitor General, 1959-62; second assistant to the Solicitor
General, 1962-68; First Deputy Solicitor General, 1968-78; Acting
Solicitor General, January-March 1977; nominated by President Carter as
chief judge of the U.S. Court of Claims, March 22, 1978; confirmed by
the Senate, May 17, 1978, and assumed duties of the office on May 24,
1978; as of October 1, 1982, continued in office as judge of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, pursuant to section 165,
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, Public Law 97-164, 96 Stat. 50.
EDWARD SAMUEL SMITH, senior judge; born in Birmingham, AL, March 27,
1919; son of Joseph Daniel Zadock and Sarah Jane (Tatum) Smith; educated
in the public schools of Jefferson County, AL; Alabama Polytechnic
Institute (now Auburn University), 1936-38 (mechanical engineering);
B.A., University of Virginia, 1941, and LL.B., (now J.D.), University of
Virginia Law School, 1947; admitted to the practice of law in Virginia,
1947, the District of Columbia, 1948, and Maryland, 1953; associate and
partner, Blair, Korner Doyle and Appel, Washington, 1947-54; partner,
Blair, Korner, Doyle and Worth, 1954-61; chief of the Trial Section
(1961) and Assistant for Civil Trials (1962-63) Deputy Assistant
Attorney General in the Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice;
partner and head of the tax department, Piper and Marbury, Baltimore,
1963-78 (managing partner 1971-74); enlisted USNR, June 1941, active
duty September 1941; separated as lieutenant, USNR, February 1946 and
retired as commander, USNR, July 1, 1968; member, American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation (chairman, Committee on Cooperation
With State and Local Bar Associations, 1972-74), Section of Litigation
(chairman, Committee on Tax Litigation, 1977-78), Section of
Corporation, Banking and Business Law, Section of Economics of Law
Practice), Maryland State Bar Association (chairman, Section of
Taxation, 1971-72), the Bar Association of the City of Baltimore,
Baltimore Association of Tax Counsel, National Tax Association--Tax
Institute of America, Federal Bar Association, the Bar Association of
the District of Columbia, Virginia State bar, District of Columbia bar,
permanent member Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit, and
chairman, 1979 Court of Claims Judicial Conference; adjunct professor of
law, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 1992-present;
director, Roland Park Civic League, Inc., 1977-78; president, Saint
Andrew's Society of Washington, DC, 1956-58; married to Innes Adams
Comer, 1942 (deceased 1991); children: Edward S., Jr., and Innes Comer
(Mrs. Ronald F. Richards); recommended for appointment to the U.S. Court
of Claims by the U.S. Committee on Selection of Federal Judicial
Officers and nominated by President Carter to be an associate judge,
U.S. Court of Claims on June 30, 1978, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on
July 26, 1978, commissioned July 28, 1978, and took the oath of office
and assumed duties of the office on August 3, 1978; as of October 1,
1982, continued in office as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, pursuant to section 165, Federal Courts Improvement Act
of 1982, Public Law 97-164, 96 Stat. 50, assumed senior status June 1,
1989.
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
Clerk.--Jan Horbaly, 633-6550.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--[Vacant].
Administrative Services Officer.--Ruth A. Butler, 633-6588.
Senior Technical Assistant.--Melvin L. Halpern, 633-6564.
Librarian.--Patricia McDermott, 633-5871.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue 20001
phone (202) 273-0435, FAX 273-0326
JOHN GARRETT PENN, chief judge; born in Pittsfield, MA, March 19,
1932; son of John and Eugenie Heyliger Penn; married to Ann Elizabeth
Rollison of Lenox, MA, May 7, 1966; children: John, Karen, and David;
MA; A.B., University of Massachusetts (Amherst), 1954; LL.B., Boston
University School of Law, 1957; admitted to the bars of Massachusetts,
1957 and District of Columbia, 1970; U.S. Army, first lieutenant, Judge
Advocate General Corps, 1958-61; attorney, U.S. Department of Justice,
Tax Division, 1961-70; trial attorney, 1961-65, reviewer, 1965-68,
assistant chief, 1968-70; National Institute of Public Affairs Fellow,
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University, 1967-68; Awarded the Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of
Merit by the Washington Bar Association, May 1996; Member of the
Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit; Member of the
Judicial Conference of the United States; appointed judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia by President Richard Nixon, October
1970; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
by President Jimmy Carter, March 23, 1979, and took oath of office, May
15, 1979; Chief Judge March 1, 1992.
NORMA HOLLOWAY JOHNSON, judge; born in Lake Charles, LA; daughter of
H. Lee and Beatrice Williams Holloway; married to Julius A. Johnson of
St. Louis, MO, June 18, 1964; B.S., University of the District of
Columbia, 1955; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1962; admitted
to the bar of the District of Columbia, 1962; attorney, civil division,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1963-67; Office of Corporation Counsel,
District of Columbia, 1967-70; judge, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, 1970-80; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia by President Jimmy Carter, May 12, 1980, and took oath of
office, July 8, 1980.
THOMAS PENFIELD JACKSON, judge; born Washington, DC, January 10,
1937; A.B., Dartmouth College, 1958; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1964;
line officer aboard U.S. Navy destroyer, 1958-61; admitted to bars of
District of Columbia (1965), Maryland (1966), and U.S. Supreme Court
(1970); private practice of law in the District of Columbia and
Maryland, with firm of Jackson and Campbell, P.C., 1965-82; president,
bar association of the District of Columbia, 1981-82; fellow, American
College of Trial Lawyers; appointed judge of U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Ronald Reagan, June 25, 1982.
THOMAS F. HOGAN, judge; born in Washington, DC, May 31, 1938; son of
Adm. Bartholomew W. (MC) (USN) Surgeon Gen., USN, 1956-62, and Grace
(Gloninger) Hogan; married to Martha L. Wyrick (M.D.), July 16, 1966;
one son, Thomas Garth; Georgetown Preparatory School, 1956; A.B.,
Georgetown University (classical), 1960; master's program, American and
English literature, George Washington University, 1960-62; J.D.,
Georgetown University, 1966; St. Thomas More Fellow, Georgetown
University Law Center, 1965-66; American Jurisprudence Award:
Corporation Law; member: bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland;
law clerk to Hon. William B. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia, 1966-67; counsel, Federal Commission on Reform of Federal
Criminal Laws, 1967-68; private practice of law in the District of
Columbia and Maryland, 1968-82; adjunct professor of law, Potomac School
of Law, 1977-79; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law
Center, 1986-88; public member, officer evaluation board, U.S. Foreign
Service, 1973; member: American Bar Association, State Chairman,
Maryland Drug Abuse Education Program, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-73,
District of Columbia Bar Association, Bar Association of the District of
Columbia, Maryland State Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar
Association, served on many committees, National Institute for Trial
Advocacy, Defense Research Institute; chairman, board of directors,
Christ Child Institute for Emotionally Ill Children, 1971-74; member,
The Barristers, The Lawyers Club, USDC Executive Committee; Conference
Committee on Administration of Federal Magistrates System 1988-91;
Chairman Inter-Circuit Assignment Committee, 1990-; appointed judge of
the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Ronald
Reagan on October 4, 1982.
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STANLEY SPORKIN, judge; born in Philadelphia, PA, February 7, l932;
son of Hon. Maurice W. Sporkin (decreased), judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Philadelphia, PA, and Ethel Sporkin (deceased), married to Judith
Sally Imber, September 30, 1955; children: Elizabeth Michael, Daniel
Paul, and Thomas Abraham; A.B., Pennsylvania State University, 1953;
LL.B., Yale University, 1957; member, Pennsylvania and Delaware bars,
1958, and the District of Columbia bar, 1963; admitted to practice
before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1958, Delaware Supreme Court,
1958, U.S. district court for the District of Columbia, 1963, U.S.
Supreme Court, 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1975,
and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1978; law clerk to
Hon. Caleb M. Wright, chief judge of the district court for the District
of Delaware, 1957-60; law clerk to Hon. Paul Leahy, senior judge for the
U.S. district court for the District of Delaware, 1960; practiced law as
an associate in the firm of Haley Wollenberg and Bader, 1960-61;
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-81 (staff attorney, Special
Studies of the Securities Markets, 1961-63; Division of Trading and
Markets, 1963; chief, Branch of Enforcement, 1963-66; chief enforcement
attorney, office of enforcement, 1966-67; assistant director,
enforcement, 1966-68; associate director, enforcement, 1968-72; deputy
director of enforcement, 1972-74; director of enforcement, 1974-81);
general counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1981-86; appointed judge
of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President
Ronald Reagan on December 17, 1985.
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, judge; born in San Antonio, TX, July 16, 1943;
son of Nell Elizabeth Synder and Larimore S. Lamberth, Sr.; married
Janis Kay Jost, June 17, 1979; South San Antonio High School, 1961;
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1966; LL.B., University of Texas
School of Law, 1967; permanent president, class of 1967, University of
Texas School of Law; 1967-74, U.S. Army (Captain, Judge Advocate
General's Corps, 1968-74; Vietnam Service Medal, Air Medal, Bronze Star
with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster);
1974-87, assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia (chief, civil
division, 1978-87); President's Reorganization Project, Federal Legal
Representation Study, 1978-79; honorary faculty, Army Judge Advocate
General's School, 1976; Attorney General's Special Commendation Award;
Attorney General's John Marshall Award, 1982; vice chairman, Armed
Services and Veterans Affairs Committee, Section on Administrative Law,
American Bar Association, 1979-82, chairman, 1983-84; chairman,
Professional Ethics Committee, 1989-91; co-chairman, Committee of
Article III Judges, Judiciary Section 1989-present; chairman, Federal
Litigation Section, 1986-87; chairman, Federal Rules Committee, 1985-86;
deputy chairman, Council of the Federal Lawyer, 1980-83; chairman,
Career Service Committee, Federal Bar Association, 1978-80; appointed
judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President
Ronald Reagan, November 16, 1987.
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GLADYS KESSLER, judge, born in New York, NY, January 22, 1938;
Education: B.A., Cornell University, 1959; LL.B. Harvard Law School,
1962; member: American Judicature Society (board of directors, 1985-89);
National Center for State Courts (board of directors, 1984-87); National
Association of Women Judges (president, 1979-81); Women Judges' Fund for
Justice, (president, 1980-82); Fellows of the American Bar Foundation;
President's Council of Cornell Women; American Law Institute; American
Bar Association--committees: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bioethics
and AIDS; private law practice--partner, Roisman, Kessler and Cashdan,
1969-77; associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia,
1977-94; court administrative activites: District of Columbia Courts
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 1989-94; Domestic Violence
Coordinating Council (chairperson, 1993-94); Multi-Door Dispute
Resolution Program (supervising judge, 1985-90); family division, D.C.
Superior Court (presiding judge, 1981-85); appointed judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton,
June 16, 1994, and took oath of office, July 18, 1994.
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, judge, born in Buffalo, NY, February 20, 1944; son
of Cecil A. and Charlotte Wagner Friedman; married to Elizabeth Ann
Zicherman, May 25, 1975; education: B.A. (political science), Cornell
University, 1965; J.D., cum laude, School of Law, State University of
New York at Buffalo, 1968; admitted to the bars of the District of
Columbia, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for
the D.C., Federal, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh
Circuits; Law Clerk to Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., U.S. district
court for the District of Columbia, 1968-69; Law Clerk to Judge Roger
Robb, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-
70; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1970-74;
assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, 1974-76;
associate independent counsel, Iran-Contra investigation, 1987-88,
private law practice, White and Case (partner, 1979-94; associate, 1976-
79); member: American Bar Association, District of Columbia bar
(president, 1986-
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87), American Law Institute, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Bar
Association of the District of Columbia, Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, Washington Bar Association, Hispanic Bar
Association, Assistant United States Attorneys Association of the
District of Columbia (president, 1976-77), Civil Justice Reform Act
Advisory Group (chair, 1991-94), District of Columbia Judicial
Nomination Commission (member, 1990-94; chair, 1992-94), Advisory
Committee on Procedures, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
(1982-88), Grievance Committee; U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia (member, 1981-87; chair, 1983-85); fellow, American College of
Trial Lawyers; fellow, American Bar Foundation; board of directors:
Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation (president, 1991-94),
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (1988-92), Washington Legal Clinic
for the Homeless (member, 1987-92; vice-president 1988-91), Stuart
Stiller Memorial Foundation (1980-94), American Judicatur Society (1990-
94), District of Columbia Public Defender Service (1989-92); member:
Cosmos Club, Lawyers Club of Washington; appointed judge, U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia by President William Clinton, June
16, 1994, and took oath of office August 1, 1994.
RICARDO M. URBINA, judge; 51, sits on the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia; born of an Honduran father and
Puerto Rican mother in Manhattan, New York; attended Georgetown
University and Georgetown Law Center before working as a staff attorney
with the D.C. Public Defender Service; after a period of private
practice with an emphasis on commerical litigation, joined the faculty
of Howard University School of Law, directed the university's criminal
justice clinic and taught criminal law, criminal procedure and torts;
voted Professor of the Year by the Howard Law School student body, 1978;
nominated to the D.C. Superior Court by President Carter, 1980;
appointed to the bench as President Reagan's first presidential judicial
appointment and the first Hispanic judge in the history of the District
of Columbia, 1981; during his thirteen years on the Superior Court,
Judge Urbina served as Chief Presiding Judge of the Family Division for
three years and chaired the committee that drafted the Child Support
Guidelines later adopted as the District of Columbia's child support
law; managed a criminal calendar 1989-90 that consisted exclusively of
first degree murder, rape and child molestation cases; designated by the
Chief Judge to handle a special calendar consisting of complex civil
litigation; twice recognized by the United States Department of Health
and Human Services for his work with children and families; selected one
of the Washingtonians of the Year by Washington Magazine, 1986; received
Hugh Johnson Memorial Award for his many contributions to ``...the
creation of harmony among diverse elements of the community and the bar
by D.C. Hispanic Bar Association;'' received the Hispanic National Bar
Association's 1993 award for demonstrated commitment to the
``Preservation of Civil and Constitutional Rights of All Americans'',
and the 1995 NBC-Hispanic Magazine National VIDA Award in recognition of
lifetime community service; adjunct professor at the George Washington
University Law School since 1993; served as a visting instructor of
trial advocacy at the Harvard Law School, 1996-97; appointment by
President Clinton to the U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia in 1994 made him the first Latino ever appointed to the federal
bench in Washington, D.C. Bar Association, 1994; appointed by Chief
Justice Rehnquist to serve on the Federal Judicial Conference Committee
on Security, Space and Facilities, 1997.
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, judge; born in Washington, DC, to Emmet A.
Sullivan and the late Eileen G. Sullivan; graduated McKinley High
School, 1964; B.A., Howard University, 1968; J.D., Howard University Law
School, 1971; married to Nan Sullivan; two sons, Emmett and Erik; law
clerk to Judge James A. Washington, Jr.; joined the law firm of Houston
and Gardner, 1973-80, became a partner; thereafter was a partner with
Houston, Sullivan and Gardner; board of directors of the D.C. Law
Students in Court Program; D.C. Judicial Conference Voluntary
Arbitration Committee; Nominating Committee of the Bar Association of
the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court Committee on Grievances;
adjunct professor at Howard University School of Law; member: National
Bar Association, Washington Bar Association, Lawyer's Club, Bar
Association of the District of Columbia, The Fellows of the American Bar
Foundation, and the American Bar Association; appointed by President
Reagan to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as an associate
judge, 1984; deputy presiding judge and presiding judge of the probate
and tax division; chairperson of the rules committees for the probate
and tax divisions; member: Court Rules Committee and the Jury Plan
Committee; appointed by President George Bush to serve as an associate
judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1991; chairperson
for the nineteenth annual judicial conference of the District of
Columbia, 1994; appointed by chief judge Wagner, to chair the ``Task
Force on Families and Violence for the District of Columbia Courts'';
nominated to the U.S. District Court by President William Clinton on
March 22, 1994; and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1994.
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JAMES ROBERTSON, judge; born in Cleveland, OH; May 18, 1938; son of
Frederick Irving and Doris (Byars) Robertson; married to Berit Selma
Persson of Ange, Sweden, September 19, 1959; children: Stephen,
Catherine, and Peter; educated at Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH;
A.B., Princeton University, 1959 (Woodrow Wilson School); served as an
officer in the U.S. Navy, on destroyers and in the Office of Naval
Intelligence, 1959-64; LL.B., George Washington University, 1965
(editor-in-chief, George Washington Law Review); admitted to the bar of
the District of Columbia, 1966; associate, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering,
1965-69; chief counsel, litigation office, Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law, Jackson, MS, 1969-70; executive director, Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, 1971-72; partner,
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, 1973-94; co-chair, Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law, 1985-87, president, Southern Africa Legal
Services and Legal Education Project, Inc., 1989-94; president, District
of Columbia bar, 1991-92; fellow, American College of trial Lawyers;
fellow, American Bar Foundation; appointed U.S. District Judge for the
District of Columbia by President Clinton on October 11, 1994 and took
oath of office on December 31, 1994.
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLEY, judge; born in New York City; daughter of
Konstantine and Irene Kollar; married to John Kotelly; attended
billingual schools in Mexico, Ecuador and Venezualla, and Georgetwon
Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C.; received B.A. degree
in English at Catholic University (Delta Epsilon Honor Society);
received J.D. at Catholic University's Columbus School of Law (Moot
Court Board of Governors); law clerk to Hon. Catherine B. Kelly,
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1968-69; attorney, United States
Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section (1969-72);
chief legal counsel, Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Department of Health
and Human Services, 1972-84; received Saint Elizabeth's Hospital
Certificate of Appreciation, 1981; Meritorious Achievement Award from
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA),
Department of Health and Human Services, 1981, appointed judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia by President Ronald Reagan, October 3,
1984, took oath of office October 21, 1984; served as Deputy Presiding
Judge, Criminial Division, January 1996-April 1997; received Achievement
Recognition Award, Hispanic Heritage CORO Awards Celebration, 1996;
appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President William Jefferson Clinton on March 26, 1997, took oath of
office May 12, 1997.
OLIVER GASCH, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, May 4, 1906; son
of Herman E. and Marie (Manning) Gasch; married Sylvia Meyer of
Washington, DC; one son, Michael Barrett Gasch; A.B., Princeton
University, 1928; LL.B., George Washington University Law School, 1932;
admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia, 1931; private practice,
1931-37; assistant corporation counsel, District of Columbia 1937-53;
principal assistant, U.S. attorney, 1953-56; U.S. attorney for the
District of Columbia, 1956-61; partner, Craighill, Aiello, Gasch and
Craighill, 1961-65; appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Johnson and entered upon the duties of
that office August 16, 1965; presiding judge, special panel, Regional
Rail Reorganization Court; member, general panel, Regional Rail
Reorganization Court; president, District of Columbia Bar Association,
1964-65; member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1964-65;
fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Law Institute;
fellow, American Bar Foundation; chairman, Committee of the General
Counsel, Federal Bar Association; the Barristers (past president); the
Lawyers Club; the National Lawyers Club; the Counsellors Club; member,
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Order of the Coif; general counsel,
Interstate Commission on Potomac River 1940-60; US Army, 1942-46,
(separated as lieutenant colonel).
WILLIAM BENSON BRYANT, senior judge; born Wetumpka, AL, September
18, 1911; son of Benson and Alberta Bryant; married to Astaire A.
Gonzalez, August 25, 1934; children: Astaire and William, Jr.; A.B.,
Howard University, 1932; LL.B., Howard University Law School, 1936;
served in U.S. Army, World War II, 1943-47; member of the bar of the
District of Columbia and of the Supreme Court of the United States;
assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1951-54; private
practice of law in District of Columbia as partner in firm of Houston,
Bryant and Gardner, 1954-65; member: Committee on Admissions and
Grievances of U.S. District Court for District of Columbia, 1959-65;
District of Columbia Board of Appeals and Review, District of Columbia
Special Police Trial Board, American Bar Association, National Lawyers'
Club (honorary); appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia Circuit by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 11,
1965, and entered upon the duties of that office on August 16, 1965;
served as chief judge, 1977-81; took senior judge status on January 31,
1982.
AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., senior judge; born in Madison, NJ, March
30, 1922; son of Aubrey E. and Mabel J. Robinson; married to Sara E.
Payne (deceased), December 31,
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1946; children: Paula Elaine Collins and Sheryl Louise; married to Doris
A. Washington, March 17, 1973; B.A., Cornell University, 1943; LL.B.,
Cornell Law School, 1947; served in the U.S. Army, 1943-46; member of
the bars of the State of New York and the District of Columbia; private
practice of law in the District of Columbia, 1948-65; board of trustees,
United Planning Organization, 1963-66; board of directors: Family
Service Association of America, 1958-67; Family and Child Services of
Washington, DC, 1954-63; Washington Action for Youth, 1962-64; District
of Columbia Public Welfare Advisory Council, 1963-65; Eugene and Agnes
E. Meyer Foundation, 1969-85; Consortium of Universities of the
Washington Metropolitan Area, 1969-74; American Bar Association Advisory
Committee on Judges' Function, 1970-72; American Bar Association
Committee on Courts and the Community, 1972-78; Judicial Conference
Committee on Court Facilities and Design, 1971-78; chairman, National
Conference of Federal Trial Judges, 1973-74; Cornell University Council,
1976-78; Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of Criminal
Law, 1976-82; adjunct professor, Washington College of Law, American
University, 1975-84; board of directors, Federal Judicial Center, 1978-
82; Cornell University Board of Trustees, 1982-91; member, Judicial
Conference of the United States, 1982-92; Executive Committee, Judicial
Conference of the United States, 1985-90; associate judge of the
Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, 1965-66; appointed judge of
the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Lyndon
B. Johnson on November 3, 1966; chief judge of the U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia, September 20, 1982; March 1, 1992, senior
status since March 1, 1992.
JUNE LAZENBY GREEN, senior judge; born in Arnold, MD, January 23,
1914; daughter of Eugene H. Lazenby and Jessie (Briggs) Lazenby; married
to John Cawley Green, September 5, 1936; J.D., American University
(Washington College of Law), 1941; private practice of law in Maryland
and District of Columbia for approximately 25 years; bar examiner for
the District of Columbia; member: Committee on Admissions and Grievances
of U.S. district court for the District of Columbia, 1963-68; president,
Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1955-57; director,
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1966-68; founder, National
Lawyers Club, Washington, DC; member: Kappa Beta Pi legal sorority,
American Bar Association; Bar Association of the District of Columbia,
and Maryland State Bar Association; appointed judge of U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia by President Johnson, April 11, 1968,
and took oath of office June 18, 1968; also appointed judge of the
Regional Rail Reorganization Court, April 1987.
THOMAS A. FLANNERY, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, May 10
1918; married to Rita Sullivan; children: Irene and Thomas, Jr.;
educated in the parochial schools in Washington; LL.B., Columbus
University Law School (now Catholic University), 1940; admitted to the
District of Columbia bar, 1940; U.S. Air Force, combat intelligence
officer, 1942-45; assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,
1950-62; partner in law firm of Hamilton and Hamilton, 1962-69;
nominated U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia by President Nixon,
1969; served as U.S. attorney, 1969-71; member of the Judicial
Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit for many years; served on
a number of committees, including Committee on the Administration of
Justice of the Judicial Council; active in the District of Columbia Bar
Association; member, board of directors of the District of Columbia Bar
Association; member of the board of trustees of the Legal Aid Agency of
the District of Columbia; special hearing officer for the Department of
Justice, 1964-68, in conscientious objector cases; lectured at the
Northwestern University School of Law for many years; fellow in the
American College of Trial Lawyers; nominated judge, U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia, November 18, 1971, by President Richard M.
Nixon, confirmed by the Senate on December 1, 1971.
LOUIS FALK OBERDORFER, senior judge; born in Birmingham, AL,
February 21, 1919; son of A. Leo and Stella Falk Oberdorfer; married to
Elizabeth Weil of Montgomery, AL, July 31, 1941; children: John,
Kathryn, Thomas, and William; A.B., Dartmouth College, 1939; LL.B., Yale
Law School, 1946 (editor in chief, Yale Law Journal, 1941); admitted to
the bar of Alabama, 1947, District of Columbia, 1949; U.S. Army, rising
from private to captain, 1941-45; law clerk to Justice Hugo L. Black,
1946-47; attorney, Paul Weiss, Wharton, Garrison, 1947-51; partner,
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, and predecessor firms, 1951-61 and 1965-
77; Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1961-65; president, District of Columbia Bar, 1977; transition
chief executive officer, Legal Services Corp., 1975; cochairman,
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1967-69; member, Advisory
Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 1963-84; visiting
lecturer, Yale Law School, 1966, 1971; adjunct professor, Georgetown Law
Center, 1993-present; appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Jimmy Carter on October 11, 1977, and
took oath of office on November 1, 1977; senior status July 31, 1992.
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HAROLD H. GREENE, senior judge; born in Frankfurt, Germany, February
6, 1923; son of Irving and Edith Greene; married to Evelyn Schroer,
September 19, 1948; children: Michael David and Stephanie Alison;
education: George Washington University, 1949; J.D., George Washington
University Law School, 1952; in U.S. Army, 1944-46; admitted to the bars
of the District of Columbia, State of Maryland, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits, and the U.S.
Court of Military Appeals; member: American Bar Association, Bar
Association of the District of Columbia, World Trial Judges Association,
American Judicature Society, National Lawyers' Club, Order of the Coif,
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity; assistant U.S. attorney for the District
of Columbia, 1953-57; Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1957; civil rights division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958-
65; associate judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions,
1965-66; chief judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions,
1966-71; chief judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1971-
78; appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia by President Carter, May 17, 1978, and took oath of office June
22, 1978.
JOYCE HENS GREEN, senior judge; born in New York, NY, November 13,
1928; daughter of James S. and Hedy Bucher Hens; married to Samuel Green
(deceased), September 25, 1965; children: Michael Timothy, June Heather,
and James Harry; education: B.A., University of Maryland, 1949; J.D.,
George Washington University Law School, 1951; admitted to bars of the
District of Columbia, 1951 and Virginia, 1955; member: American Bar
Association, District of Columbia bar, Bar Association of the District
of Columbia, Virginia State bar, Arlington County, VA, Bar Association,
Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (president, 1960-
62), Federal Judges Association, ABA Judicial Administration Division,
Executive Committee, Federal Trial Judges; American Judicature Society,
fellow: American Bar Foundation, Kappa Beta Pi, Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity, National Lawyers Club; Lawyers' Club of Washington; board of
advisors, George Washington University National Law Center; private law
practice, 1951-68; partner, Green and Green, 1966-68; associate judge,
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 1968-71; associate
judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1971-79; judge, U.S.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1988-95, presiding since 1990-
95; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Carter, May 11, 1979, and took oath of office, June 27, 1979.
STANLEY S. HARRIS, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, October 19,
1927; son of Stanley Raymond and Elizabeth Sutherland Harris; married to
Rebecca L. Ashley, August 1, 1964; sons: Scott S., Todd A., and Mark A.;
U.S. Army (sergeant), 1945-47; attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
1945; B.S., University of Virginia, 1951, LL.B., 1953 (articles editor,
Virginia Law Review); associate and partner, Hogan and Hartson,
Washington, DC, 1953-70; judge, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia (appointed by President Nixon), 1971-72; attended National
College of State Judiciary, Reno, NV, in 1971; judge, District of
Columbia Court of Appeals (appointed by President Nixon), 1972-82;
attended senior appellate judges' seminar, N.Y.U., 1973; U.S. attorney
for the District of Columbia (appointed by President Reagan), 1982-83;
appointed by President Reagan on November 14, 1983, to become U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, took oath of office
December 2, 1983; member: Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial
Conference of the United States, 1988-94; chairman, Committee on
Intercircuit Assignments of the Judicial Conference of the U.S., 1994-
present; District of Columbia bar, the Bar Association of the District
of Columbia (chairman, Annual Convention Committee, 1969-70; board of
directors, 1968-71); the American Bar Association; Federal
Communications Bar Association (assistant secretary, 1964-65, secretary,
1965-66, executive committee, 1966-69); board of trustees, Landon School
Corporation, 1965-68, 1983-85; member: Chevy Chase Club, The Barristers,
Lawyers Club of Washington, Phi Kappa Sigma, The Raven Society, and Pi
Delta Epsilon.
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
Clerk.--Nancy Mayer-Whittington.
United States Magistrate Judges.--Patrick J. Attridge; Deborah A.
Robinson; Alan Kay.
Bankruptcy Judge.--S. Martin Teel, Jr.
Chief Probation Officer.--Richard A. Houck, Jr.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
One Federal Plaza, New York NY 10007, phone 212-264-2900
GREGORY W. CARMAN, chief judge; born in Farmingdale, Long Island,
NY, January 31, 1937; son of retired District Court Judge Willis B. and
Marjorie Sosa Carman; B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1958;
national exchange student, 1956-57, studying at the University of Paris
through Sweet Briar College Junior Year in France Program; J.D., St.
John's University School of Law, (honors program), 1961; member, St.
John's Law Review; University of Virginia Law School, JAG (with honors),
1962; Master in Taxation Program, New York University School of Law;
captain, U.S. Army, 1958-64, stationed with the 2d Infantry Division,
Fort Benning, GA; received Army Commendation Medal for meritorious
service, 1964; admitted to the New York bar, 1961; practiced law with
the firm of Carman, Callahan and Sabino, Farmingdale, NY; admitted to
practice in U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1962; certified by Judge
Advocate General to practice at general court martial trials, 1962;
admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of
New York and Southern District of New York, 1965; Second Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1966; Supreme Court of the United States, 1967; U.S. Court
of Appeals, District of Columbia, 1982; Councilman for the town of
Oyster Bay, 1972-80; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 97th
Congress, appointed to Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee and
Select Committee on Aging, 1981-82; member, International Trade,
Investment and Monetary Policy Subcommittee of House Banking Committee,
1981-82; U.S. congressional delegate, International I.M.F. Conference,
1982; nominated by President Ronald Reagan, confirmed and appointed to
the U.S. Court of International Trade, March 3, 1983; became chief
judge, 1996; served as acting chief judge, 1991; bicentennial commission
of Nassau County; Rotary International, 1964-present; named a Paul
Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International; United
Way, town of Oyster Bay, chairman, 1973-76; member, Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks; past president, savings and loan league
committee, New York chapter of the American Bar Association; member:
American Bar Association; Fellow American Bar Foundation; member, New
York State Bar Association, chairman, NYSBA Committee on Courts and the
Community; receipient of 1996 Special Recognition Award from NYSBA's
Committee on Courts and the Community; president, Protestant Lawyers
Association of Long Island; member, Vestry, St. Thomas's Episcopal
Church, Farmingdale, NY, 1992-94; Fellow, American College of Mortgage
Attorneys; Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity; district committee, Nassau
County Council of Boy Scouts of America, 1964 to present; past vice
chairman, Paumanok Boy Scout District; district chairman, United
Cerebral Palsy; member: Holland Society; Sigma Chi, social fraternity;
married to Judith L. Carman; children: Gregory Wright, Jr., John
Frederick, James Matthew, and Mira Catherine.
JANE A. RESTANI, judge; husband, Ira Bloom; born February 27, 1948
in San Francisco, CA; parents, Emilia C. and Roy J. Restani; B.A.,
University of California at Berkeley, 1969; J.D., University of
California at Davis, 1973; law review staff writer, 1971-72; articles
editor, 1972-73; member, Order of the Coif; elected to Phi Kappa Phi
Honor Society; admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the State of
California, 1973; joined the civil division of the Department of Justice
under the Attorney General's Honor Program, 1973 as a trial attorney;
assistant chief commercial litigation section, civil division, 1976-80;
director, commercial litigation branch, civil division, 1980-83; assumed
the duties of a judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade on
November 25, 1983.
THOMAS J. AQUILINO, Jr., judge; born in Mount Kisco, NY, December 7,
1939; son of Thomas J. and Virginia B. (Doughty) Aquilino; attended
Cornell University, 1957-59; B.A., Drew University, 1959-60, 1961-62;
University of Munich, Germany, 1960-61; Free University of Berlin,
Germany, 1965-66; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 1966-69;
research assistant, Prof. L.F.E. Goldie (Resources for the Future--Ford
Foundation) (1967-69); administrator, Northern Region, 1969; Jessup
International Law Moot Court Competition; served in the U.S. Army, 1962-
65; law clerk, Hon. John M. Cannella, U.S. district court for the
Southern District of New York, 1969-71; attorney with Davis Polk and
Wardwell, New York, 1971-85; admitted to practice New York, U.S. Supreme
Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for Second and Third Circuits, U.S. Court
of International Trade, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. district courts for
Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York,
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Interstate Commerce Commission; adjunct professor of law, Benjamin N.
Cardozo School of Law, 1984-present; appointed by President Reagan on
February 22, 1985; confirmed by U.S. Senate, April 3, 1985; married to
Edith Berndt Aquilino; children: Christopher Thomas, Philip Andrew,
Alexander Berndt.
R. KENTON MUSGRAVE, judge, U.S. Court of International Trade; born
Clearwater, FL, September 7, 1927. Attended Augusta Academy (Virginia);
B.A., University of Washington, 1948; editorial staff, Journal of
International Law, Emory University; J.D., with distinction, Emory
University, 1953; assistant general counsel, Lockheed Aircraft and
Lockheed International, 1953-62; vice president and general counsel,
Mattel, Inc., 1963-71; director, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey
Combined Shows, Inc., 1968-72; commissioner, BSA (Atlanta), 1952-55;
partner, Musgrave, Welbourn and Fertman, 1972-75; assistant general
counsel, Pacific Enterprises, 1975-81; vice president, general counsel
and secretary, Vivitar Corporation, 1981-85; vice president and
director, Santa Barbara Applied Research Corp., 1982-87; trustee, Morris
Animal Foundation, 1981--; director Emeritus, Pet Protection Society,
1981--; director, Dolphins of Shark Bay (Australia) Foundation, 1985--;
trustee, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, 1987--; vice president and
director, South Bay Social Services Group, 1963-70; director, Palos
Verdes Community Arts Association, 1973-79; member, Governor of
Florida's Council of 100, 1970-73; director, Orlando Bank and Trust,
1970-73; counsel, League of Women Voters, 1964-66; member, State Bar of
Georgia, 1953--; State Bar of California, 1962--; Los Angeles County Bar
Association, 1962-- and chairman, Corporate Law Departments Section,
1965-66; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1962;
Supreme Court of Georgia, 1953; California Supreme Court, 1962; U.S.
Customs Court, 1967; U.S. Court of International Trade, 1980. Married
May 7, 1949 to former Ruth Shippen Hoppe, of Atlanta, GA. Three
children: Laura Marie Musgrave (deceased), Ruth Shippen Musgrave, Esq.,
and Forest Kenton Musgrave. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July
1, 1987; confirmed by the Senate on November 9, and took oath of office
on November 13, 1987.
RICHARD W. GOLDBERG, judge; born September 23, 1927 in Fargo, ND;
son of Frances and Jacob Goldberg; J.D. from the University of Miami,
1952; served on active duty as an Air Force Judge Advocate, 1953-56;
admitted to Washington, DC bar, Florida bar and North Dakota bar; from
1958 to 1983, owned and operated a regional grain processing firm in
North Dakota; served as State Senator from North Dakota for two years;
was chairman of the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee;
taught military law for the Army and Air Force ROTC at North Dakota
State University; was vice-chairman of the board of Minneapolis Grain
Exchange; joined the Reagan administration in 1983 in Washington at the
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Served as Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs and later as Acting Under
Secretary; in 1990 joined the Washington, DC law firm of Anderson, Hibey
and Blair; married Mary Borland, 1964; children: John and Julie.
DONALD C. POGUE, judge; before his appointment to the U.S. Court of
International Trade, Judge Pogue served as a Judge in Connecticut's
Superior Court; he was appointed to the Connecticut bench in 1994, and
presided in criminal court in New Haven; prior to becoming a judge, Mr.
Pogue served as chairman of Connecticut's Commission on Hospitals and
Health Care, the public agency responsible for regulating Connecticut's
health care industry; he was appointed to Commissioner by Governor
O'Neill in 1989, and named chairman by Governor Weicker; his
responsibilities included leading the agency's adjudication of hospital
rate increases and certificates of need for the State's thirty-five
acute care hospitals; his accomplishments included initiating the
agency's efforts for health care reform, developing legislation and
regulations for the agency's regulatory, data collection and budget
review processes and initiating and guiding the Commission's efforts to
establish a statewide uncompensated care pool; he also was responsible
for the Commission's initiative with the General Assembly's Health Care
Access Commission to expand outreach for prenatal care to high-risk
mothers and to create an insurance program for uninsured children; Mr.
Pogue practiced law in Hartford for fifteen years with the firm of
Kestell, Pogue, and Gould; Mr. Pogue's practice included service as
counsel for pensions and health care benefits for a coalition of eleven
unions representing all state employees; he was responsible for
developing statewide agreements on pension reform and health care cost
containment and his litigation included important cases of employee
rights; his law reform efforts included drafting and negotiating the
municipal binding arbitration statute; during this period, Mr. Pogue
also lectured on labor law, at the University of Connecticut School of
Law, and assisted in teaching the Harvard Law School's program on
negotiations and dispute resolution for lawyers; he also served as chair
of the Connecticut Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section,
and authored a number of other labor statutes; Mr. Pogue is a magna cum
laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth College, with highest honors
in government, and has done graduate work at the University of Essex,
England; he holds a J.D. degree from the
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Yale Law School and a master of philosophy from Yale University; he has
been listed in Martindale-Hubbell and in the Best Lawyers in America and
is a member of the American Leadership Forum; Mr. Pogue has lived in
Connecticut with his wife Susan Bucknell, since their marriage in 1971;
they now live with their two daughters in Guilford, Connecticut.
JAMES L. WALLACH, judge; born in Superior, AZ, November 11, 1949;
son of Albert A. and Sara F. Wallach; married to Katherine Colleen
Tobin, 1992; graduate of Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA, 1967;
attended Diablo Valley Junior College, Pleasant Hill, CA, 1967-68; news
editor Viking Reporter; member Alfa Gamma Sigma, National Junior College
Honor Society, member Junior Varsity Wrestling Team; enlisted United
States Army, January, 1969, PVT-SGT, served as Recognizance Sergeant 8th
Engineer Bn., 1st Calvary Division (Air Mobile), Republic of Vietnam,
1970-71, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Valorous Unit Citation, Good
Conduct Medal; attended University of Arizona, 1971-73, graduated B.A.,
Journalism (high honors), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alfa,
Rufenacht French language prize, Douglas Martin Journalism Scholarship;
attended University of California, Berkeley, 1973-76, graduated J.D.,
1976, research assistant to Prof. Melvin Eisenberg, member of University
of California Honor Society; Associate (1976-82) and Partner (1983-95)
Lionel Sawyer and Collins, Los Vegas, NV with emphasis on media
representation; attended Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, LL.B.
(international law) (honors), 1981, member Hughes Hall College Rowing
Club, Cambridge University Tennis Club; General Counsel and Public
Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D) of Nevada, 1987-88; served
CAPT-MAJ Nevada Army National Guard, 1989-95; served as Attorney/
Advisor, International Affairs Division; Office of the Judge Advocate
General of the Army, February-June, 1991-92; Meritorious Service Medal
(oak leaf cluster); Nevada Medal of Merit; General Counsel, Nevada
Democratic Party, 1978-80, 1982-86; General Counsel, Reid for Congress
campaign, 1982, 1984; Reid for Senate campaign, 1986, 1992; General
Counsel, Bryan for Senate campaign, 1988; Nevada State Director, Mondale
for President campaign, 1984; State Director, Nevada and Arizona Gore
for President campaign, 1988; General Counsel Nevada Assembly Democratic
Caucus, 1990-95; General Counsel, Society for Professional Journalists,
1988-95; General Counsel, Nevada Press Association, 1989-95; awarded
American Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, 1993; Nevada State Press
Association President's Award, 1994; Clark County School Librarians
Intellectual Freedom Award, 1995; member Nevada Bar, 1977; District of
Columbia, 1988; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1977; Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989; author, Legal Handbook for Nevada
Reporters (1994); Comparison of British and American Defense Based Prior
Restraint, ICLQ (1984); Treatment of Crude Oil As A War Munition, ICLQ
(1992); Three Ways Nevada Unconstitutionally Chills The Media; Nevada
Lawyer (1994); Co-Editor, Nevada Civil Practice Handbook (1993).
JAMES L. WATSON, senior judge; born in New York City, NY, May 21,
1922; son of Violet L. and James S. Watson (deceased); first negro
jurist elected in New York State; educated in New York City; B.A., New
York University, 1947; LL.B., Brooklyn Law School, 1951; wounded in
active duty in Italy with the 92d Infantry Division; honorably
discharged in 1945; received Battle Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry
Badge, Good Conduct Medal, European Theater Ribbon, and Army
Commendation Ribbon; admitted to the New York State Bar, 1951; admitted
to practice in U.S. district court for Southern District, 1951; Board of
Immigration Appeals and the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
1952; U.S. district court for Eastern District, 1956; served in New York
State Senate as State Senator for the 21st Senatorial District, 1954-63;
judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, 1963-66; nominated by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, to the
U.S. Customs Court, now U.S. Court of International Trade, March 1966,
took senior status February 28, 1991; married D'Jaris Hinton (deceased);
children: Karen, and Kris.
HERBERT N. MALETZ, senior judge; born in Boston, MA, October 30,
1913; son of Reuben and Frances Maletz; A.B., cum laude, Harvard
College, 1935; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1939; member, Harvard Legal
Aid Bureau, 1938-39; admitted to the practice of law in Massachusetts,
1939, the District of Columbia; 1952; married to Catherine B. Loebach of
Montana, 1947; one son, David; review attorney, Marketing Laws Survey,
WPA, 1939-41; attorney, Truman Committee of U.S. Senate, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army, 1942-46, ending as technical sergeant in the Army
ground forces; trial attorney, antitrust division, Department of
Justice, 1946-51; served in the Office of Price Stabilization as
assistant chief counsel and later as chief counsel, 1951-53; private
practice of law, District of Columbia, 1953-55; chief counsel, Celler
Antitrust Subcommittee, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of
Representatives, 1955-61; commissioner, U.S. Court of Claims, 1961-67;
lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (ret.); member of the bars of
Massachusetts, District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Court
of Claims; nominated November 6, 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson as
judge of the U.S. Customs Court (now the U.S. Court of International
Trade), confirmed by the Senate, November 16, 1967, and assumed duties
of office, December
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4, 1967; assumed senior status December 31, 1982; have sat as a visiting
judge in the following courts: Court of Customs and Patent Appeals,
First and Second Circuits Court of Appeals; United States District
Courts for the District of Massachusetts, District of New Hampshire,
District of Maine, District of Rhode Island, Eastern District of New
York, Eastern District of North Carolina, Central District of
California, Southern District of California, District of Maryland
continuously from 1987 to the present.
BERNARD NEWMAN, senior judge; born October 28, 1907; son of Isidor
J. and Sarah C. Newman; lifelong resident of New York; graduate of New
York University College and Law School (B.S., LL.B.); associate editor
of Law Review (2 years); president of New York University Law Review
Alumni Association (3 years), and currently a governor of the Law Review
Alumni Association for upwards of thirty years; admitted to bar of New
York and of several U.S. courts; assistant corporation counsel, New York
City, assigned to City Chamberlain A.A. Berle, Jr.; secretary to New
York State Supreme Court Justice Samuel H. Hofstadter, and official
referee for 16 years of appellate division of New York Supreme Court by
appointments of presiding justices David W. Peck and Bernard Botein,
respectively; lectured at New York University Law School and Practicing
Law Institute; counsel to New York County Republican Party; chairman of
the New York County Republican Party; chairman of the five county
Republican Chairmen comprising New York City; delegate to Republican
Judicial and National Nominating Conventions'; referee on special panels
of New York State Labor Relations Board and New York State mediation
board; government appeals agent, Selective Service; seaman 2d class,
Coast Guard Auxiliary Reserve (World War II); active in bar
associations; appointed to National Conference of Federal Trial Judges
Public Relations Committee of American Bar Association; director, Civic
Center Synagogue, Community Synagogue Center, Metropolitan Advisory
Board of Anti-Defamation League and LaGuardia Memorial Association;
recipient of the Judge Edward Weinfeld Award, and Man of the Year Award,
respectively; appointed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner to New York City
Family Court; by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to New York State
Supreme Court; and by President Lyndon B. Johnson to U.S. Customs Court
(July 21, 1968), now U.S. Court of International Trade; married to
Fritzi W. Rudolph, lifelong friend of the family; previously married to
classmate and former law partner Kathryn Bereano (deceased); two
daughters: Mrs. Phyllis Cechini and Mrs. Helene Bernstein; five
grandsons and five great-grandchildren.
DOMINICK L. DiCARLO, senior judge; born March 11, 1928 in Brooklyn,
NY; B.A., St. John's College; LL.B., St. John's University School of
Law; LL.M., New York University Graduate School of Law; assistant U.S.
attorney for the eastern district of New York, 1959-62; counsel to
minority leaders of the New York City Council, 1962-65; New York State
Assemblyman, 1965-81; chairman, New York State Assembly Standing
Committee on Codes; deputy minority leader of the New York State
Assembly, 1975-78; Assistant Secretary of State for International
Narcotics Matters, 1981-84; representative of the United States on the
Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations from 1982-84; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of
International Trade by President Reagan on June 11, 1984; designated
chief judge of the Court by President Bush on December 23, 1991; senior
status November 1, 1996; married to Esther Hansen (deceased); children:
Vincent, Carl, Robert, and Barbara; married to Susan L. Hauck, 1988.
NICHOLAS TSOUCALAS, senior judge; born August 24, 1926 in New York,
NY; one of five children of George M. and Maria (Monogenis) Tsoucalas;
received B.S. degree from Kent State University, 1949; received LL.B.
from New York Law School, 1951; attended New York University Law School;
entered U.S. Navy, 1944-46; reentered Navy, 1951-52 and served on the
carrier, U.S.S. Wasp; admitted to New York bar, 1953; appointed
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1955-59;
appointed in 1959 as supervisor of 1960 census for the 17th and 18th
Congressional Districts; appointed chairman, Board of Commissioners of
Appraisal; appointed judge of Criminal Court of the City of New York,
1968; designated acting Supreme Court Justice, Kings and Queens
Counties, 1975-82; resumed service as judge of the Criminal Court of the
City of New York until June 1986; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of
International Trade by President Ronald Reagan on September 9, 1985, and
confirmed by U.S. Senate on June 6, 1986; assumed senior status on
September 30, 1996; former chairman: Committee on Juvenile Delinquency,
Federal Bar Association, and the Subcommittee on Public Order and
Responsibility of the American Citizenship Committee of the New York
County Lawyers' Association; former president: Greek-American Lawyers'
Association, and Board of Directors of Greek Orthodox Church of
``Evangelismos'', St. John's Theologos Society, and Parthenon
Foundation; member,
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Order of Ahepa, Parthenon Lodge, F.A.M.; married to Catherine
Aravantinos; two daughters: Stephanie (Mrs. Daniel Turriago) and Georgia
(Mrs. Christopher Argyrople).
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Clerk.--Raymond F. Burghardt (212) 264-2814.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
Lafayette Square, 717 Madison Place NW 20005, phone (202) 219-9657
LOREN ALLAN SMITH, chief judge; born December 22, 1944, in Chicago,
IL; son of Alvin D. and Selma (Halpern) Smith; B.A., Northwestern
University, 1966; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1969;
admitted to the Bars of the Illinois Supreme Court; the Court of
Military Appeals; the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S.
Supreme Court; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; honorary member: The
University Club; consultant, Sidley and Austin Chicago, 1972-73; general
attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 1973; assistant to the
Special Counsel to the President, 1973-74; Special Assistant U.S.
Attorney, District of Columbia, 1974-75; chief counsel, Reagan for
President campaigns, 1976 and 1980; professor, Delaware Law School,
1976-84; deputy director, Executive Branch Management Office of
Presidential Transition, 1980-81; Chairman, Administrative Conference of
the Unites States, 1981-85; served as a member of the President's
Cabinet Councils on Legal Policy and on Management and Administration;
appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 11, 1985;
entered on duty September 12, 1985; designated Chief Judge on January
14, 1986; married.
JAMES F. MEROW, judge; born in Salamanca, NY, March 16, 1932; son of
Walter and Helen (Smith) Merow; A.B. (with distinction), The George
Washington University 1953; J.D. (with distinction), The George
Washington University Law School, 1956; member: Phi Beta Kappa, Order of
the Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa; officer, U.S. Army Judge Advocate
General's Corps, 1956-59; trial attorney-branch director, Civil
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1959-78; trial judge, U.S. Court
of Claims, 1978-82; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims since October 1,
1982 (reappointed by President Reagan to a 15-year term commencing
August 5, 1983); member of Virginia State Bar, District of Columbia Bar,
American Bar Association, and Federal Bar Association; married.
JOHN PAUL WIESE, judge; born in Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 1934; son of
Gustav and Margaret Wiese; B.A., cum laude, Hobart College, 1962, Phi
Beta Kappa; LL.B., University of Virginia School of Law, 1965; married
to Alice Mary Donoghue, June 1961; one son, John Patrick; served U.S.
Army, 1957-59; law clerk: U.S. Court of Claims, trial division, 1965-66,
and Judge Linton M. Collins, U.S. Court of Claims, appellate division,
1966-67; private practice in District of Columbia, 1967-74 (specializing
in government contract litigation); trial judge, U.S. Court of Claims,
1974-82; designated in Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 as judge,
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, reappointed by President Reagan on October
14, 1986, to 15-year term as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims;
admitted to bar of the District of Columbia, 1966; admitted to practice
in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; member: District of Columbia
Bar Association and American Bar Association.
ROBERT J. YOCK, judge; born in St. James, MN, January 11, 1938; son
of Dr. William J. and Erma (Fritz) Yock; B.A. St. Olaf College, 1959;
J.D. University of Michigan Law School, 1962; married to Carla M. Moen,
June 13, 1964; children: Signe Kara and Torunn Ingrid; admitted to the
Minnesota Supreme Court in 1962; Court of Military Appeals, 1964; U.S.
Supreme Court, 1965; U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota,
1966; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1972; U.S. Court
of Claims, 1979; and U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982; member:
Minnesota State Bar Association, and District of Columbia Bar
Association; served in the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps,
1962-66; private practice, St. Paul, MN, 1966-69; entered Government
service as chief counsel to the National Archives and Record Services of
the General Services Administration, 1969-70; executive assistant and
legal advisor to the Administrator of General Services, 1970-72;
assistant general counsel at GSA, 1972-77; trial judge, U.S. Court of
Claims, 1977-82; designated by Public Law 97-164 as judge, U.S. Court of
Federal Claims, 1982-83; renominated by President Reagan as judge, U.S.
Court of Federal Claims, June 20, 1983, confirmed by U.S. Senate, August
4, 1983, reappointed to 15-year term, August 5, 1983.
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REGINALD W. GIBSON, judge; born in Lynchburg, VA, July 31, 1927; son
of McCoy and Julia Gibson; married to Shirley Johnson, 1993; son,
Reginald S. Gibson, Jr.; educated in the public schools of Washington,
DC; served in the U.S. Army, 1946-47; B.S., Virginia Union University,
1952; Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Pennsylvania, 1952-53; LL.B., Howard University School of Law, 1956;
admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1957 and to the Illinois Bar
in 1972; Internal Revenue agent, Internal Revenue Service, Washington,
DC, 1957-61; trial attorney, tax division, criminal section, Department
of Justice, Washington, DC, 1961-71; senior and later general tax
attorney, International Harvester Co., Chicago, IL, 1971-82; nominated
by President Reagan as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, September
30, 1982; confirmed by the Senate December 10, 1982; entered on duty
December 15, 1982.
LAWRENCE S. MARGOLIS, judge; born in Philadelphia, PA, March 13,
1935; son of Reuben and Mollie Margolis; B.A., Central High School,
Philadelphia, PA; B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Drexel
Institute of Technology (now Drexel University), 1957; J.D., George
Washington University Law School, 1961; admitted to the District of
Columbia Bar; patent examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1957-62; patent
counsel, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, MD, 1962-63; assistant
corporation counsel for the District of Columbia, 1963-66; attorney,
criminal division, U.S. Department of Justice and special assistant U.S.
attorney for District of Columbia, 1966-68; assistant U.S. attorney for
the District of Columbia, 1968-71; appointed U.S. magistrate for
District of Columbia in 1971; reappointed for a second 8-year term in
1979 and served until December 1982 when appointed a judge, U.S. Court
of Federal Claims; chairman, American Bar Association, judicial
administration division, 1980-81; chairman, National Conference of
Special Court Judges, 1977-78; board of directors, Bar Association of
the District of Columbia, 1970-72; editor: DC Bar Journal, 1966-73,
Young Lawyers Newspaper editor, 1965-66; executive council, Young
Lawyers Section, 1968-69; board of editors, The Judges' Journal and The
District Lawyer; president, George Washington University National Law
Association, 1983-84; president, George Washington Law Association,
District of Columbia Chapter, 1975-76; board of governors, George
Washington University General Alumni Association, 1978-85; fellow,
Institute of Judicial Administration, 1993-; member, District of
Columbia Judicial Conference; former member, board of directors,
National Council of U.S. Magistrates; former president, Federal Bar
Toastmasters; former technical editor, Federal Bar Journal; faculty,
Federal Judicial Center; trustee, Drexel University, 1983-91; member,
Rotary Club; president, Washington, D.C. Rotary Club, 1988-89, District
governor, 1991-92; American Bar Association Judicial Administration
Division Award for distinguished service as chairman for 1980-81; Drexel
University and George Washington University Distinguished Alumni
Achievement Awards; Drexel University 100 (one of top 100 graduates);
Center for Public Resources Alternative Dispute Resolution Achievement
Award, 1987; married to Doris May Rosenberg, January 30, 1960; children:
Mary Aleta and Paul Oliver; nominated by President Ronald Reagan as a
judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on September 27, 1982,
confirmed by the Senate and received Commission on December 10, 1982,
took oath of office on December 15, 1982.
CHRISTINE ODELL COOK MILLER, judge; born in Oakland, CA, August 26,
1944; married to Dennis F. Miller; B.A., Stanford University, 1966;
J.D., University of Utah College of Law, 1969; comment editor, Utah Law
Review; member, Utah Chapter Order of the Coif; clerk to chief judge
David T. Lewis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1969-70;
trial attorney, civil division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-72;
trial attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection,
1972-74; Hogan and Hartson, litigation section, 1974-76; Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, special counsel, 1976-78; U.S. Railway
Association, assistant general counsel, 1978-80; Shack and Kimball,
P.C., litigation, 1980-83; member of the Bars of the State of California
and District of Columbia; Judge Miller was confirmed and appointed on
December 10, 1982, as Christine Cook Nettesheim.
MOODY R. TIDWELL III, judge; born in Miami, OK, February 15, 1939;
son of Maj. Gen. M.R. Tidwell, Jr., and Dorothy (Thompson) Tidwell;
married to Rena C. Tidwell; children: Gregory T. and Jeremy H.; B.A.,
Ohio Wesleyan University, 1961; J.D., Washington College of Law,
American University; LL.M., National Law Center, George Washington
University; admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia; admitted to
practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and various other
circuit and U.S. district courts; attorney, General Acounting Office,
1965-69; associate solicitor, Divisions of General Law and Energy and
Resources, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior,
1969-77; staff director and vice chairman, Commission on Government
Procurement, 1971-73; Associate Solicitor, Mine Safety and Health,
Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, 1977-80; corporate
secretary and board member, Keco Industries, Inc., 1979-82; deputy
solicitor and counsellor to the
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Secretary of the Interior, 1980-83; appointed and confirmed by the
President as judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, May 17, 1983.
MARIAN BLANK HORN, judge; born in New York, NY, 1943; daughter of
Werner P. and Mady R. Blank; married to Robert Jack Horn; daughters:
Juli Marie, Carrie Charlotte, and Rebecca Blank; attended Fieldston
School, New York, NY, Barnard College, Columbia University and Fordham
University School of Law; admitted to practice U.S. Supreme Court, 1973,
Federal and State courts in New York, 1970, and Washington, DC, 1973;
assistant district attorney, Bronx Couty, NY, 1969-72; attorney, Arent,
Fox, Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn, 1972-73; adjunct professor of law,
Washington College of Law, American Univeristy 1973-76; litigation
attorney, Federal Energy Administration, 1975-76; senior attorney,
Office of General Counsel, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Branch,
Department of Energy, 1976-79; deputy assistant general counsel for
procurement and financial incentives, Department of Energy, 1979-81;
deputy associate solicitor, Division of Surface Mining, Department of
the Interior, 1981-83; associate solicitor, Division of General Law,
Department of the Interior, 1983-85; principal deputy solicitor and
acting solicitor, Department of Interior, 1985-86; adjunct professor of
law, George Washingotn University National Law Center, 1991-present;
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, 1994; assumed duties of judge, U.S.
Court of Federal Claims, April 14, 1986.
ERIC G. BRUGGINK, judge; born in Kalidjati, Indonesia, September 11,
1949; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1961; married to Melinda Harris
Bruggink; sons: John and David; B.A., cum laude (sociology), Auburn
University, AL, 1971; M.A. (speech), 1972; J.D., University of Alabama,
1975; Hugo Black Scholar and Note and Comments Editor of Alabama Law
Review; member, Alabama State Bar and District of Columbia Bar; served
as law clerk to chief judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern District of
Alabama, 1975-76; associate, Hardwick, Hause and Segrest, Dothan, AL,
1976-77; assistant director, Alabama Law Institute, 1977-79; director,
Office of Energy and Environmental Law, 1977-79; associate, Steiner,
Crum and Baker, Montgomery, AL, 1979-82; Director, Office of Appeals
Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1982-86; judge, U.S. Court of
Federal Claims, April 15, 1986.
WILKES COLEMAN ROBINSON, judge; born September 30, 1925 in Anniston,
AL; B.A., University of Alabama, 1948; J.D., University of Virginia,
1951 member: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Alpha Theta, Kappa Alpha
fraternity; associate attorney, Bibb and Hemphill, Anniston, AL, 1953-
55; city recorder of Anniston, AL, 1953-55; judge, Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court, Calhoun County, AL, 1954-56; attorney: Gulf, Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, 1956-58; asst. gen'l. attorney, Seaboard Airline Railroad
Company, 1958-66; chief commerce counsel, Monsanto Company, 1966-70;
vice president and general counsel, Marion Laboratories, Inc., 1970-80;
president and member of board of directors, Gulf and Great Plains Legal
Foundation, 1980-85; vice president and general counsel, S.R. Financial
Group, Inc., 1986-87; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, assumed
duties July 10, 1987; member: Alabama State Bar, Virginia State Bar,
Missouri State Bar, Kansas State Bar, U.S. Supreme Court Bar, Tenth
Circuit Court of Appeals, Alabama and Missouri U.S. District Courts,
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar; married to Julia Von P. Rowan; three
children: Randolph C., Peyton H. and T. Wilkes C. Robinson.
BOHDAN A. FUTEY, judge; born in Ukraine, June 28, 1939; B.A.,
Western Reserve University, 1962; M.A., 1964; J.D., Cleveland Marshall
Law School, 1968; partner, Futey and Rakowsky, 1968-72; chief assistant
police prosecutor, city of Cleveland, 1972-74; executive assistant to
the mayor of Cleveland, 1974-75; partner, Bazarko, Futey and
Oryshkewych, 1975-84; chairman, U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, May 1984-87; nominated judge of the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims on January 30, 1987, and entered on duty, May 29, 1987; married
to the former Myra Fur; three children: Andrew, Lidia, and Daria;
member: District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Association,
the Ukrainian American Bar Association; Judge Futey is actively involved
with Democratization and Rule of Law programs organized by the Judicial
Conference of the United States, the Department of State, and the
American Bar Association in Ukraine and Russia. He has participated in
judicial exchange programs, seminars, and workshops and has been a
consultant to the working group on Ukraine's Constitution and Ukrainian
Parliament; Judge Futey is an advisor to the International Foundation
for Election Systems (IFES). He served as an official observer during
the parliamentary and presidential elections in 1994 and conducted
briefings on Ukraine's election law for international observers;
advising the Newly Independent States (NIS) working group on Ukraine
which is a CEELI/ABA project.
ROGER B. ANDEWELT, judge; born August 4, 1946, in Brooklyn, NY; son
of Samuel F. and Belle (Hockman) Andewelt; B.S., Brooklyn College, 1967;
J.D., George Washington University National Law Center, 1971; member:
Order of the Coif; married to Maxine
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Mitchnick; two children: Alexa Sara and Ian Samuel; patent examiner,
U.S. Patent Office, 1968-72; attorney, U.S. Department of Justice,
Antitrust Division: trial attorney, 1972-78; assistant chief/chief,
Intellectual Property Section, 1978-84; deputy director of operations,
1984-86; deputy assistant attorney general for litigation, 1986-87;
adjunct professor of law, George Washington University National Law
Center, 1995-present; nominated by President Reagan as judge, U.S. Court
of Claims on March 3, 1987, and assumed duties of the office on August
1, 1987.
JAMES T. TURNER, judge; born March 12, 1938, in Clifton Forge, VA;
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1960; LL.B., University of Virginia Law
School, 1965; private practice of law , Williams, Worrell, Kelly and
Greer, 1965-79; U.S. Magistrate for the eastern district of Virginia,
1979-87; president, National Council of U.S. Magistrates, 1984-85;
judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims since July 2, 1987; member of the
American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar,
Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association.
ROBERT HAYNE HODGES, Jr., judge; born in Columbia, SC, September 11,
1944, son of Robert Hayne and Mary (Lawton) Hodges; educated in the
public schools of Columbia, SC; attended Wofford College, Spartanburg,
SC; B.S., University of South Carolina, 1966; J.D., University of South
Carolina Law School, 1969; married to Ruth Nicholson (Lady) Hodges,
August 23, 1963; three children; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims,
April 9, 1990.
DIANE GILBERT WEINSTEIN, judge; born June 14, 1947, in Rochester,
NY; daughter of Myron B. and Doris (Robie) Gilbert; married to Dwight D.
Sypolt, October, 1995; children: Andrew and David; B.A., Smith College,
1969; visiting student at Stanford University Law School and Georgetown
University Law Center, 1977-78; J.D., Boston University Law School,
1979; Boston University Alumnae Association Young Lawyers' Chair, 1989;
law clerk, Judge Catherine B. Kelly, District of Columbia Court of
Appeals, 1979-80; associate, Peabody, Lambert and Meyers, 1980-83;
Assistant General Counsel, Office of Management and Budget, Executive
Office of the President, 1983-86; Deputy General Counsel for
Departmental Services, U.S. Department of Education, 1986-88; Acting
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 1988-89; Counselor to the
Vice President of the United States, Counsel to the President's
Competitiveness Council, Chair of the Competitiveness Council's
Interagency Task Force on Product Liability, 1989-90; nominated by
President Bush as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, on July 31, 1990,
entered on duty October 22, 1990; admitted to the bars of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia; president of
the Federal American Inn of Court; member of the Federalist Society, and
the University Club.
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KENNETH R. HARKINS, senior judge; born in Cadiz, OH, September 1,
1921; educated in public schools of Zandesville, OH; Ohio State
University, B.A. (economics), 1943; LL.B., 1948; J.D., 1967; admitted to
practice of law in Ohio, April 1949; married to Helen Mae Dozer, 1942;
children: M. Elaine and Richard A.; U.S. Army active duty, July 1943 to
June 1946, 500 AFA Battalion, 14th Armored Division, private to 1st
lieutenant; attorney, U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency, 1949-51;
trial attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 1951-55;
cocounsel, Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, House of
Representatives, 1955-60; general counsel, Stromberg Carlson Division
and Electronics Division, General Dynamics Corp., 1960-64; chief
counsel, Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, House of
Representatives, 1964-71; commissioner (trial judge), U.S. Court of
Claims, 1971-82; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims 1982-86, pursuant
to Public Law 97-164, section 167(a), October 1, 1982 through November
30, 1986. Recalled to active service in senior status pursuant to 28
U.S.C., section 797, December 1, 1986; senior judge 1986-present.
THOMAS J. LYDON, senior judge; born June 3, 1927 in Portland, ME;
educated in the parochial and public schools in Portland; attended
University of Maine, 1948-52, B.A.; Georgetown University Law Center,
1952-55, LL.B., 1956-57, LL.M.; trial attorney, Civil Division,
Department of Justice, 1955-67; Chief, Court of Claims Section, Civil
Division, 1967-72; trial commissioner (trial judge), U.S. Court of
Claims, 1972 to September 30, 1982; judge, U.S. Claims Court, October 1,
1982-July 31, 1987; senior judge, August 1, 1987-present.
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
Clerk.--David A. Lampen, (202) 219-9657
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Chief Deputy Clerk.--Margaret Earnest.
Financial Officer.--Dale H. DeBuhr.
Building Manager.--[Vacant].
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT
400 Second Street 20217, phone (202) 606-8754
MARY ANN COHEN, chief judge--elected Chief Judge, two-year term,
June 1, 1996; California; born July 16, 1943, Albuquerque, NM; B.A.,
University of California at Los Angeles, 1964; J.D., University of
Southern California, 1967; admitted to California Bar, 1967; private
practice of law, Los Angeles, with firm of Abbott and Cohen, a
professional corporation (and predecessors), 1967-82; member: American
Bar Association (sections of taxation, litigation, and criminal
justice), American Judicature Society, Attorney General's Advisory
Committee on Tax Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice (1979-80);
appointed to U.S. Tax Court, July 1982 to succeed Cynthia H. Hall; term
expires September 24, 1997.
HERBERT L. CHABOT, judge--Maryland; born July 17, 1931, Bronx
County, NY; married to Aleen Kerwin, 1951; four children: Elliot C.,
Donald J., Lewis A., and Nancy Jo; graduated, Stuyvesant High School,
1948; B.A. (cum laude), C.C.N.Y., 1952; LL.B., Columbia University,
1957; LL.M. (taxation), Georgetown University, 1964; enlisted in U.S.
Army for 2 years and Army Reserves (civil affairs units), 8 years;
served on legal staff, American Jewish Congress, 1957-61; law clerk to
tax court Judge Russell E. Train, 1961-65; served on staff of
Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, 1965-78; elected delegate,
Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967-68; adjunct professor, National
Law Center, George Washington University, 1974-83; member, American Bar
(tax section) and Federal Bar Associations; appointed to the U.S. Tax
Court for a 15-year term, beginning April 3, 1978; reappointed for a
second 15-year term in 1993.
STEPHEN J. SWIFT, judge--California; born September 7, 1943, Salt
Lake City, UT, son of Edward A. Swift and Maurine Jensen; married to
Lorraine Burnell Facer, 1972; children: Carter, Stephanie, Spencer,
Meredith, and Hunter; graduated, Menlo Atherton High School, Atherton,
CA, 1961; B.A., Brigham Young University, political science, 1967;
George Washington Law School, J.D. (with honors), 1970; trial attorney
(honors program), tax division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-74;
assistant U.S. attorney, tax division, U.S. attorney's office, San
Francisco, CA 1974-77; vice president and senior tax counsel, tax
department, BankAmerica N.T. and S.A., San Francisco, CA, 1977-83;
adjunct professor, Graduate Tax Program, Golden Gate University, San
Francisco, CA 1978-83; member: California Bar, District of Columbia Bar,
and American Bar Association (section of taxation); appointed August 16,
1983 to the U.S. Tax Court for a 15-year term expiring August 16, 1998.
JULIAN I. JACOBS, judge--Maryland; born in Baltimore, MD, August 13,
1937; children: Richard and Jennifer; residence: Bethesda, MD; B.A.,
University of Maryland, 1958; LL.B., University of Maryland Law School,
1960; LL.M. (taxation), Georgetown Law Center, 1965; began legal career
with the Internal Revenue Service, first in Washington, DC, drafting tax
legislation and regulations from 1961-65, and then in Buffalo, NY, as a
trial attorney in the regional counsel's office from 1965-67; entered
private practice of law Baltimore City, 1967; partner, Baltimore law
firm of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger and Hollander, 1967, and
remained until his appointment to the Tax Court on March 30, 1984, for a
15-year term to succeed Senior Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr.; chairman,
study commission to improve the quality of the Maryland Tax Court, 1978,
appointed by Maryland Gov. Blair Lee; member, several study groups to
consider changes in the Maryland tax laws and as a commissioner on a
commission to reorganize and recodify that article of Maryland law
dealing with taxation, 1980, appointed by Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes;
lecturer, tax seminars and professional programs; chairman, section of
taxation, Maryland State Bar Association.
JOEL GERBER, judge--Virginia; born in Chicago, IL, July 16, 1940;
married to Judith Smilgoff, 1963; three sons: Jay Lawrence, Jeffrey
Mark, and Jon Victor; B.S., business administration, Roosevelt
University, 1962; J.D., DePaul University, 1965; LL.M., taxation, Boston
University Law School, 1968; admitted to the Illinois Bar, 1965; Georgia
Bar, 1974; Tennessee Bar, 1978; member American Bar Association (section
of taxation); served with
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U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service as: trial attorney,
Boston, MA, 1965-72; staff assistant, regional counsel/senior trial
attorney, Atlanta, GA, 1972-76; district counsel, Nashville, TN, 1976-
80; deputy chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC,
1980-84; acting chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service, May 1983 to
March 1984; recipient of a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award, 1983 and
the Secretary of the Treasury's Exceptional Service Award, 1984;
lecturer, law, Vanderbilt University, 1976-80; appointed to the Tax
Court for a 15-year term, beginning June 18, 1984, to succeed Senior
Judge C. Moxley Featherston.
CAROLYN MILLER PARR, judge; born Palatka, FL, daughter of Arthur C.
Miller and Audrey Dunklin Miller; married to Jerry S. Parr in 1959;
three daughters: Kimberly, Jennifer, and Trish; received B.A. (English)
from Stetson University, 1959; M.A. (English), Vanderbilt University,
1960; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1977; served as senior
trial attorney, Internal Revenue Service, 1977-82; special counsel to
the Assistant Attorney General, and Acting Chief, Office of Special
Litigation, Tax Division, Department of Justice, 1982-85; admitted to
Maryland and District of Columbia bars, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Tax
Court. Member American Bar Association (section of taxation--Court
Procedure Committee), Maryland State Bar Association, DC Bar
Association, Federal Bar Association, and National Association of Women
Judges; chairman, Board of Directors, Heritage Christian Church, 1982;
took oath of office on November 25, 1985, for a 15-year term to succeed
William M. Fay.
THOMAS B. WELLS, judge; born Akron, OH, July 2, 1945; married Mary
Josephine Graham of Vidalia, GA in 1974; children: Kathryn and Graham;
received B.S. degree from Miami University, Oxford, OH in 1967; J.D.
degree from Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA in 1973; LL.M.
degree (in Taxation) from New York University Graduate School of Law,
New York, NY in 1978; attended Ohio Northern University School of Law,
Ada, OH, served as managing editor of the law review until he
transferred to Emory University School of Law in 1972; completed active
duty in 1970 as a supply corps officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve after
tours in Morocco and Vietnam; admitted to the practice of law in the
State of Georgia and practiced law in Vidalia, GA with the law firm of
Graham and Wells, P.C., served as county attorney for Toombs County, GA
and city attorney for the city of Vidalia, GA until 1977, and in Atlanta
with the law firm of Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and Cadenhead until
1981 and with the law firm of Shearer and Wells, P.C. until his
appointment to the U.S. Tax Court in 1986; member; American Bar
Association (section of taxation); State Bar of Georgia, served as a
member of its Board of Governors; Board of Editors of the Georgia State
Bar Journal; active in the Atlanta Bar Association, served as editor of
The Atlanta Lawyer; active in various tax organizations such as the
Atlanta Tax Forum; the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, served as a
director; and the North Atlanta Tax Council, served as a director;
nominated by President Reagan and confirmed by the Senate as a judge of
the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15 years beginning October 12, 1986 to
succeed Judge Richard C. Wilbur who retired.
ROBERT PAUL RUWE, judge--Virginia; born July 3, 1941, Cincinnati,
Ohio; married to Mary Kay Sayer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967; children: Paul,
Michael, Christian, and Stephen; graduated Roger Bacon High School, St.
Bernard, OH, 1959, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1963; J.D., Salmon
P. Chase College of Law, 1970; admitted to Ohio bar, 1970; joined Office
of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service in 1970 and held the
following positions, Trial Attorney (Indianapolis), Director, Criminal
Tax Division, Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (Litigation), and Director,
Tax Litigation Division; member, American Bar Association (Section of
taxation); took oath of office as a judge of the U.S. Tax Court,
November 20, 1987 for a 15-year term to succeed Judge Charles R.
Simpson.
LAURENCE J. WHALEN, judge--Oklahoma; born 1944, Philadelphia, PA;
married Nan Shaver Whalen; son: E. Holmes Whalen; A.B., Georgetown
University, 1967; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1970; LL.M.,
1971; special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, 1971-72;
trial attorney, tax division, 1971-75; private practice in Washington,
DC, with Hamel and Park (now Hopkins, Sutter, Hamel and Park), 1977-84;
also in Oklahoma City, OK, with Crowe and Dunlevy, 1984-87; member:
Oklahoma Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American
Bar Association, and Bar Association of the District of Columbia;
appointed to the U.S. Tax Court, November 23, 1987.
JOHN O. COLVIN, judge--Virginia; born November 17, 1946, Canton, OH;
married Ava M. Belohlov in 1970; one son: Timothy; graduated from the
University of Missouri (A.B., 1968), and Georgetown University Law
Center (J.D., Masters of Law in Taxation, 1978). During college and law
school, employed by Niedner, Niedner, Nack and Bodeux, St. Charles, MO;
Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth and Missouri State
Representative Richard
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C. Marshall, Jefferson City, MO; and U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and
Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, Washington, DC; admitted to the practice
of law in Missouri, 1971 and District of Columbia, 1974. Office of the
Chief Counsel, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC, 1971-75; served as tax
counsel, Senator Bob Packwood, 1975-84; chief counsel, 1985-87, and
chief minority counsel, 1987-88, U.S. Senate Finance Committee; officer
of the Tax Section, Federal Bar Association since 1978, and adjunct
professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center since 1987. Numerous
civic and community activities; Judge Colvin was nominated by President
Reagan and confirmed by the Senate as a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for
a term of 15 years beginning September 1, 1988 and expiring August 31,
2003. Judge Colvin filled a vacancy due to the resignation of Judge
Samuel B. Sterrett.
JAMES S. HALPERN, judge--District of Columbia; born 1945, New York
City; married to Nancy A. Nord; two children: W. Dyer and Hilary Ann;
graduated from Hackley School, Terrytown, New York, 1963; Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, B.S. 1967; Law School, University of
Pennsylvania, J.D., 1972; Law School, New York University, LL.M. (in
taxation) 1975; associate attorney, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander,
New York City, 1972-74; assistant professor of law, Law School,
Washington and Lee University, 1975-76; assistant professor of law, St.
John's University, New York City, 1976-78, visiting professor, Law
School, New York University, 1978-79; associate attorney, Roberts and
Holland, New York City, 1979-80; Principal Technical Advisor, Assistant
Commissioner (Technical) and Associate Chief Counsel (Technical),
Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, 1980-83; partner, Baker and
Hostetler, Washington, DC, 1983-90; adjunct professor, Law School,
George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1984-90; Colonel, U.S.
Army Reserves; appointed to the U.S. Tax Court on July 3, 1990.
RENATO BEGHE, judge--Illinois; born 1933, Chicago, Illinois; married
to Bina House; four children and one grandchild; University of Chicago
(A.B. 1951; J.D. 1954); Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif and Law Review
co-managing editor; Phi Gamma Delta; admitted New York bar 1955;
practiced law with Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, New York City (associate
1954-65; partner 1965-83) and Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, New York City
(1983-89); bar associations; Association of the Bar of the City of New
York (Chairman, Art Law Committee, 1980-83); New York State Bar
Association (tax section chairman 1977-78; Joint Practice Committee of
Lawyers and Accountants, co-chairman, 1989-90); American Bar Association
(Tax Section); International Bar Association; International Fiscal
Association; member American Law Institute and American College of Tax
Counsel; member America-Italy Society, Inc. and Honorable Order of
Kentucky Counsel; appointed to the Tax Court for 15-year term beginning
March 26, 1991, to fill vacancy created by resignation of Judge B. John
Williams, Jr.
CAROLYN P. CHIECHI, judge--Maryland; born December 6, 1943, Newark,
New Jersey; B.S., Georgetown, University, Washington, DC, magna cum
laude, 1965 (Class Rank: 1); J.D., 1969 (Class Rank: 9); LL.M.
(Taxation), 1971; admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia, 1969;
served as attorney-advisor to Judge Leo H. Irwin, United States Tax
Court, 1969-1971; practiced with the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and
Brennan, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia (partner, 1976-1992;
associate, 1971-1976); member, District of Columbia Bar (served as
taxation section Tax Audits and Litigation Committee chairperson, 1987-
1988); American Bar Association (Section of Taxation); Federal Bar
Association (Section of Taxation); Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia; elected fellow, American College of Tax Counsel;
fellow, American Bar Foundation; member, Board of Regents, Georgetown
University; member, National Law Alumni Board, Georgetown University;
member, Stuart Stiller Memorial Foundation; appointed by the President
to the U.S. Tax Court for a 15-year term beginning October 1, 1992.
DAVID LARO, judge--Michigan; born Flint, MI, March 3, 1942; married
to the former Nancy Lynn Wolf on June 18, 1967; two children: Rachel
Lynn and Marlene Ellen; graduated from the University of Michigan in
1964 with a B.A.; the University of Illinois Law School in 1967 with a
J.D.; and New York University Law School in 1970 with an LL.M. in
taxation; admitted to the bar of Michigan in 1968 and the United States
District Court (Eastern District) Michigan in 1968, United States Tax
Court, 1971; former partner of Winegarden, Booth, Shedd, and Laro,
Flint, MI, 1970-75; principal member, Laro and Borgeson, Flint, MI,
1975-86; principal member, David Laro, Attorney at Law, P.C., Flint, MI,
1986-92; of counsel to Dykema Gossett, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989-90; former
president and chief executive officer of Durakon Industries, Inc.,
Lapeer, MI, 1989-91, and former chairman of the board of Durakon
Industries, Inc., 1991-92; former chairman of the board of Republic
Bank, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986-92, and vice chairman and co-founder of
Republic Bancorp, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, 1986-92. Regent, University of
Michigan Board of Regents, Ann Arbor, MI, 1975-81; former member of the
Michigan State Board of Education, 1982-
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83; former chairman of the Michigan State Tenure Commission, 1972-75;
former commissioner, Civil Service Commission, Flint, MI, 1984-1985.
Former Commissioner of Police, Flint Township, 1972-74; former member of
the Political Leadership Program, the Institute for Public Policy and
Social Research, Lansing, MI; frequent speaker and lecturer on tax
matters for the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants,
and the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education and other
professional and business groups and organizations; author of numerous
articles on taxation; former member of the Ann Arbor Art Association
Board of Directors, board member of the Holocaust Foundation (Ann
Arbor); appointed to the Tax Court for a 15-year term beginning November
2, 1992, to fill vacancy created by Judge Jules G. Korner III, who
assumed senior status.
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MAURICE B. FOLEY, judge--Illinois; born March 28, 1960, Belleville,
Illinois; married Cassandra LaNel Green; three children: Malcolm,
Corinne, and Nathan; received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore
College, a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University
of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from
Georgetown University Law Center; prior to the appointment to the Court
was an attorney for the Legislation and Regulations Division of the
Internal Revenue Service, tax counsel for the United States Senate
Committee on Finance and Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the
Treasury's Office of Tax Policy; appointed to the Tax Court for a 15-
year term beginning April 10, 1995 to succeed Judge Charles E. Clapp,
II.
JUAN F. VASQUEZ, judge--Texas; born in San Antonio, TX on June 24,
1948; married to Mary Theresa (Terry) Schultz in 1970; two children:
Juan, Jr. and Jaime; attended Fox Tech High School and San Antonio
Junior College, A.D. (Data Processing); received B.B.A (Accounting) from
the University of Texas in Austin in 1972; attended State University of
New York in Buffalo, 1st year law school in 1975; graduate of University
of Houston Law Center in 1977 with a J.D. and New York University Law
School in 1978 with an LL.M. in Taxation. Certified in Tax Law by Texas
Board of Legal Specialization in 1984; Certified Public Account
Certificate from Texas in 1976 and California in 1974; admitted to the
bar of Texas in 1977; United States Tax Court in 1978, United States
District Court, Southern District of Texas in 1982 and Western District
of Texas in 1985, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1982; private
practice of Tax Law, 1987-April 1995; partner, Leighton, Hood and
Vasquez, 1982-87, San Antonio, Texas; Trial Attorney, Office of Chief
Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Houston, TX, 1978-82; accountant,
Coopers and Lybrand, Los Angeles, California, 1972-74; member American
Bar Association (Tax Section); Texas State Bar (Tax and Probate
Sections); Fellow of Texas and San Antonio Bar Foundations, Mexican
American Bar Association (MABA) of San Antonio (Treasurer); Houston
MABA; Texas MABA (Treasurer), National Association of Hispanic CPA's;
San Antonio Chapter (founding member), College of State Bar of Texas,
National Hispanic Bar Association, Member of Greater Austin Tax
Litigation Association; served on Austin Internal Revenue Service
District Director's Practitioner Liaison Committee, 1990-91, chairman,
1991; Judge Vasquez was nominated by President Clinton on September 14,
1994, and confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 1995, as a Judge of the
United States Tax Court for a term of 15 years beginning on May 1, 1995
to succeed Judge Perry Shields who took senior status.
JOSEPH H. GALE, judge--Virginia; born August 26, 1953, in
Smithfield, VA; received A.B., Philosophy, Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey, 1976; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law,
Charlottesville, VA, 1980, where he was a Dillard Fellow; practiced law
as an associate attorney at Dewey Ballantine, Washington, DC, and New
York, New York, 1980-83, and Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin, Washington,
DC, 1983-85; served as Tax Legislative Counsel for Senator Daniel
Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), 1985-88; administrative assistant and Tax
Legislative Counsel, 1989; chief counsel, 1990-93; chief tax counsel,
Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, 1993-95; minority chief tax counsel,
Senate Finance Committee, January 1995-July 1995; minority staff
director and chief counsel, Senate Finance Committee, July 1995-January
1996; admitted to the District of Columbia Bar; member: American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation; frequent speaker at professional
conferences and seminars on various Federal income tax topics; appointed
to Tax Court for a 15-year term beginning February 9, 1996, to succeed
Judge Edna G. Parker, who assumed senior status.
ARNOLD RAUM, senior judge--Massachusetts; born 1908, Massachusetts;
married to Violet Gang Kopp; A.B., Harvard College, (summa cum laude),
1929, and LL.B., Harvard Law School, (magna cum laude), 1932; member of
Phi Beta Kappa; member, editorial board of Harvard Law Review, 1930-32;
traveling fellowship, Cambridge University, England, 1932; attorney,
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1932-34; special assistant to
Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice, 1934-39; in 1939,
entered Solicitor General's office,
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in charge of Government tax litigation and other types of cases in U.S.
Supreme Court; has argued more tax cases in Supreme Court than anyone in
history; assistant to Solicitor General (now Deputy Solicitor General),
and Acting Solicitor General from time to time; lectured on taxation as
a member of faculty at Harvard and Yale; U.S. military service, World
War II, lieutenant commander, Coast Guard; oath of office as judge, U.S.
Tax Court, September 19, 1950; reappointed for succeeding terms
beginning June 2, 1960, and June 2, 1972; retired October 27, 1978;
presently serving on senior status.
IRENE FEAGIN SCOTT, senior judge--Alabama; born October 6, 1912,
Union Springs, AL; daughter of Arthur H. and Irene Peach Feagin; married
to Thomas J. Scott, 1939; children: Thomas J., Jr., and Irene (Mrs.
Franklin L. Carroll III); graduated Union Springs High School, 1929;
A.B., University of Alabama, 1932; LL.B., University of Alabama, 1936;
LL.M., Catholic University of America, 1939; LL.D., University of
Alabama, 1978 (honorary); admitted to Alabama bar 1936; attorney, Office
of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1937-50; member, Excess
Profits Tax Council, Internal Revenue Service, 1950-52; Special
Assistant to Head of Appeals Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal
Revenue Service, 1952-59; staff assistant to the Chief Counsel, Internal
Revenue Service, 1959-60; member, Alabama Bar Association; honorary
member, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia; member:
American Bar Association (section of taxation), Federal Bar Association,
Inter-American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, National
Association of Women Lawyers, National Association of Women Judges,
Kappa Beta Pi; appointed as judge, U.S. Tax Court in May 1960, for term
expiring June 1, 1972; reappointed June 1, 1972 for 15-year term;
assumed senior status July 1, 1982.
THEODORE TANNENWALD, Jr., senior judge, elected chief judge for a 2-
year term beginning July 1, 1981--New York; born 1916, Valatie, NY;
married to Selma Peterfreund; two sons: Peter and Robert; graduated
Brown University, 1936, A.B., summa cum laude, in political science and
mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Sigma Rho; graduated
Harvard Law School, 1939, LL.B., magna cum laude, Fay Diploma for
highest 3-year average, note editor, Harvard Law Review; admitted to New
York bar, 1939, District of Columbia bar 1946; engaged in practice of
law with firm of Weil, Gotshal and Manges, New York, NY, 1939-65, except
for absences for service as principal assistant, lend-lease
administration, and acting assistant chief, Foreign Funds Control
Division, Department of State, 1942-43, special consultant to the
Secretary of War, 1943-45, consultant to Secretary of Defense James
Forrestal, 1946-49, counsel to Special Assistant to President Truman, W.
Averell Harriman, 1950-51, assistant director for Mutual Security, 1951-
53, and member of President Kennedy's Task Force on Foreign Assistance
and special assistant to Secretary of State, 1961; also served for the
State of New York as special counsel to the Moreland Commission for the
Investigation of Workmen's Compensation, 1955-58, and New York member,
Governors' Tri-State Committee on Taxation of Nonresidents, 1958;
member: American Bar Association (tax section), Federal Bar Association,
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and Council on Foreign
Relations; honorary chairman and member, board of governors, Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; professional lecturer,
George Washington University School of Law 1968-76; University of Miami
Law School, 1976 to date; appointed to the U.S. Tax Court for term
expiring June 1, 1974, to succeed Judge Clarence V. Opper, deceased;
reappointed for a 15-year term expiring June 1, 1989; retired June 30,
1983; presently serving on senior status.
WILLIAM M. FAY, senior judge--Pennsylvania; born Pittston, PA;
married to Jean M. Burke, Plainfield, NY, 1945; son, Michael; attended
St. John's Academy, Pittston; LL.B., Georgetown and Catholic
Universities; 1942; admitted to District of Columbia bar, 1942, and U.S.
Supreme Court, 1946; assistant counsel, U.S. Senate Atomic Energy
Committee, 1946; executive assistant to Senator McMahon of Connecticut,
1946-48; Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1948-57,
serving successively as trial attorney, assistant head of civil
division, and assistant head of appeals division; assistant regional
counsel; military service: 1942-45, serving successively as naval
intelligence officer, gunnery officer and legal officer; member of the
American Bar (tax section), and the District of Columbia Bar
Association; appointed to the U.S. Tax Court on August 3, 1961; retired
May 14, 1985; presently serving on senior status.
HOWARD A DAWSON, Jr., senior judge--Arkansas--born October 23, 1922,
Okolona, AR, married to Marianne Atherholt; two daughters, Amy and
Suzanne; graduated from University of North Carolina, B.S. in business
administration, 1946; George Washington University Law School, J.D. with
honors, 1949; president, Case Club; secretary-treasurer, Student Bar
Association; private practice of law, Washington, DC, 1949-50; served
with the U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, as follows:
attorney, civil division, Office of Chief Counsel, 1950-53; civil
advisory counsel, Atlanta District, 1953-57; regional counsel, Atlanta
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Region, 1958; personal assistant to Chief Counsel, December 1, 1958 to
June 1, 1959; and assistant chief counsel (administration), June 1, 1959
to August 19, 1962; military service: U.S. Army Finance Corps, 1942-45;
served 2 years in European theater; captain, Finance Corps, U.S. Army
Reserve; member of District of Columbia Bar, Georgia Bar, American Bar
Association (Section of Taxation), Federal Bar Association, National
Lawyers Club, Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity, George Washington
University Law Alumni Association; appointed on August 21, 1962, to the
U.S. Tax Court for term expiring June 1, 1970; reappointed on May 21,
1970, to the U.S. Tax Court for a 15-year term expiring June 1, 1985;
elected chief judge for a 2-year term beginning July 1, 1973; reelected
chief judge for a 2-year term beginning July 1, 1975; again elected
chief judge for a 2-year term beginning July 1, 1983. Assumed status as
a senior judge on June 2, 1985. David L. Brennan Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Law, University of Akron School of Law, spring term, 1986,
professor of law and director, Graduate Tax Program, University of
Baltimore School of Law, 1986-89; presently serving on senior status.
ARTHUR L. NIMS III, senior judge--New Jersey; elected chief judge
for a 2-year term beginning June 1, 1988, re-elected chief judge
beginning June 1, 1990; born January 3, 1923, Oklahoma City, OK; married
to Nancy Chloe Keyes; two daughters; Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA;
B.A., Williams College; LL.B., University of Georgia Law School; LL.M.
(Tax), New York University Law School; served as an officer, lieutenant
(jg.), U.S. Naval Reserve, on active duty in the Pacific theater during
World War II; admitted to the bar of Georgia, 1949; and practiced in
Macon, GA, 1949-51; served as special attorney, Office of the District
Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, New York, NY, 1951-54; attorney,
Legislation and Regulations Division, Chief Counsel's Office,
Washington, DC, 1954-55; admitted to the bar of New Jersey, 1955; was
with the law firm of McCarter and English, Newark, NJ, until 1979,
having become a partner in 1961; served as secretary, Section of
Taxation, American Bar Association, 1977-79; served as chairman, Section
of Taxation, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1969-71; member, American
Law Institute; appointed by the President to the U.S. Tax Court, June
21, 1979, to succeed Judge Arnold Raum, who assumed senior status; took
office on June 29, 1979; assumed senior status June 1, 1992.
JULES G. KORNER III, senior judge--Maryland; born July 27, 1922,
Washington, DC; married to Jean McKee in 1943; two children: Jules G. IV
and Catherine Anne; graduated from St. Albans School, 1939; University
of Virginia (intermediate honors and Dean's List), A.B., 1943;
University of Mexico (Mexico, D.F.), Summer school, 1941; University of
Virginia Law School, Dean's List, LL.B. (later J.D.), 1947; member of
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and Kappa Sigma fraternity; commissioned
ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1943; served on active duty with U.S. Navy,
amphibious forces as commanding officer of amphibious landing ship,
1943-46, in various places, including Pacific theatre and Japan;
resigned as lieutenant, USNR, 1960; past commanding officer (1955-56) of
Naval Reserve Material Company W-2, under Office of Naval Materiel;
member: bars of the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland;
attorney in the area of federal tax law in the Washington, DC law firm
of Blair, Korner, Doyle and Worth (later Korner, Doyle, Worth and
Crampton), 1947-70; senior tax partner Pope Ballard and Loos, 1970-81;
served as a tax member of a private mission employed by the Government
of Ecuador, 1961; served as adjunct professor of law at Georgetown
University from 1963-68,appointed to the U.S. Tax Court on November 16,
1981, and took oath of office on January 22, 1982; nominated for a 15-
year term to fill one of the three new seats on the court, created by
Congress, effective February 1, 1981, term expires January 22, 1997;
assumed senior status July 28, 1992.
CHARLES E. CLAPP II, judge--Rhode Island; born Newton, MA, December
25, 1923; married to Elinor L. Jones, 1951; three sons and four
daughters; attended Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA; B.A., Williams
College, 1945; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1949; served as an officer in
the U.S. Navy on active duty during World War II (Pacific theater) and
the Korean war, lieutenant (retired), 1953; admitted to Massachusetts
bar, 1949, Rhode Island bar, 1956, and Florida bar, 1982; practiced law
in the firm of Richardson Wolcott, Tyler and Fassett, Boston, 1949-50;
served as law clerk to Judge J. Edgar Murdock of the U.S. Tax Court,
1952-55; joined Edwards and Angell, Providence, RI, 1955, became a
member of the firm in 1959, and was senior tax partner at the time of
appointment to the Tax Court; member: American Bar Association (tax
section); Rhode Island Bar Association (chairman, tax committee, 1966-69
and 1979-82); Florida Bar Association; and executive committee of the
Federal Tax Institute of New England; cofounder, Federal Tax Forum,
Rhode Island; advisory committee, University of Rhode Island Institute
on Federal Taxation; involved in many civic activities including United
Way Board and campaign; past president, Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts
of America; past president, Barrington (RI) Town Council; appointed to
the Tax Court for a term expiring August 15, 1998; retired December 25,
1993; presently serving on senior status.
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LAPSLEY WALKER HAMBLEN, Jr., senior judge--Virginia; born December
25, 1926, Chattanooga, TN; married to Claudia Royster Terrell,
Lynchburg, VA, 1971; three sons by previous marriage; served in the U.S.
Navy, 1945-46, graduated from McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN, 1943;
B.A., University of Virginia, 1949; LL.B., 1953; member: Order of the
Coif, Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, and Phi Delta
Theta; admitted to the bar, West Virginia, 1954, Ohio, 1955, and
Virginia, 1957; trial attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal
Revenue Service (Atlanta, GA), 1955-56, attorney-advisor, Tax Court of
the United States (Judge Craig S. Atkins), 1956-57; private practice of
law, Lynchburg, VA, as a member of Caskie, Frost, Hobbs and Hamblen and
predecessors, 1957-82; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1982; former chairman, Tax Section Board of
Governors, Virginia State Bar; former trustee, Southern Federal Tax
Institute, Atlanta, GA; past codirector, Annual Virginia Conference on
Federal Taxation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; fellow,
American College of Tax Counsel and American College of Probate Counsel;
member: Virginia, Federal and American (tax section) Bar Associations
and Virginia State Bar; took oath of office as a judge of the U.S. Tax
Court, September 14, 1982, for a 15-year term to succeed Judge Sheldon
V. Ekman, deceased; elected chief judge for a 2-year term beginning June
1, 1992.
LAWRENCE A. WRIGHT, senior judge--Vermont; born in Stratton, ME,
December 25, 1927; married to Avis Leahy, 1953; five sons: Michael,
David, James, Stephen, and Douglas; B.A., government, University of
Maine, 1953; J.D., Georgetown University Law School, 1956; LL.M.,
taxation, Boston University Law School, 1962; practiced law with Gravel,
Shea and Wright, Ltd., Vermont; tax commissioner, State of Vermont,
1969-71, senior trial counsel, Chief Counsel's office of the Internal
Revenue Service, Boston, 1958-69; admitted to practice in the States of
Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia; member,
American Bar Association (tax section); chairman, tax committee, Vermont
Bar Association; taught the State and Federal tax portion of the Vermont
Bar Association bar review course; served on several tax seminars as a
panelist on both State and Federal tax matters; served in the U.S. Army
1945-48, second lieutenant; retired, U.S. Army Reserve, 1978, as colonel
in the Judge Advocate Branch; appointed to the Tax Court for a 15-year
term beginning October 30, 1984.
SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGES OF THE COURT
Robert N. Armen, Jr.; Lewis R. Carluzzo; D. Irvin Couvillion; John F.
Dean; Daniel J. Dinan; Stanley J. Goldberg; Larry L. Nameroff; John
J. Pajak; Peter J. Panuthos (chief special trial judge); Carleton D.
Powell, Norman H. Wolfe.
OFFICERS OF THE COURT
Clerk.--Charles S. Casazza, 606-2754.
Deputy Clerk.--Lynne L. Glasser.
Budget and Accounting Officer.--Washington B. Bowie.
Librarian.--Elsa Silverman.
Reporter.--John T. Fee.
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450 E Street NW 20442-0001, phone 272-1448, FAX 504-4672
WALTER THOMPSON COX III, chief judge; born August 13, 1942, in
Anderson, SC; son of Walter T. Cox and Mary Johnson Cox; married to
Vicki Grubbs of Anderson, SC, February 8, 1963; children: Lisa and
Walter; B.S., Clemson University, 1964; J.D. (cum laude), University of
South Carolina School of Law, 1967; graduated Defense Language Institute
(German), 1969; graduated basic course, the Judge Advocate General's
School, Charlottesville, VA, 1967; studied procurement law at that same
school, 1968. Active duty, U.S. Army judge advocate general's corps,
1964-72 (1964-67, excess leave to U.S.C. Law School). Private law
practice, 1973-78. Elected resident judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, South
Carolina, 1978-84; also served as acting associate justice of South
Carolina supreme court, on the judicial council, on the circuit court
advisory committee, and as a hearing officer of the judicial standards
commission; member: bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; bar
of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals; South Carolina Bar Association;
Anderson County Bar Association; the American Bar Association; the South
Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; the Federal Bar Association; and the
Bar Association of the District of Columbia; has served as a member of
the House of Delegates of the South Carolina Bar, and the Board of
Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline. Nominated by President
Reagan, as judge of U.S. Court of Military Appeals, June 28, 1984, for a
term of 15 years; confirmed by the Senate, July 26, 1984; sworn-in and
officially assumed his duties on September 6, 1984.
EUGENE R. SULLIVAN, associate judge; born August 2, 1941, in St.
Louis, MO; son of Raymond V. and Rosemary K. Sullivan; married to Lis U.
Johansen of Ribe, Denmark, June 18, 1966; children: Kim A. and Eugene R.
II; B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1964; J.D., Georgetown Law
Center, Washington, DC, 1971; active duty with the U.S. Army, 1964-69;
service included duty with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, and the
4th Infantry Division in Vietnam; R&D assignments with the Army Aviation
Systems Command; one year as an instructor at the Army Ranger School,
Ft. Benning, GA; decorations include: Bronze Star, Air Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Ranger and Parachutist Badges, Air Force Exceptional
Civilian Service Medal. Following graduation from law school, clerked
with U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), St. Louis, 1971-72; private
law practice, Washington, DC, 1972-74; assistant special counsel, White
House, 1974; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-82; deputy
general counsel, Department of the Air Force, 1982-84; general counsel
of the Department of Air Force, 1984-86; Governor of Wake Island, 1984-
86; presently serves on the Board of Governors for the West Point
Society of the District of Columbia; the American Cancer Society
(Montgomery County Chapter); nominated by President Reagan, as judge,
U.S. Court of Military Appeals on February 25, 1986, and confirmed by
the Senate on May 20, 1986, and assumed his office on May 27, 1986.
President Bush named him the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Military
Appeals, effective October 1, 1990.
SUSAN J. CRAWFORD, judge; born April 22, 1947, in Pittsburgh, PA;
daughter of William E. and Joan B. Crawford; married to Roger W. Higgins
of Geneva, NY, September 8, 1979; one child, Kelley S. Higgins; B.A.,
Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, 1969; J.D. (cum laude), Dean's Award,
Arthur McClean Founder's Award, New England School of Law, Boston, MA,
1977; Career record: history teacher and coach of women's athletics,
Radnor High School, Pennsylvania, 1969-74; associate, Burnett and
Eiswert, Oakland, MD, 1977-79; Assistant State's Attorney, Garrett
County, Maryland, 1978-79; partner, Burnett, Eiswert and Crasford, 1979-
81; instructor, Garrett County Community College, 1979-81; deputy
general counsel, 1981-83, and general counsel, Department of the Army,
1983-89; special counsel to Secretary of Defense, 1989; inspector
general, Department of Defense, 1989-91; member: bar of the Supreme
Court of the United States; bar of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals,
Maryland Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American
Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and the Edward Bennett
Williams American Inn of Court; member: board of trustees, 1989-present,
and Corporation, 1992-present, of New
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England School of Law; board of trustees, 1988-present, Bucknell
University; nominated by President Bush as judge, U.S. Court of Military
Appeals, February 19, 1991, for a term of 15 years; confirmed by the
Senate on November 14, 1991, sworn in and officially assumed her duties
on November 19, 1991.
H.F. ``SPARKY'' GIERKE, judge, born March 13, 1943, in Williston,
ND; son of Herman F. Gierke, Jr., and Mary Kelly Gierke; children: Todd,
Scott, Craig, and Michelle; B.A., University of North Dakota, 1964;
J.D., University of North Dakota, 1966; graduated basic course, the
Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, VA, 1967; graduated
military judge course, the Judge Advocate General's School,
Charlottesville, VA, 1969; active duty, U.S. Army judge advocate
general's corps, 1967-71; private practice of law, 1971-83; served as a
justice of the North Dakota supreme court from October 1, 1983 until
appointment to U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Admitted to the North
Dakota Bar, 1966; admitted to practice law before all North Dakota
Courts, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, U.S. Court of
Military Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court; served as president of the
State Bar Association of North Dakota in 1982-83; served as president of
the North Dakota State's Attorneys Association in 1979-80; served on the
board of governors of the North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association from
1977-83; served on the board of governors of the North Dakota State Bar
Association from 1977-79 and from 1981-84; served as vice chairman and
later chairman of the North Dakota Judicial Conference from June 1989
until November 1991. Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the
American College of Probate Counsel; member of the American Bar
Association, American Judicature Society, Association of Trial Lawyers
of America, Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, Kappa Sigma Social
Fraternity, University of North Dakota President's Club; in 1984,
received the Governor's Award from Governor Allen I. Olson for
outstanding service to the State of North Dakota; in 1988 and again in
1991, awarded the North Dakota National Leadership Award of Excellence
by Governor George A. Sinner; in 1989, selected as the Man of the Year
by the Delta Mu Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and as Outstanding
Greek Alumnus of the University of North Dakota; also awarded the
University of North Dakota Sioux Award (UND's alumni association's
highest honor); in 1983-84, served as the first Vietnam era state
commander of the North Dakota American Legion; in 1988-89, served as the
first Vietnam era national commander of the American Legion; nominated
by President Bush, October 1, 1991; confirmed by the Senate, November
14, 1991; sworn-in and assumed office on the U.S. Court of Military
Appeals, November 20, 1991.
ANDREW S. EFFRON, associate judge; the Court is composed of five
civilian judges appointed for 15-year terms by the President with the
advice and consent of the Senate; the Court has appellate jurisdiction
over cases arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; decisions
of the Court are subject to review by the United States Supreme Court;
Judge Effron joined the Court in 1996; he previously served on the staff
of the Senate Armed Services Committee; attorney-adviser, Department of
Defense Office of General Counsel and Office of the Staff Judge
Advocate, Fort McClellan, Alabama; and legislative aide to the late
Representative William A. Steiger; Judge Effron was born in Stamford,
Connecticut and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York; he is a graduate of
Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Judge Advocate General's
School, U.S. Army; he and his wife Barbara live in Annandale, Virginia;
they have a daughter, Robin, and a son, Michael.
WILLIAM HOLMES COOK, senior judge; born in Carbondale, IL, June 2,
1920; son of Rex H. and Mary Dola (Carter) Cook; prelaw, Southern
Illinois University, 1938-40; J.D., Washington University, St. Louis,
MO, 1947; active duty in U.S. Army, 1942-46; admitted to bar of Illinois
and to practice before the Illinois supreme court, 1947; and before the
Supreme Court in 1956; private practice of law in Charleston, IL, 1949-
52; joined Federal Trade Commission as an attorney in 1954; became
assistant to the chairman in 1957; in 1959, joined the Department of the
Navy serving as associate counsel for property and special matters; in
1963, appointed counsel for the Armed Services Committee, House of
Representatives; nominated by President Nixon to be an associate judge
of U.S. Court of Military Appeals on August 2, 1974, for the remainder
of the term expiring May 1, 1976; unanimously confirmed by the Senate on
August 16, 1974, and took oath of office on August 21, 1974; commission
signed by President Ford on August 20, 1974; reappointed by President
Ford on February 10, 1976, and again unanimously confirmed by the Senate
for the term expiring May 1, 1991, and took oath of office on April 23,
1976; retired on March 31, 1984 and immediately assumed status of senior
judge, returning to full active service until June 30, 1984.
WILLIAM HORACE DARDEN, senior judge; born in Union Point, GA, May
16, 1923; son of William W. and Sara (Newsom) Darden; B.B.A., University
of Georgia, 1946; LL.B.,
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University of Georgia, 1948; admitted to bar of Georgia and to practice
before the Georgia Supreme Court, 1948; active duty in U.S. Navy from
July 1, 1943 to July 3, 1946, when released to inactive duty as
lieutenant (jg.); married to Mary Parrish Viccellio of Chatham, VA,
December 31, 1949; children: Sara Newsom, Martha Hardy, William H., Jr.,
Daniel Hobson; secretary to U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell, 1948-51;
chief clerk of U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, 1951-53;
professional staff member and later chief of staff, U.S. Senate
Committee on Armed Services, February 1953 to November 1968; received
recess appointment as judge of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals from
President Johnson on November 5, 1968, to succeed the late Judge Paul J.
Kilday; took oath of office on November 13, 1968; nominated by President
Johnson for the unexpired part of the term of the late Judge Paul J.
Kilday ending May 1, 1976; confirmed by Senate on January 14, 1969;
designated chief judge by President Nixon on June 23, 1971; resigned
December 29, 1973; elected to become senior judge on February 11, 1974.
ROBINSON O. EVERETT, senior judge; born in Durham, NC, March 18,
1928; son of Reuben O. and Kathrine (Robinson) Everett; A.B. (magna cum
laude), Harvard College, 1947; J.D. (magna cum laude), Harvard Law
School, 1950; LL.M., Duke University, 1959; active duty in U.S. Air
Force, 1951-53; thereafter served in U.S. Air Force Reserve and retired
as colonel, 1978; married to Linda McGregor of Greensboro, NC, August
27, 1966; children: Robinson O., Jr., McGregor, and Lewis Moore;
commissioner, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1953-55; private law
practice, Durham, NC, 1955-80; assistant professor of law, 1950-51;
adjunct professor of law, 1963-66; professor of law, Duke Law School,
1967-present; chairman Durham Urban Redevelopment Commission, 1958-75;
counsel, 1961-64; consultant, 1964-66; Subcommittee on Constitutional
Rights, Senate Committee on the Judiciary; chairman, Standing Committee
on Military Law, American Bar Association, 1977-79; president, Durham
County Bar Association, 1976-77; commissioner, National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1961-73, 1977-present; member,
American Law Institute, 1966-present; councillor, North Carolina State
Bar, 1978-83; nominated by President Carter as judge of U.S. Court of
Military Appeals, February 14, 1980, for the remainder of the term
expiring May 1, 1981; unanimously confirmed by the Senate and designated
chief judge by President Carter, March 28, 1980; took oath of office,
April 16, 1980; term of office extended until April 15, 1990, by Act of
December 23, 1980, Public Law 96-579, section 12, 94 Stat. 3369; term of
office further extended until Sep. 30, 1990 by Act of November 29, 1989,
Public Law 101-189, section 1301, 103 Stat 1575-76. Immediately upon his
retirement at the end of his term on September 30, 1990, assumed status
of senior judge and returned to full active service pending the
appointment of his successor.
OFFICERS OF THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
Clerk of the Court.--Thomas F. Granahan.
Central Legal Staff Director.--William N. Early.
Reporter of Decisions.--John A. Cutts II.
Administrative Officer.--Robert J. Bieber.
Librarian.--Agnes Kiang.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
625 Indiana Avenue 20004, phone 501-5970
FRANK Q. NEBEKER, chief judge; of Arlington, VA, associate degree,
history, Weber College; B.A., political science, University of Utah; law
degree, American University; correspondence secretary in the White
House; trial attorney, Internal Security Division, Department of
Justice, 1956-58; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia,
1958-69; chief, appellate division, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the
District of Columbia, 1962-69; associate judge, District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, 1969-87; director, Office of Government Ethics; first
chief judge, U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals; sworn in July 24, 1989; the
court began operating on October 16, 1989; married; father of three
adult children.
KENNETH B. KRAMER, judge; born February 19, 1942, in Chicago, IL;
B.A., University of Illinois, 1963; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1966;
admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of
Military Appeals, the State of Colorado, and the State of Illinois;
commissioned in the U.S. Army, captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps,
1967-70; counsel, Army Physical Disability Evaluation Board, which
determined ratings and benefits of disabled service personnel at the
Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, WA; trial counsel and
defense counsel in numerous general courts-martial cases; chief,
administrative law department and legal assistance officer; practiced
civil litigation law with the Lord, Bissell and Brook, 1970; prosecutor,
Office of the Deputy District Attorney, 4th Judicial District Colorado,
1970-72; practiced law with Holme, Roberts, and Owen, Colorado Springs,
CO, 1972-74; practiced law with Floyd, Kramer and Lambrecht in Colorado,
1975-78; elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, 1973-78;
serving as the Chairman of the Rules Committee, and member: Judiciary,
Business Affairs and Labor, Education Finance and Health Committees;
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1979-87; candidate for the
U.S. Senate race in Colorado, 1986; vice president, Aries Properties in
Colorado Springs, CO, 1987; served as Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Financial Management), 1988, until September 1989; confirmed by the
U.S. Senate to the Court of Veterans Appeals on September 17, 1989;
sworn in October 16, 1989;
JOHN J. FARLEY III, judge, of Bowie, MD; born July 30, 1942 in
Hackensack, NJ to John J., Jr. and Patricia F. (Earle) Farley; married
June 27, 1970 to Kathleen M. Wells; children: Maura, Brendan, Thomas,
and Caitlin; A.B., economics, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, 1964;
M.B.A., Columbia University Graduate School of Business, 1966 (Samuel
Bronfman Fellow, Alpha Kappa Psi); J.D. (cum laude), Hofstra University
School of Law, 1973 (first in class, editor-in-chief, Hofstra Law
Review); served active duty as private, U.S. Army, 1966; released as
Captain in 1970 after service in Vietnam, with Bronze Star with ``V''
device, three oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster,
Army Commendation Medal; career record 1973-78; attorney with the
Department of Justice: trial attorney, torts section, 1978-80; assistant
director for official immunity, torts branch, 1980-89; director, torts
branch, with Civil Division, Department of Justice, 1989-present;
admitted to: New York State Bar, 1974; District of Columbia Bar and U.S.
Court of Appeals for D.C., 1975; U.S. Supreme Court Bar, 1977; author:
``Robin Hood Jurisprudence: The Triumph of Equity in American Tort
Law,'' 65 St. John's Law Review 997, 1991; ``The New Kid on the Block:
The United States Court of Veterans Appeals,'' Federal Bar News and
Journal, volume 38, No. 9, Nov./Dec. 1991; ``Personal Liability of
Federal Investigators and Law Enforcement Officers,'' Investigators
Journal, volume 2, Fall 1986; ``Senior Executives' Personal Liability,''
7, Action 4, May 1987; ``The Fallout from Westfall,'' 8 Ibid. 3 March
1988; ``From Liability to Immunity: The Roller Coaster Ride of 1988,''
The Institute, 1, February 1989; notable decisions: Erspamer v.
Derwinski, 1990; Rogozinski v. Derwinski, 1990; Gilbert v. Derwinski,
1990; Fegere v. Derwinski, 1990; Smith v. Derwinski, 1991; Ashley v.
Derwinski, 1992; Darrow v. Derwinski, 1992; Zarycki v. Brown, 1993;
Elcyzyn v. Brown, 1994; recipient: Special Achievement Award, Department
of Justice, 1979; First Civil Division Special Award for Superior
Performance, Department of Justice, 1980; Senior Executive Service
Special Achievement Awards, 1984 and 1988; Distinguished Alumni medal,
Hofstra University School of Law, 1986; member: Federal Bar Association;
Disabled American Veterans; John Carroll Society; Roman Catholic;
nominated for appointment on August 29,
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1989, by President Bush; confirmed by the Senate September 14, 1989;
sworn in September 15, 1989.
RONALD M. HOLDAWAY, judge; born on November 27, 1934, in Afton, WY;
parents, O.J. and Fern (Melville) Holdaway; married in December 1958 to
Judith K. Janisoski; children: Denise E. Smith and Georgia A. Robinson;
higher education: B.A., history, University of Wyoming, 1957; J.D.,
National Defense University, Washington, DC, 1959; entered active duty,
lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1959; retired as Brigadier General in 1989;
active duty assignments include: legal staff officer, 4th Infantry
Division, Ft. Lewis, WA, 1960-63; legal staff officer, Schofield
Barracks, HI, 1963-66; instructor in criminal law, Judge Advocate
General's School, VA, 1966-69; staff judge advocate, First Cavalry
Division (Airmobile), Vietnam, 1969-70; chief, government appellate
division, Office of The Judge Advocate General, 1971-75; chief, of
personnel, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Washington, DC, 1975-77;
staff judge advocate, U.S. Army VII Corps, Stuttgart, Germany, 1978-80;
executive to the Judge Advocate General, 1980-81; Assistant Judge
Advocate General, civil law, Headquarters, Department of the Army,
Washington, DC, 1981-83; Judge Advocate General (BG), U.S. Army Europe,
Heidelberg, Germany, 1983-87; chief judge, U.S. Army Court of Military
Review and Commander, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, Washington, DC,
1987-89; awards and decorations: (2) Distinguished Service Medal, Legion
of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, (2) Meritorious Service Medal,
Commendation Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with four
campaign stars, Vietnam Service Medal; admitted to Wyoming bar; U.S.
Court of Military Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court Bar; author: ``Voire Dire,
A Neglected Tool of Advocacy,'' 43 Military Law Review, 1; ``Litigating
Speedy Trial,'' The Army Lawyer, July 1974; ``Litigating Defense Request
for Witnesses,'' Ibid., April 1975; member: Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints;; nominated for appointment on January 23, 1990, by
President Bush; confirmed by the Senate August 3, 1990; sworn in August
7, 1990.
DONALD L. IVERS, judge; A.A., New Mexico Military Institute, 1961;
B.A., University of New Mexico, 1963; J.D., American University, 1971;
active duty in the U.S. Army, 1963-68, U.S., Europe, and Vietnam;
retired from U.S. Army Reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel;
clerk, District of Columbia Superior Court and the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals; private practice of law with Brault, Graham, Scott and
Brault, Washington, DC, 1972-78; chief counsel, Republican National
Committee, 1978-81; chief counsel, Federal Highway Administration, 1981-
85; director, Safety Review Task Force, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1984-85; general counsel, Veterans Administration, 1985-
89; assistant to the Secretary, United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, 1990; resides in Alexandria, VA; married, and the father of two
children; nominated by President Bush, confirmed by the U.S. Senate in
1990; sworn in August 7, 1990.
JONATHAN ROBERT STEINBERG, judge; B.A., Cornell University, 1960;
L.L.B., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania School of Law. 1963;
research and note editor, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Order
of the Coif; research assistant, American Law Institute; law clerk for
then Judge Warren E.. Burger, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, 1963-64; attorney advisor, Peace Corps, 1968-69; staff
counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Subcommittee
on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Railroad Retirement, and Special
Subcommittee on Human Resources) 1969-77; chief counsel/staff director,
U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1977-81 and 1987-90;
minority chief counsel/staff director, Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
1981-87; resides in Potomac, MD with his wife Shellie; two adult
children: Andrew and Amy; nominated by President Bush in May 1990,
confirmed by the U.S. Senate in August 1990.
OFFICERS OF THE U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
Clerk.--Robert F. Comeau, 501-5980.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--James L. Caldwell.
Counsel and Reporter of Decisions.--Jack F. Lane.
Central Legal Staff Director.--Patrick B. O'Brien.
Administrative Officer.--Marlene Davis.
Librarian.--Bernard J. Sussman.
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JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Room G-255, North Lobby,
One Columbus Circle NE 20002-8004
phone (202) 273-2800, FAX 273-2810
(National jurisdiction to centralize related cases pending in multiple
circuits and districts under
28 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1407 & 2112)
Chairman.--John F. Nangle, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of
Georgia.
Judges:
Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Senior U.S. District Judge, Eastern
District of Virginia.
William B. Enright, Senior U.S. District Judge, Southern
District of California.
Clarence A. Brimmer, U.S. District Judge, District of Wyoming.
John F. Grady, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of
Illinois.
Barefoot Sanders, Senior U.S. District Judge, Northern District
of Texas.
Louis C. Bechtle, Senior U.S. District Judge, Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.
Executive Attorney.--Robert A. Cahn.
Clerk.--Patricia D. Howard.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE U.S. COURTS
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE 20544, phone (202) 273-0107
Director.--Leonidas Ralph Mecham, 273-3000.
Associate Director, Management and Operations.--Clarence A. (Pete)
Lee, Jr., 273-3015.
Office of Audit.--David L. Gellman, Chief, 273-2080.
Office of Management Coordination.--Cathy A. McCarthy,
Management Coordination Officer, 273-1150.
Office of Program Assessment.--Duane Rex Lee, Program Assessment
Officer, 273-1220.
Associate Director and General Counsel.--William R. Burchill,
Jr., 273-1100.
Deputy General Counsel.--Robert K. Loesche.
Deputy General Counsel for Contracts and Procurement Law.--Linda
Horowitz.
Office of Judicial Conference Executive Secretariat.--Karen K.
Siegel, Assistant Director, 273-1140.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Wendy Jennis.
Office of Legislative Affairs.--Michael W. Blommer, Assistant
Director, 273-1120.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Arthur E. White.
Office of Public Affairs.--David A Sellers, Acting Assistant
Director, 273-0107.
Office of Court Programs.--Noel J. Augustyn, Assistant Director,
273-1500.
Deputy for Court Administration.--Robert Lowney.
Court Administration Policy Staff.--Abel J. Mattos, Chief, 273-
1539.
Appellate Court and Circuit Administration Division.--John P.
Hehman, Chief,
273-1543.
Bankruptcy Court Administration Division.--Glen K. Palman,
Chief, 273-1547.
Defender Services Division.--Theodore J. Lidz, Chief, 273-1670.
District Court Administration Division.--William M. Moran, Jr.,
Acting Chief, 273-1534.
Federal Corrections and Supervision Division.--Eunice Holt
Jones, Chief, 273-1610.
Office of Facilities, Security and Administrative Services.--P.
Gerald Thacker, Assistant Director, 273-1200.
Deputy Assistant Director.--William J. Lehman, 273-1230.
Policy and Resource Management Staff.--Ross Eisenman, Chief,
273-1200.
Administrative Office Personnel Office.--Nancy Lee Bradshaw,
Administrative Office
Personnel Officer, 273-2777.
Job Opportunity Recording, 273-2760.
Job Opportunity Request Line, 273-2761.
Administrative Services Office.--Laura C. Minor, Chief, 273-
4301.
Court Security Office.--Dennis P. Chapas, Chief, 273-1517.
Relocation and Travel Management Office.--John R. Breslin,
Chief, 273-1214.
Contracts Division.--Fred McBride, Chief, 273-1430.
Space and Facilities Division.--William J. Lehman, Chief, 273-
1230.
Office of Finance and Budget.--Joseph J. Bobek, Assistant Director,
273-2000.
Deputy Assistant Director.--George H. Schafer, 273-2000.
Economy Subcommittee Support Office.--Diane V. Margeson, Chief,
273-2009.
Financial Liaison Office.--Penny Fleming, Financial Liaison
Officer, 273-2028.
Accounting and Financial Systems Division.--Philip L. McKinney,
Chief, 273-2160.
Budget Division.--Gregory D. Cummings, Chief, 273-2100.
Office of Human Resources and Statistics.--Myra Howze Shiplett,
Assistant Director, 273-1277.
Deputy Assistant Director.--R. Townsend Robinson, 501-8090.
Analytical Services Office.--David L. Cook, Chief, 273-2159.
Employee Relations and Training Division.--Maurice E. White,
Chief, 273-1260.
Human Resources Division.--Charlotte G. Peddicord, Chief, 273-
1270.
Statistics Division.--Steven R. Schlesinger, Chief, 273-2240.
Office of Information Technology.--Pamela B. White, Assistant
Director, 273-2300.
Computer Security and Independent Testing Office.--Frank S.
Dozier, Chief, 273-2350.
Customer Relations Office.--Dennis E. Morey, Chief, 273-2700.
Technology Enhancement Office.--Richard D. Fennell, Chief, 273-
2730.
Technology Policy, Planning and Acquisitions Office.--Melvin J.
Bryson, Chief, 273-2305.
Applications Management and Development Division.--Gary L.
Bockweg, Chief, 273-2500.
Networks and Systems Integration Division.--Charles M. Mayer,
Chief, 273-2640.
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Technology Training and Support Division.--Charles W. Vagner,
Chief, (210) 530-6200.
Office of Judges Programs.--Peter G. McCabe, Assistant Director,
273-1800.
Long Range Planning Office.--Jeffrey A. Hennemuth, Chief, 273-
1810.
Rules Committee Support Office.--John K. Rabiej, Chief, 273-
1820.
Article III Judges Division.--John E. Howell, Chief, 273-1860.
Bankruptcy Judges Division.--Francis F. Szczebak, Chief, 273-
1900.
Magistrate Judges Division.--Thomas C. Hnatowski, Chief, 273-
1830.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
One Columbus Circle NE 20002-8003, phone (202) 273-4153
Director.--Judge Rya W. Zobel, 273-4160, fax 273-4019.
Senior Administrative Assistant.--Linda M. Beavers, 273-4160, 273-
4164 (fax 273-4019).
Deputy Director.--Russell R. Wheeler, 273-4164, fax 273-4019.
Director of--
Judicial Education.--Robb M. Jones, 273-4059, fax 273-4023.
Court Education.--Emily Z. Huebner, 273-4110, fax 273-4020.
Research.--James B. Eaglin (acting), 273-4071, fax 273-4021.
Planning and Technology.--Gordon Bermant, 273-4200, fax 273-
4024.
Publications and Media.--Sylvan A. Sobel, 273-4140, fax 273-
4025.
Information Specialist.--Roger Karr, 273-4153, fax 273-4025.
Federal Judicial History Office.--Bruce A. Ragsdale, 273-4181,
fax 273-4025.
Interjudicial Affairs Office.--James G. Apple, 273-4161, fax
273-4019.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
phone 879-1010
Executive Officer.--Ulysses B. Hammond, 879-1700.
Deputy Executive Officer.--[Vacant], 879-4616; fax 879-4829.
Fiscal Officer.--John F. Schultheis, 879-2806; fax 879-2894.
Director, Court Reporting Division.--Shirley Shepard Curley, 879-
1016.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
500 Indiana Avenue 20001
Chief Judge.--Annice M. Wagner, 879-2770.
Associate Judges:
Michael W. Farrell, 879-2790.
John M. Ferren, 879-2750.
Warren King, 879-2740.
Vanessa Ruiz, 879-2761.
John A. Terry, 879-2780.
Frank E. Schwelb, 879-2730.
John M. Steadman, 879-2727.
Retired Judges: Gerard D. Reilly (chief judge), 879-2755; George R.
Gallagher, 879-2764; John W. Kern III, 879-2754; William C.
Pryor, 879-2745; Julia Cooper Mack, 879-2765; Theodore R.
Newman, Jr., 879-2740; James A. Belson, 879-2760.
Clerk.--William H. Ng, 879-2725.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Joy A. Chapper, 879-2722, fax 626-8847.
Director of Admissions, Committee on Admissions.--Clare M. Root,
879-2714.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
phone 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Eugene N. Hamilton, 879-1600, fax 879-7830.
Associate Judges:
Mary Ellen Abrecht, 879-7834.
Geoffrey M. Alprin, 879-1577.
Judith Bartnoff, 879-1988.
John H. Bayly, Jr., 879-7874.
Shellie F. Bowers, 879-1288.
A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., 879-1164.
Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., 879-4883.
Zoe Bush, 879-0023.
Russell F. Canan, 879-1952.
Kaye K. Christian, 879-1668.
Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr., 879-4866.
Rafael Diaz, 879-1125.
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., 879-4808.
Frederick D. Dorsey, 879-7837.
Stephanie Duncan-Peters, 879-1882.
Mildred M. Edwards, 879-7840.
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Stephen F. Eilperin, 879-1566.
Wendell P. Gardner, Jr., 879-1810.
Steffen W. Graae, 879-1244.
Henry F. Greene, 879-1455.
Linda Turner Hamilton, 879-1819.
Brook Hedge, 879-1886.
Ellen Segal Huvelle, 879-1264.
William M. Jackson, 879-1909.
Ann O'Regan Keary, 879-1863.
Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., 879-1202.
Rufus G. King III, 879-1480.
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, 879-1430.
Noel A. Kramer, 879-1446.
Richard A. Levie, 879-1247.
Cheryl M. Long, 879-1200.
Jose M. Lopez, 879-7877.
Stephen G. Milliken, 879-1823.
George W. Mitchell, 879-1277.
Zinora Mitchell-Rankin, 879-7846.
Gregory E. Mize, 879-1395.
Truman A. Morrison III, 879-1060.
Evelyn E. Queen, 879-4886.
Michael Lee Rankin, 879-1220.
Judith E. Retchin, 879-1866.
Robert I. Richter, 879-1422.
Richard S. Salzman, 879-1717.
Lee F. Satterfield, 879-1918.
Nan R. Shuker, 879-1207.
John H. Suda, 879-4873.
Harriett R. Taylor, 879-1442.
Robert S. Tignor, 879-1252.
Curtis E. von Kann, 879-1210.
Reggie B. Walton, 879-1815.
Paul R. Webber III, 879-1426.
Frederick H. Weisberg, 879-1066.
Susan R. Winfield, 879-1272.
Rhonda Reid Winston, 879-4750.
Patricia A. Wynn, 879-4630.
Joan Zeldon, 879-1590.
Retired Judges:
Bruce D. Beaudin, 879-1575.
Samuel B. Block, 879-1570.
George H. Goodrich, 879-1055.
Margaret A. Haywood, 879-4633.
John R. Hess, 879-1420.
Fred L. McIntyre, 879-1428.
Bruce S. Mencher, 879-1358.
Tim Murphy, 879-1099.
Nicholas S. Nunzio, 879-1440.
Joseph M.F. Ryan, Jr., 879-1448.
Donald S. Smith, 879-1490.
Fred B. Ugast, 879-1890.
Ronald P. Wertheim, 879-1170.
Peter H. Wolf, 879 -1088.
Clerk of the Court.--Duane B. Delaney, 879-1400.
Deputy Clerk of the Court.--Barbara K. Parks, 879-1401; fax: 879-
7831.
Auditor-Master.--Anita Isicson, 879-4880; fax: 879-4620.
Directors:
Civil Division.--Deborah Taylor Godwin, 879-1680.
Criminal Division.--William G. Rogers, Sr., 879-1689; fax: 879-
1371.
Family Division.--H. Edward Ricks, 879-1633.
Social Services.--Moses McAllister, 508-1800; fax: 508-1603.
Probate, Register of Wills.--Constance G. Evans, 879-4800; fax:
393-5849.
Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division.--Terrence G. Jones, 879-
1334; fax: 879-4619.
OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF WILLS
500 Indiana Avenue 20001, phone 879-4800
Register of Wills.--Constance G. Evans, 879-4800.
Deputy Register of Wills.--Louis L. Jenkins, 879-7800.
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