Congressional Directory for the 110th Congress (2007-2008), August 2007.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
One First Street, NE., 20543, phone (202) 479-3000
JOHN GLOVER ROBERTS, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States; born
in Buffalo, NY, January 27, 1955; son of John G. Roberts and Rosemary
Podrasky; married to Jane Marie Sullivan, July 27, 1996; children:
Josephine and John; A.B., Harvard University, 1976; J.D., Harvard Law
School, 1979; managing editor, Harvard Law Review; law clerk for Justice
Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit, 1979-80; law clerk for then Associate Justice William H.
Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1980-81; Special
Assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-82;
Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel's
Office, 1982-86; Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1989-93; private practice of law, Hogan and Hartson,
Washington, DC, 1986-89 and 1993-2003; member: American Academy of
Appellate Lawyers; American Law Institute; Edward Coke Appellate
American Inn of Court; served on Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules
of the Judicial Conference of the United States; nominated to the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by
President George W. Bush on January 7, 2003; sworn in on June 2, 2003;
nominated Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by
President George W. Bush on September 5, 2005; sworn in on September 29,
2005.
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
WWII service, Bronze 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.
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
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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; A.B., Harvard College, 1961,
Phi Beta Kappa, selected Rhodes Scholar; A.B. in Jurisprudence (1963)
and M.A. (1989), Magdalen College, Oxford University; LL.B., Harvard Law
School, 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;
named Associate Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court, 1978-83;
appointed 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 Commission 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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States; born in Brooklyn, NY, March 15, 1933; 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
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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.
SAMUEL ANTHONY ALITO, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States; born in Trenton, NJ, April 1, 1950; son of Samuel A.
Alito, Sr. and Rose Fradusco Alito; married to Martha-Ann Bomgardner,
1985; children: Philip and Laura; J.D., Yale Law School, 1975; law clerk
for Justice Leonard I. Garth, United States Court of Appeals for the
Third Circuit, 1976-77; Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey,
1977-81; Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice,
1981-85; Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice,
1985-87; U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987-90; nominated to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President
George H.W. Bush on February 20, 1990; sworn in on April 30, 1990;
nominated Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President
George W. Bush on October 31, 2005; sworn in on January 31, 2006.
Officers of the Supreme Court
Clerk.--William K. Suter.
Librarian.--Judith Gaskell.
Marshal.--Pamela Talkin.
Reporter of Decisions.--Frank D. Wagner.
Counsel.--Scott Harris.
Curator.--Catherine Fitts.
Budget and Personnel Officer.--Cyril A. Donnelly.
Public Information Officer.--Kathleen L. Arberg.
Director of Data Systems.--Donna Clement.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.--Sally M. Rider.
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UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS
First Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island).--Chief Judge: Michael
Boudin. Circuit Judges: Juan R. Torruella; Sandra L. Lynch; Kermit
V. Lipez; Jeffrey R. Howard. Senior Circuit Judges: Levin H.
Campbell; Bruce M. Selya; Conrad K. Cyr; Norman H. Stahl. Circuit
Executive: Gary H. Wente (617) 748-9613. Clerk: Richard C. Donovan
(617) 748-9057, John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, One Courthouse
Way, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02210.
Second Judicial Circuit (Districts of Connecticut, New York, and
Vermont).--Chief Judge: Dennis Jacobs. Circuit Judges: John M.
Walker, Jr.; Guido Calabresi; Jose A. Cabranes; Rosemary S. Pooler;
Chester J. Straub; Robert D. Sack; Sonia Sotomayor; Robert A.
Katzmann; Barrington D. Parker, Jr.; Reena Raggi. Senior Circuit
Judges: Wilfred Feinberg; James L. Oakes; Thomas J. Meskill; Jon O.
Newman; Richard J. Cardamone; Ralph K. Winter; Roger J. Miner;
Joseph M. McLaughlin; Amalya L. Kearse; Pierre N. Leval. Circuit
Executive: Karen Greve Milton (212) 857-8700. Clerk: Tom Asreen
(acting), (212) 857-8500, Thurgood Marshall 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: Anthony J. Scirica. Circuit
Judges: Dolores K. Sloviter; Theodore A. McKee; Marjorie O. Rendell;
Maryanne Trump Barry; Thomas L. Ambro; Julio M. Fuentes; D. Brooks
Smith; D. Michael Fisher; Michael A. Chagares; Kent A. Jordan.
Senior Circuit Judges: Ruggero J. Aldisert; Joseph F. Weis, Jr.;
Leonard I. Garth; Walter K. Stapleton; Morton I. Greenberg; Robert
E. Cowen; Richard L. Nygaard; Jane R. Roth; Franklin S. Van
Antwerpen. Circuit Executive: Toby D. Slawsky (215) 597-0718. Clerk:
Marcia M. Waldron (215) 597-2995, U.S. Courthouse, 601 Market
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia).--Chief Judge: William W.
Wilkins. Circuit Judges: H. Emory Widener, Jr.; Paul V. Niemeyer; J.
Harvie Wilkinson III; Karen J. Williams; M. Blane Michael; Diana
Gribbon Motz; William B. Traxler, Jr.; Robert B. King; Roger L.
Gregory; Dennis W. Shedd; Allyson K. Duncan. Senior Circuit Judge:
Clyde H. Hamilton. Circuit Executive: Samuel W. Phillips (804) 916-
2184. Clerk: Patricia S. Connor (804) 916-2700, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
U.S. Courthouse Annex, 1100 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Texas).--Chief Judge: Edith H. Jones. Circuit Judges: E. Grady
Jolly; W. Eugene Davis; Jerry E. Smith; Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.;
Rhesa H. Barksdale; Emilio M. Garza; Harold R. DeMoss, Jr.;
Fortunato P. Benavides; Carl E. Stewart; James L. Dennis; Edith
Brown Clement; Edward C. Prado; Carolyn Dineen King. Senior Circuit
Judges: Thomas M. Reavley; Will Garwood; Patrick E. Higginbotham;
John M. Duhe, Jr. Circuit Executive: Gregory A. Nussel (504) 310-
7777. Clerk: Charles R. Fulbruge III (504) 310-7700, John Minor
Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals Building, 600 Camp Street, New
Orleans, LA 70130-3425.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and
Tennessee).--Chief Judge: Danny J. Boggs; Circuit Judges: Boyce F.
Martin, Jr.; Alice M. Batchelder; Martha Craig Daughtrey; Karen
Nelson Moore; R. Guy Cole, Jr.; Eric Lee Clay; Ronald Lee Gilman;
Julie Smith Gibbons; John M. Rogers; Jeffrey S. Sutton; Deborah L.
Cook; David McKeague; Richard Allen Griffin. Senior Circuit Judges:
Damon J. Keith; Gilbert S. Merritt; Cornelia G. Kennedy; Ralph B.
Guy, Jr.; James L. Ryan; Alan E. Norris; Richard F. Suhrheinrich;
Eugene E. Siler, Jr. Circuit Executive: James A. Higgins (513) 564-
7200. Clerk: Leonard Green (513) 564-7000, Potter Stewart U.S.
Courthouse, 100 E. Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Seventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin).--Chief Judge: Frank H. Easterbrook. Circuit Judges:
Richard A. Posner; Joel M. Flaum; Kenneth F. Ripple; Daniel A.
Manion; Michael S. Kanne; Ilana Diamond Rovner; Diane P. Wood;
Terence T. Evans; Ann Claire Williams; Diane S. Sykes. Senior
Circuit Judges: Thomas E. Fairchild; William J. Bauer; Richard D.
Cudahy; John L. Coffey. Circuit Executive: Collins T. Fitzpatrick
(312) 435-5803. Clerk: Gino J. Agnello (312) 435-5850, 2722 U.S.
Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604.
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Eighth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota).--Chief Judge:
James B. Loken. Circuit Judges: Pasco M. Bowman II; Roger L.
Wollman; Morris S. Arnold; Diana E. Murphy; Kermit E. Bye; William
Jay Riley; Michael J. Melloy; Lavenski R. Smith; Steven M. Colloton;
Raymond W. Gruender; Duane Benton; Bobby E. Shepherd. Senior Circuit
Judges: Donald P. Lay; Myron H. Bright; John R. Gibson; Pasco M.
Bowman II; Frank J. Magill; C. Arlen Beam; David R. Hansen; Morris
S. Arnold. Circuit Executive: Millie Adams (314) 244-2600. Clerk:
Michael E. Gans (314) 244-2400, 111 S. Tenth Street, Suite 24.327,
St. Louis, MO 63102.
Ninth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alaska, Arizona, Central
California, Eastern California, Northern California, Southern
California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana
Islands, Oregon, Eastern Washington and Western Washington).--Chief
Judge: Mary M. Schroeder. Circuit Judges: Harry Pregerson; Stephen
Reinhardt; Alex Kozinski; Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain; Pamela Ann Rymer;
Andrew J. Kleinfeld; Michael Daly Hawkins; Sidney R. Thomas; Barry
G. Silverman; Susan P. Graber; M. Margaret McKeown; Kim McLane
Wardlaw; William A. Fletcher; Raymond C. Fisher; Ronald M. Gould;
Richard A. Paez; Marsha S. Berzon; Richard C. Tallman; Johnnie B.
Rawlinson; Richard R. Clifton; Jay S. Bybee; Consuelo M. Callahan;
Carlos T. Bea. Senior Circuit Judges: James R. Browning; Alfred T.
Goodwin; J. Clifford Wallace; Joseph Tyree Sneed III; Procter Hug,
Jr.; Otto R. Skopil, Jr.; Betty Binns Fletcher; Jerome Farris;
Authur L. Alarcon; Warren J. Ferguson; Dorothy W. Nelson; William C.
Canby, Jr.; Robert Boochever; Robert R. Beezer; Cynthia Holcomb
Hall; Melvin Brunetti; John T. Noonan, Jr.; David R. Thompson;
Edward Leavy; Stephen Trott; Ferdinand F. Fernandez; Thomas G.
Nelson; A. Wallace Tashima. Circuit Executive: Gregory B. Walters
(415) 556-2000. Clerk: Cathy A. Catterson (415) 556-9800, P.O. Box
193939, San Francisco, CA 94119-3939.
Tenth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming).--Chief Judge: Deanell Reece Tacha.
Circuit Judges: Paul J. Kelly, Jr.; Robert H. Henry; Mary Beck
Briscoe; Carlos F. Lucero; Michael R. Murphy; Harris L Hartz;
Terrence L. O'Brien; Michael W. McConnell; Timothy M. Tymkovich;
Neil M. Gorsuch; Jerome A. Holmes. Senior Circuit Judges: William J.
Holloway, Jr.; Robert H. McWilliams; Monroe G. McKay; Stephanie K.
Seymour; John C. Porfilio; Stephen H. Anderson; Bobby R. Baldock;
Wade Brorby; David M. Ebel. Circuit Executive: David Tighe (303)
844-2067. Clerk: Betsy Shumaker (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: J.L. Edmondson. Circuit Judges: Gerald Bard
Tjoflat; R. Lanier Anderson III; Stanley F. Birch, Jr.; Joel F.
Dubina; Susan Harrell Black; Edward E. Carnes; Rosemary Barkett;
Frank Mays Hull; Stanley Marcus; Charles Reginald Wilson; William H.
Pryor Jr. Senior Circuit Judges: John C. Godbold; James C. Hill;
Peter T. Fay; Phyllis A. Kravitch; Emmett Ripley Cox. Circuit
Executive: Norman E. Zoller (404) 335-6535. Clerk: Thomas K. Kahn
(404) 335-6100, 56 Forsyth Street, NW., Atlanta, GA 30303.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
333 Constitution Avenue, NW., 20001, phone (202) 216-7300
DOUGLAS HOWARD GINSBURG, chief judge; born in Chicago, IL, May 25,
1946; 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, 1973, 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, American Law and Economics
Association, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, American Bar Association,
Antitrust Section, Council, 1985-86 (ex officio), 2000-03 (judicial
liaison); advisory boards: Competition Policy International; Harvard
Journal of Law and Public Policy; Journal of Competition Law and
Economics; Law and Economics Center, George Mason University School of
Law; Supreme Court Economic Review; University of Chicago Law Review;
Board of Directors: Foundation for Research in Economics and the
Environment, 1991-2004; Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance, 1998-
2004; Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community, 1997-99;
Committees: Judicial Conference of the United States, 2002-08, Budget
Committee, 1997-2001, Committee on Judicial Resources, 1987-96; Boston
University Law School, Visiting Committee, 1994-97; University of
Chicago Law School, Visiting Committee, 1985-88; 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, 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 on law, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
1988-89; distinguished professor of law, George Mason University,
Arlington, VA, 1988-present; Charles J. Merriam visiting scholar, senior
lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1990-present; appointed to
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President
Reagan on October 14, 1986, taking the oath of office on November 10,
1986, becoming Chief Judge on July 16, 2001.
DAVID BRYAN SENTELLE, circuit judge, born in Canton, NC, February
12, 1943; son of Horace and Maude Sentelle; married to Jane LaRue
Oldham; daughters: Sharon, Reagan, and Rebecca; B.A., University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965; J.D. with honors, Uni-versity 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; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Appeals by President Reagan in October 1987.
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 Univer
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sity 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; chairman, Committee on Codes of
Conduct, U.S. Judicial Conference, 1995-98; distinguished professor of
law, George Mason Law School, 1999-present; recipient, Distinguished
Alumnus Award, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2002; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by
President George H.W. Bush on July 16, 1990, and took oath of office on
July 20, 1990.
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 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; member, U.S.
Judicial Conference Committee on the Codes of Conduct, 1998-2004;
appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit on March 18, 1994, and entered on duty
March 18, 1994.
DAVID S. TATEL, circuit judge; born in Washington, DC, March 16,
1942; son of Molly and Dr. Howard Tatel (deceased); married to the
former Edith Bassichis, 1965; children: Rebecca, Stephanie, Joshua, and
Emily; grandchildren: Olivia, Maya, Olin, Reuben, Rae, and Cameron;
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, 1967-69, 1970-72; director, Chicago
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1969-70; director,
National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1972-74;
director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, 1977-79; associate and partner, Hogan and Hartson, 1974-77,
1979-94; lecturer, Stanford University Law School, 1991-92; board of
directors, Spencer Foundation, 1987-97 (chair, 1990-97); board of
directors, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, 1997-
2000; National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, co-chair,
1989-91; chair, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching;
admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1966 and the District Columbia
in 1970; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit by President Clinton on October 7, 1994, and entered on
duty October 11, 1994.
MERRICK BRIAN GARLAND, circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL, 1952;
A.B., Harvard University, 1974, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D.,
Harvard Law School, 1977, magna cum laude, articles editor, Harvard Law
Review; law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 2d Circuit, 1977-78; law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.,
U.S. Supreme Court, 1978-79; Special Assistant to the Attorney General,
1979-81; associate then partner, Arnold and Porter, Washington, D.C.,
1981-89; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, D.C., 1989-92; partner,
Arnold and Porter, 1992-93; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-94; Principal Associate
Deputy Attorney General, 1994-97; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School,
1985-86; Associate Independent Counsel, 1987-88. Admitted to the bars of
the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court; Court of Appeals,
District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 4th, 9th,
and 10th Circuits; and U.S. Supreme Court. Author: Antitrust and State
Action, 96 Yale Law Journal 486 (1987); Antitrust and Federalism, 96
Yale Law Journal 1291 (1987); Deregulation and Judicial Review, 98
Harvard Law Review 505 (1985); co-chair, Administrative Law Section,
District of Columbia Bar, 1991-94; member, Board of Overseers, Harvard
University, 2003-present; American Law Institute; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 9, 1997.
JANCE ROGERS BROWN, circuit judge; born in Greenville, AL; B.A.,
California State University, 1974; J.D., University of California School
of Law, 1977; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law,2004; Deputy
Legislative Counsel, Legislative Counsel Bureau, 1977-79; Deputy
Attorney General, California Department of Justice, 1979-87; Deputy
Secretary and General Counsel, California Business, Transportation, and
Housing Agency, 1987-
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90; Senior Associate, Nielsen, Merksamer, Parinello, Mueller and Naylor,
1990-91; Legal Affairs Secretary for Governor Pete Wilson, 1991-94;
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals for the Third District,
1994-96; adjunct professor, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of
Law, 1998-99; Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, 1996-2005;
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit by President George W. Bush on February 14, 2005 and sworn in on
July 1, 2005.
THOMAS B. GRIFFITH, circuit judge; born in Yokohama, Japan, July 5,
1954; B.A., Brigham Young University, 1978; J.D., University of Virginia
School of Law, 1985; editor, Virginia Law Review; associate, Robinson,
Bradshaw and Hinson, Charlotte, NC, 1985-89; associate and then a
partner, Wiley, Rein and Fielding, Washington, DC, 1989-95 and 1999-
2000; Senate Legal Counsel of the United States, 1995-99; Assistant to
the President and General Counsel, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT,
2000-05; member, Executive Committee of the American Bar Association's
Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative; appointed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 14,
2005 and sworn in on June 29, 2005.
BRETT M. KAVANAUGH, circuit judge; born in Washington, DC, February
12, 1965; son of Edward and Martha Kavanaugh; married to Ashley Estes;
one daughter; B.A., cum laude, Yale College, 1987; J.D., Yale Law
School, 1990; law clerk to Judge Walter Stapleton of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-91; law clerk for Judge Alex
Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1991-92;
attorney, Office of the Solicitor General of the United States, 1992-93;
law clerk to Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme
Court, 1993-94; Associate Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1994-
97; partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 1997-98, 1999-2001; Associate Counsel
and then Senior Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush, 2001-03;
Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary to President Bush, 2003-
06; appointed and sworn in to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit on May 30, 2006.
SENIOR JUDGES
HARRY T. EDWARDS, senior judge; born in New York, NY, November 3,
1940; son of George H. Edwards and Arline (Ross) Lyle; married to Pamela
Carrington Edwards; children: Brent and Michelle; 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, 1979-80; public member of the Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1976-80; 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; Recipient of the
2004 Robert J. Kutak Award, presented by the American Bar Association
Selection of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar ``to a person who
meets the highest standards of professional responsibility and
demonstrates substantial achievement toward increased understanding
between legal education and the active practice of law'', and several
Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees; teaches law on a part-time basis; has
recently taught at Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, and Harvard Law Schools,
and is presently teaching courses at N.Y.U.; A.B.A.; appointed to the
U.S. Court of Appeals, February 20, 1980; served as chief judge
September 15, 1994 to July 16, 2001.
LAURENCE HIRSCH SILBERMAN, circuit judge; born in York, PA, October
12, 1935; son of William Silberman and Anna (Hirsch); married to Rosalie
G. Gaull on April 28, 1957; children: Robert Stephen Silberman,
Katherine DeBoer Balaban, and Anne Gaull Otis; 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 Secretary of Labor, 1970-73; partner, Steptoe and Johnson, 1973-
74; Deputy
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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, 1999-present;
Adjunct Professor of Law (Labor Law), Georgetown Law Center, 2002-
present; Adjunct Professor of Law (Administrative Law) New York
University Law School, 1995-96; Distinguished Visitor From the
Judiciary, Georgetown Law Center, 2002-present; co-chairman, Commission
on The Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons
of Mass Destruction, 2004-05; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit by President Reagan on October 28,
1985.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, circuit judge; born in New York, NY, September
23, 1936; son of Charles Dickerman Williams and Virginia (Fain); married
to Faith Morrow, 1966; children: Susan, Geoffrey, Sarah, Timothy, and
Nicholas; 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; member, American Law Institute; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President
Reagan, June 16, 1986.
Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
Circuit Executive.--Jill C. Sayenga (202) 216-7340.
Clerk.--Mark J. Langer, 216-7000.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Marilyn R. Sargent, 216-7000.
Chief, Legal Division.--Martha Tomich, 216-7500.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
717 Madison Place, NW., 20439, phone (202) 633-6550
PAUL R. MICHEL, chief judge; born in Philadelphia, PA, February 3,
1941; son of Lincoln M. and Dorothy Michel; educated in public schools
in Wayne and Radnor, PA; B.A., Williams College, 1963; J.D., University
of Virginia Law School, 1966; married Brooke England, 2004; adult
children, Sarah Elizabeth and Margaret Kelley; 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; member of the Judicial
Conference of the United States, 2004-present; elevated to the position
of Chief Judge on December 25, 2004.
PAULINE NEWMAN, circuit judge; born in New York, NY, June 20, 1927;
daughter of Maxwell H. and Rosella G. Newman; B.A., Vassar College,
1947; M.A. in pure science, Columbia University, 1948; Ph.D. degree in
chemistry, Yale University, 1952; LL.B., New York University School of
Law, 1958; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Franklin Pierce School of Law,
1991; 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; Research Corp., 1982-84; 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; governmental committees
include: State Department Advisory 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 Intellectual Property Law Association,
1988, the Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Intellectual
Property Field of the Pacific Industrial Property Association, 1987;
Vanderbilt Medal of New York University School of Law, 1995; Vasser
College Distinguished Achievement Award, 2002; Distinguished Professor
of Law, George Mason University School of Law (adjunct faculty); Council
on Foreign Relations; 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.
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HALDANE ROBERT MAYER, circuit judge; born in Buffalo, NY, February
21, 1941; son of Haldane and Myrtle Mayer; educated in the public
schools of Lockport, NY; B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY,
1963; 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; married Mary Anne McCurdy, August 13, 1966; two
daughters, Anne Christian and Rebecca Paige; 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, 1992-96;
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; elevated to the
position of Chief Judge on December 25, 1997; relinquished that position
on December 24, 2004, after having held it for seven years; Judicial
Conference of the U.S. Committee on the International Appellate Judges
Conference, 1988-91, Committee on Judicial Resources, 1990-97; member of
the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1997-2004.
ALAN D. LOURIE, circuit judge; born in Boston, MA, January 13, 1935;
son of Joseph Lourie and Rose; educated in public schools in Brookline,
MA; A.B., Harvard University, 1956; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1958;
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1965; 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
Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure, 1990-98; member
of the American Bar Association, the American Chemical Society, the
Cosmos Club, and the Harvard Club of Washington; recipient of Jefferson
Medal of the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association for
outstanding contributions to intellectual property law, 1998; 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 H.W. 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.
RANDALL R. RADER, circuit judge; born in Hastings, NE, April 21,
1949; son of Raymond A. and Gloria R. Rader; 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 Victoria
Semenyuk; legislative assistant to Representative Virginia Smith;
legislative director, counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means to
Representative Philip M. Crane, 1978-81; General Counsel, Chief Counsel,
Subcommittee on the Constitution, 1981-86; Minority Chief Counsel, Staff
Director, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Senate
Committee on Judiciary, 1987-88; Judge, U.S. Claims Court, 1988-90;
recipient: Outstanding Young Federal Lawyer Award by Federal Bar
Association, 1983; Jefferson Medal Award, 2003; bar member: District of
Columbia, 1978; Supreme Court of the United States, 1984; nominated to
the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President George
H.W. Bush on June 12, 1990; confirmed by Senate August 3, 1990, sworn in
August 14, 1990.
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ALVIN A. SCHALL, circuit judge; born in New York City, NY, April 4,
1944; son of Gordon W. Schall and Helen D. Schall; 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; associate with the law firm of Shearman and Sterling
in New York City, 1969-73; Assistant United States Attorney, Office of
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1973-
78; Chief of the Appeals Division, 1977-78; Trial Attorney, Senior Trial
Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, 1978-87; member of the Washington, DC law firm of
Perlman and Partners, 1987-88; Assistant to the Attorney General of the
United States, 1988-92; 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), U.S. District Courts for the
Eastern and Southern Districts of New York (1973), U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit (1974), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, formerly
the U.S. Claims Court (1978), District of Columbia (1980), U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1982), Supreme Court of the United
States (1989), U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (1991), and United States District Court for the District of
Columbia (1991); appointed U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
by President George H.W. Bush on August 17, 1992, sworn in on August 19,
1992.
WILLIAM CURTIS BRYSON, circuit judge; born in Houston, TX, August
19, 1945; A.B., Harvard University, 1969; J.D., University of Texas
School of Law, 1973; married with two children; 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 and 1986-94; 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.
ARTHUR J. GAJARSA, circuit judge; born in Norcia (Pro. Perugia),
Italy, March 1, 1941; married to Melanie Gajarsa; five children;
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1958-62, B.S.E.E., Bausch
and Lomb Medal, 1958, Benjamin Franklin Award, 1958; Catholic University
of America, Washington, DC, 1968; M.A. in economics, graduate studies;
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 1967; patent
examiner, U.S. Patent Office, Department of Commerce, 1962-63; patent
adviser, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, 1963-64; patent adviser,
Cushman, Darby and Cushman, 1964-67; law clerk to Judge Joseph
McGarraghy, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
Washington, DC, 1967-68; attorney, Office of General Counsel, Aetna Life
and Casualty Co., 1968-69; special counsel and assistant to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of
Interior, 1969-71; associate, Duncan and Brown, 1971-72; partner,
Gajarsa, Liss and Sterenbuch, 1972-78; partner, Garjarsa, Liss and
Conroy, 1978-80; partner, Wender, Murase and White, 1980-86; partner and
officer, Joseph Gajarsa, McDermott and Reiner, P.C., 1987-97; registered
patent agent, registered patent attorney, 1963; admitted to the D.C.
Bar, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1968; Connecticut State Bar, 1969;
U.S. Supreme Court, 1971; Superior Court for D.C., Court of Appeals for
D.C., 1972; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits,
1974; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1980;
awards: Sun and Balance Medal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1990;
Gigi Pieri Award, Camp Hale Association, Boston, MA, 1992; Rensselaer
Key Alumni Award, 1992; 125th Anniversary Medal, Georgetown University
Law Center, 1995; Order of Commendatore, Republic of Italy, 1995; Alumni
Fellow Award, Rensselaer Alumni Association, 1996; Board of Directors,
National Italian American Foundation, 1976-97, serving as general
counsel, 1976-89, president, 1989-92, and vice chair, 1993-96;
Rensselaer Neuman Foundation, trustee, 1973-present; Foundation for
Improving Understanding of the Arts, trustee, 1982-96; Outward Bound,
U.S.A., trustee, 1987-2002; John Carroll Society, Board of Governors,
1992-96; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, trustee, 1994-present;
Georgetown University, regent, 1995-2001; Georgetown University Board of
Directors, 2001-present; member: Federal, American, Federal Circuit, and
D.C. Bar Associations; American Judicature Association; nominated for
appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on
April 18, 1996 by President Clinton; confirmed by the Senate on July 31,
1997; entered service September 12, 1997.
RICHARD LINN, circuit judge; born in Brooklyn, NY, April 13, 1944;
son of Marvin and Enid Linn; Polytechnic Preparatory County Day School,
Brooklyn, NY, 1961; Bachelor
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of Electrical Engineering degree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
1965; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1969; served as patent
examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1965-68; member of the
founding Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar Section on Patent,
Trademark and Copyright Law, chairman, 1975; member of the American Bar
Association Intellectual Property Law Section; the American Intellectual
Property Law Association; the District of Columbia Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section; the Virginia Bar Intellectual Property
Law Section; and the Federal Circuit Bar Association; admitted to the
Virginia Bar in 1969, the District of Columbia Bar in 1970, and the New
York Bar in 1994; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court,
the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, District of Columbia,
and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern
District of Virginia and the District of Columbia; partner, Marks and
Murase, L.L.P., 1977-97, and member of the Executive Committee, 1987-97;
partner, Foley and Lardner, 1997-99, Practice Group Leader, Electronics
Practice Group, and Intellectual Property Department, 1997-99;
recipient, Rensselaer Alumni Association Fellows Award for 2000; adjunct
professor of law, George Washington University Law School, 2001-present;
member, Advisory Board of the George Washington University Law School,
2001-present; Master, Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, 2000-present;
nominated to be Circuit Judge by President Clinton on September 28,
1999, and confirmed by the Senate on November 19, 1999; assumed duties
of the office on January 1, 2000.
TIMOTHY B. DYK, circuit judge; A.B., Harvard College (cum laude),
1958; LL.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard Law School, 1961; law clerk to
Justices Reed and Burton (retired), 1961-62; law clerk to Chief Justice
Warren, 1962-63; special assistant to Assistant Attorney General, Louis
F. Oberdorfer, 1963-64; associate and partner, Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering, 1964-90; partner, and chair, of Issues & Appeals Practice
area (until nomination) with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, 1990-2000;
and Adjunct Professor at Yale, University of Virginia and Georgetown Law
Schools; nominated for appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit on April 1, 1998 by President Clinton; confirmed by the
Senate on May 24, 2000; entered on duty June 9, 2000.
SHARON PROST, circuit judge; born in Newburyport, MA; daughter of
Zyskind and Ester Prost; two sons, Matthew and Jeffrey; educated in
Hartford, CT; B.S., Cornell University, 1973; M.B.A., George Washington
University, 1975; J.D., Washington College of Law, American University,
1979; admitted to practice in Washington, DC, 1979; LL.M., George
Washington University School of Law, 1984; Labor Relations Specialist,
U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1973-76; Labor Relations Specialist /
Auditor, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1976-79; Trial Attorney,
Federal Labor Relations Authority, 1979-82; Chief Counsel's Office,
Department of Treasury, 1982-84; Assistant Solicitor, Associate
Solicitor, and then Acting Solicitor, National Labor Relations Board,
1984-89; Adjunct Professor of Labor Law, George Mason University School
of Law, 1986-87; Chief Labor Counsel, Senate Labor Committee--minority,
1989-93; Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee--minority, 1993-95;
Deputy Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee--majority, 1995-2001;
Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee--majority, 2001; appointed by
President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, September 21, 2001; assumed duties of the office on October 3,
2001.
KIMBERLY MOORE, circuit judge; born in Baltimore, MD; married to
Matthew J. Moore; three children; B.S.E.E., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1990; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991;
J.D. (cum laude), Georgetown University Law Center, 1994; Electrical
Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 1988-92; Associate, Kirkland &
Ellis, 1994-95; Judicial Clerk, Hon. Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Chief Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1995-97;
Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1997-99;
Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program, Chicago-
Kent College of Law, 1998-99; Assistant Professor of Law, University of
Maryland School of Law, 1999-2000; Associate Professor of Law, George
Mason University School of Law, 2000-04; Professor of Law, George Mason
University School of Law, 2004-06; nominated to the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President George W. Bush on May
18, 2006; confirmed by the Senate on September 5, 2006 and assumed the
duties of office on September 8, 2006.
SENIOR JUDGES
DANIEL M. FRIEDMAN, senior judge; born in New York, NY, February 8,
1916; son of Henry M. and Julia (Freedman) Friedman; attended the
Ethical Culture Schools in New
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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 (deceased), 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.
GLENN LeROY ARCHER, Jr., senior judge; born in Densmore, KS, March
21, 1929; son of Glenn L. and Ruth Agnes Archer; 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 Reagan to be circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit; took the oath of office as a Circuit Judge in
December 1985; elevated to the position of Chief Judge on March 18,
1994, served in that capacity until December 24, 1997; took senior
status beginning December 25, 1997.
S. JAY PLAGER, senior judge; born May 16, 1931; son of A.L. and
Clara Plager, three children; 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; 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;
appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit in November 1989.
RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER III, senior judge; born in Topeka, KS, August
27, 1937; son of R. Charles and Mary Margaret 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 to the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on January
24, 1990, confirmed on April 27, 1990 and assumed duties on May 3, 1990.
Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court.--Jan Horbaly, (202) 312-5520.
Senior Technical Assistant.--Melvin L. Halpern, 312-3484.
Senior Staff Attorney.--J. Douglas Steere, 312-3490.
Assistant Circuit Executive for Administrative Services.--Ruth A.
Butler, 312-3464.
Circuit Librarian.--Patricia M. McDermott, 312-5500.
Assistant Circuit Executive for Automation Technology.--Larry
Luallen, 312-3475.
Operations Officer.--Dale Bosley, 312-5517.
Chief Deputy Clerk for Operations.--Pamela Twiford, 312-5522.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room
4106, 20001 phone (202) 354-3320, fax 354-3412
THOMAS F. HOGAN, chief judge; born in Washington, DC, May 31, 1938;
son of Adm. Bartholomew W. (MC) (USN) Surgeon Gen., USN, 1956-62, and
Grace (Gloninger) Hogan; 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, 1965-66; Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws,
Georgetown University Law Center, May 1999; 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, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Defense Research
Institute, The Barristers, The Lawyers Club; chairman, board of
directors, Christ Child Institute for Emotionally Ill Children, 1971-74;
served on many committees; USDC Executive Committee; Conference
Committee on Administration of Federal Magistrates System, 1988-91;
chairman, Inter-Circuit Assignment Committee, 1990-present; appointed
judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Reagan on October 4, 1982; Chief Judge June 19, 2001; member:
Judicial Conference of the United States 2001-present; Executive
Committee of the Judicial Conference, July 2001-present.
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, judge; born in San Antonio, TX, July 16, 1943;
son of Nell Elizabeth Synder and Larimore S. Lamberth, Sr.; 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; 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); assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1974-
87 (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 Reagan, November 16, 1987; appointed by Chief
Justice Rehnquist to be Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court, May 1995-2002.
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, judge; born in Buffalo, NY, February 20, 1944; son
of Cecil A. and Charlotte Wagner Friedman; 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, Commission on Multidisciplinary
Practice (1998-2000), District of Columbia bar (president, 1986-87),
American Law Institute (1984)
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and ALI Council, 1998, 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 Judicature 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 Clinton, June
16, 1994, and took oath of office August 1, 1994; U.S. Judicial
Conference Advisory Committee on Federal Criminal Rules.
RICARDO M. URBINA, judge; born of an Honduran father and Puerto
Rican mother in Manhattan, NY; B.A., Georgetown University, 1967; J.D.,
Georgetown Law Center, 1970; staff attorney, D.C. Public Defender
Service, 1970-72; after a period of private practice with an emphasis on
commercial litigation, joined the faculty of Howard University School of
Law, during which time he maintained a private practice; directed the
university's criminal justice clinic and taught criminal law, criminal
procedure and torts, 1974-81; 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 visiting instructor of trial advocacy at
the Harvard Law School, 1996-97; Latino Civil Rights Center presented
him with the Justice Award in 1999; conferred Distinguished Adjunct
Teacher Award by George Washington University Law School in 2001 and in
2005 has been awarded the David Seidlson Chair for Trial Advocacy;
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.
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, judge; born in Washington, DC; graduated McKinley
High School, 1964; B.A., Howard University, 1968; J.D., Howard
University Law School, 1971; 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, Bar Association of the District of Columbia; 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 H.W. 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 (the Conference theme was ``Rejuvenating
Juvenile Justice--Responses to the Problems of Juvenile Violence in the
District of Columbia''); 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 Clinton on
March 22, 1994; and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1994;
appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the Federal Judicial
Conference Committee on Criminal Law, 1998;
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District of Columbia Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Commission, 1996-
2001; presently serving on the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination
Commission; first person in the District of Columbia to have been
appointed to three judicial positions by three different U.S.
Presidents.
JAMES ROBERTSON, judge; born in Cleveland, OH, May 18, 1938; son of
Frederick Irving and Doris (Byars) Robertson; 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;
member, American Law Institute; 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; member, Judicial Conference
Committee on Information Technology, 1996-present, chair, 2002-present;
member, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2001-present.
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, judge; born in New York, NY; daughter of
Konstantine and Irene Kollar; attended bilingual schools in Mexico,
Ecuador and Venezuela, and Georgetown 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 Elizabeths
Hospital, Department of Health and Human Services, 1972-84; received
Saint Elizabeths 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
Reagan, October 3, 1984, took oath of office October 21, 1984; served as
Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal 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 Clinton on March 26, 1997, took oath of office
May 12, 1997; appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the
Financial Disclosure Committee, 2000-2002; Presiding Judge of the United
States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2002-present.
HENRY H. KENNEDY, Jr., judge; born in Columbia, SC, February 22,
1948; son of Henry and Rachel Kennedy; A.B., Princeton University, 1970;
J.D., Harvard University, 1973; admitted to the bar of the District of
Columbia, 1973; Reavis, Pogue, Neal and Rose, 1972 and 1973; Assistant
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1973-76; United
States Magistrate for the District of Columbia, April 1976-79; appointed
Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, by President Carter,
December 17, 1979; member: American Bar Foundation; District of Columbia
Bar; Washington Bar Association; Bar Association of the District of
Columbia; American Law Institute; member: The Barristers; Sigma Pi Phi;
Epsilon Boule; Trustee, Princeton University; appointed judge, United
States District Court for the District of Columbia, by President Clinton
on September 18, 1997.
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, judge; born in New York, NY; son of Beverly N.
Roberts and Angeline T. Roberts; graduate of the High School of Music
and Art, 1970; A.B. Vassar College, 1974; M.I.A. School for
International Training, 1978; J.D., Columbia Law School, 1978; Honors
Program trial attorney, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1978-82; Associate, Covington
and Burling, Washington, D.C., 1982-86; Assistant U.S. Attorney,
Southern District of NY, 1986-88; Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1988-93, then
Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1993-95; Chief,
Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, 1995-98; adjunct professor of trial practice, Georgetown
University Law Center, Washington, DC, 1983-84; Guest faculty, Harvard
Law School, Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1984-present; admitted to bars of
NY (1979) and DC (1983); U.S. District Court for District of Columbia,
1983; U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1984; U.S. Supreme
Court, 1985; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY and
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1986; past or present
member or officer of National Black Prosecutors Association; Washington
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Bar Association; National Conference of Black Lawyers; Department of
Justice Association of Black Attorneys; Department of Justice
Association of Hispanic Employees for Advancement and Development; DC
Bar, Committee on Professionalism and Public Understanding About the
Law; American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Committees on
Continuing Legal Education, and Race and Racism in the Criminal Justice
System; ABA Task Force on the Judiciary; DC Circuit Judicial Conference
Arrangements Committee; D.C. Judicial Conference Planning Committee;
Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, Washington, DC, master; board of
directors, Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College; African American Alumni
of Vassar College; Vassar Club of Washington, DC; Concerned Black Men,
Inc., Washington DC Chapter; Sigma Pi Phi, Epsilon Boule; Council on
Foreign Relations; DC Coalition Against Drugs and Violence; Murch
Elementary School Restructuring Team; nominated as U.S. District Judge
for the District of Columbia by President Clinton on January 27, 1998
and confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 1998; took oath of office on July
31, 1998.
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, judge; born in Boston, MA, June 3, 1948;
daughter of Robert M. Segal, Esq. and Sharlee Segal; B.A., Wellesley
College, 1970; Masters in City Planning, Yale University, 1972; J.D.,
magna cum laude, Boston College Law School, 1975 (Order of the Coif;
Articles Editor of the law review); law clerk to Chief Justice Edward F.
Hennessey, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1975-76; associate,
Williams & Connolly, 1976-84; partner, Williams & Connolly, 1984-90;
associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1990-99;
member: American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Women's Bar
Association; Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Master in the Edward
Bennett Williams Inn of Court and member of the Inn's Executive
Committee; instructor of Trial Advocacy at the University of Virginia
Law School; member of Visiting Faculty at Harvard Law School's Trial
Advocacy Workshop; Boston College Law School Board of Overseers;
appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Clinton in October 1999, and took oath of office on February
25, 2000.
REGGIE B. WALTON, judge; born in Donora, PA, February 8, 1949; son
of the late Theodore and Ruth (Garard) Walton; B.A., West Virginia State
College, 1971; J.D., American University, Washington College of Law,
1974; admitted to the bars of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1974;
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
1975; District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1976; United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1977; Supreme Court of
the United States, 1980; United States District Court for the District
of Columbia; Staff Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, 1974-
76; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1976-
80; Chief, Career Criminal Unit, Assistant United States Attorney for
the District of Columbia, 1979-80; Executive Assistant United States
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1980-81; Associate Judge,
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-89; Deputy Presiding
Judge of the Criminal Division, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, 1986-89; Associate Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1989-91; Senior White House
Advisor for Crime, The White House, 1991; Associate Judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001; Presiding Judge of the
Domestic Violence Unit, Superior Court of the District of Columbia,
2000; Presiding Judge of the Family Division, Superior Court of the
District of Columbia, 2001; Instructor: National Judicial College, Reno,
Nevada, 1999-present; Harvard University Law School, Trial Advocacy
Workshop, 1994-present; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Georgetown
University Law School, 1983-present; Co-author, Pretrial Drug Testing--
an Essential component of the National Drug Control Strategy, Brigham
Young University Law Journal of Public Law (1991); Distinguished Alumnus
Award, American University, Washington College of Law (1991); The
William H. Hastie Award, The Judicial Council of the National Bar
Association (1993); Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor
(1990, 1991); Governor's Proclamation declaring April 9, 1991, Judge
Reggie B. Walton Day in the State of Louisiana; The West Virginia State
College National Alumni Association James R. Waddy Meritorious Service
Award (1990); Secretary's Award, United States Department of Veterans
Affairs (1990); Outstanding Alumnus Award, Ringgold High School (1987);
Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States
Attorney (1980); Profiled in book entitled ``Black Judges on Justice:
Prospectives From The Bench'' by Linn Washington (1995); appointed
district judge, United States District Court for the District of
Columbia by President George W. Bush, September 24, 2001, and took oath
of office October 29, 2001; appointed by President Bush in June of 2004
to serve as the Chairperson of the National Prison Rape Reduction
Commission, a two-year commission created by the United States Congress
that is tasked with the mission of identifying methods to curb the
incidents of prison rape.
JOHN D. BATES, judge; born in Elizabeth, NJ, October 11, 1946; son
of Richard D. and Sarah (Deacon) Bates; B.A., Wesleyan University, 1968;
J.D., University of Maryland
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School of Law, 1976; U.S. Army (1968-71, 1st Lt., Vietnam Service Medal,
Bronze Star); law clerk to Hon. Roszel Thomsen, U.S. District Court for
the District of Maryland, 1976-77; Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of
Columbia, 1980-97 (Chief, Civil Division, 1987-97); Director's Award for
Superior Performance (1983); Attorney General's Special commendation
Award (1986); Deputy Independent Counsel, Whitewater Investigation,
1995-97; private practice of law, Miller & Chevalier (partner, 1998-
2001), Chair of Government Contracts Litigation Department and member of
Executive Committee), Steptoe & Johnson (associate, 1977-80); District
of Columbia Circuit Advisory Committee for Procedures, 1989-93; Civil
Justice Reform Committee of the U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia, 1996-2001; Treasurer, D.C. Bar, 1992-93; Publications
Committee, D.C. Bar (1991-97, Chair 1994-97); D.C. Bar Special Committee
on Government Lawyers, 1990-91; D.C. Bar Task Force on Civility in the
Profession, 1994-96; D.C. Bar Committee on Examination of Rule 49, 1995-
96; Chairman, Litigation Section, Federal Bar Association, 1986-89;
Board of Directors, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and
Urban Affairs, 1999-2001; appointed to the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia in December, 2001.
RICHARD J. LEON, judge; born in South Natick, MA, December 3, 1949;
son of Silvano B. Leon and Rita (O'Rorke) Leon; A.B., Holy Cross
College, 1971, J.D., cum laude, Suffolk Law School, 1974; LL.M. Harvard
Law School, 1981; Law Clerk to Chief Justice McLaughlin and the
Associate Justices, Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1974-75; Law Clerk
to Hon. Thomas F. Kelleher, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-76;
admitted to bar, Rhode Island, 1975 and District of Columbia, 1991;
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1977-78;
Assistant Professor of Law, St. John's Law School, New York, 1979-83;
Senior Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department
of Justice, 1983-87; Deputy Chief Minority Counsel, U.S. House Select
``Iran-Contra'' Committee, 1987-88; Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney
General, Environment Division, 1988-89; Partner, Baker & Hostetler,
Washington, DC, 1989-99; Commissioner, The White House Fellows
Commission, 1990-92; Chief Minority Counsel, U.S. House Foreign Affairs
Committee ``October Suprise'' Task Force, 1992-93; Special Counsel, U.S.
House Banking Committee ``Whitewater'' Investigation, 1994; Special
Counsel, U.S. House Ethics Reform Task Force, 1997; Adjunct Professor,
Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-present; Partner, Vorys, Sater,
Seymour and Pease, Washington, DC, 1999-2002; Commissioner, Judicial
Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-01; Master, Edward
Bennett Williams Inn of Court; appointed U.S. District Judge for the
District of Columbia by President George W. Bush on February 19, 2002;
took oath of office on March 20, 2002.
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, judge; born in White Plains, NY, November 19,
1945; daughter of Thomas C. and Alice Henry Mayers; educated in
parochial and public schools in Stamford, Connecticut; B.A., Trinity
College, Washington, DC, 1968; J.D., University of Denver College of
Law, 1977; practiced with Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colorado, 1977-81;
Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 1981-84 by
appointment of President Reagan with Senate confirmation; General
Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1984-89 by appointment of
President Reagan with Senate confirmation; private practice with Crowell
& Moring LLP, Washington, DC 1989-2003; member and chairman of the
firm's Management Committee; appointed U.S. District Judge for the
District of Columbia by President George W. Bush and took oath of office
on January 2, 2003.
SENIOR JUDGES
LOUIS FALK OBERDORFER, senior judge; born in Birmingham, AL,
February 21, 1919; son of A. Leo and Stella Falk Oberdorfer; 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; co-chairman, 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 Carter on
October 11, 1977, and took oath of office on November 1, 1977; senior
status July 31, 1992.
JOHN GARRETT PENN, senior judge; born in Pittsfield, MA, March 19,
1932; son of John and Eugenie Heyliger Penn; A.B., University of
Massachusetts (Amherst), 1954; LL.B.,
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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;
appointed judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President
Nixon, October 1970; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Carter, March 23, 1979, and took oath
of office, May 15, 1979; Chief Judge March 1, 1992--July 21, 1997.
GLADYS KESSLER, senior judge; born in New York, NY, January 22,
1938; 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, 1983-84); 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; Executive Committee, Conference of Federal Trial Judges;
private law practice--partner, Roisman, Kessler and Cashdan, 1969-77;
associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1977-94;
court administrative activities: 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); Einshac Institute Board of
Directors; U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration
and Court Management; Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation Board of
Directors; Our Place Board of Directors; Vice Chair, District of
Columbia Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Commission; appointed judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Clinton,
June 16, 1994, and took oath of office, July 18, 1994.
Officers of the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
United States Magistrate Judges: Deborah A. Robinson; Alan Kay; John
M. Facciola.
Clerk of Court.--Nancy Mayer-Whittington.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Sheldon L. Snook.
Bankruptcy Judge.--S. Martin Teel, Jr.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
One Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0001, phone (212) 264-2800
JANE A. RESTANI, chief judge; born in San Francisco, CA, February
27, 1948; parents: Emilia C. and Roy J. Restani; husband: Ira Bloom;
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 in 1973 as a trial attorney;
assistant chief commercial litigation section, civil division, 1976-80;
director, commercial litigation branch, civil division, 1980-83;
recipient of the John Marshall Award of outstanding legal achievement in
1983; Judicial Improvements Committee (now Committee on Court
Administration and Case Management) of the Judicial Conference of the
United States from 1987-94; Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on
the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and liaison to the Advisory
Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 1994-96; ABA Standing
Committee on Customs Laws, 1990-93; and the Board of Directors, New York
State Association of Women Judges, 1992-present; nominated to the United
States Court of International Trade on November 2, 1983 by President
Reagan; entered upon the duties of that office on November 25, 1983;
elevated to Chief Judge on November 1, 2003.
GREGORY W. CARMAN, judge; born in Farmingdale, Long Island, NY,
January 31, 1937; son of Nassau County District Court Judge Willis B.
and Marjorie Sosa Carman; married to Nancy Endruschat (deceased);
children: Gregory Wright, Jr., John Frederick, James Matthew, and Mira
Catherine; married to Judith L. Dennehy, 1995; 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; awarded Army
Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service, 1964; admitted to the New
York bar, 1961; practiced law with the firm of Carman, Callahan &
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; Statutory Member, Judicial
Conference of the United States; member, Executive Committee, Judicial
Branch Committee, and Subcommittees of the Judicial Conference of the
United States on Long Range Planning, Benefits, Civic Education, and
Seminars; member, Bicentennial Commission of Nassau County; Rotary
International, 1964-present; named a Paul Harris Fellow of The Rotary
Foundation of Rotary International; member, Federal Bar Association;
American Bar Association; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; member, New
York State Bar Association; member and former chair, New York State Bar
Association's Committee on Courts and the Community, and recipient of
its 1996 Special Recognition Award; director and member, Respect for Law
Alliance, Inc.; past president and Executive Committee member, Theodore
Roosevelt American Inn of Court; past president, Protestant Lawyers
Association of Long Island; member, Vestry, St. Thomas's Episcopal
Church, Farmingdale, NY; Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity; member, Holland
Society, and recipient of its 1999 Gold Medal for Distinguished
Achievement in Jurisprudence; Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Nova
Southeastern University, 1999; Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Touro
College Law Center, 2000; Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, St. John's
University, 2002; Inaugural Lecturer, Hon. Dominick L. DiCarlo U.S.
Court of International Trade Lecture, John Marshall
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Law School, 2003; Distinguished Alumni Citation, St. Lawrence
University, 2003; Italian Board of Guardians Public Service Award, 2003;
Sigma Chi, social fraternity; nominated by President Reagan, confirmed
and appointed Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, March 2,
1983; served as Acting Chief Judge, 1991; became Chief Judge, 1996;
served as Chief Judge, 1996-2003.
DONALD C. POGUE, judge; graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
from Dartmouth College; did graduate work at the University of Essex,
England; J.D., Yale Law School and a Masters of Philosophy, Yale
University; married to Susan, 1971; served as judge in Connecticut's
Superior Court; appointed to the bench in 1994; served as chairman of
Connecticut's Commission on Hospitals and Health Care; practiced law in
Hartford for 15 years; lectured on labor law at the University of
Connecticut School of Law; assisted in teaching the Harvard Law School's
program on negotiations and dispute resolution for lawyers; chaired the
Connecticut Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section;
appointed a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade in
1995; chair of the Court's Long Range Planning Committee, and of its
Budget Committee.
EVAN J. 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, Las 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; Law of War, Adjunct Professor, New
York Law School, 1997-present; Brooklyn Law School 2000-present; member,
Nevada Bar, 1977; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1977;
District of Columbia, 1988; 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); Extradition to the Rwandan War
Crimes Tribunal: Is Another Treaty Required, USCLA Journal of
International Law and Foreign Affairs (Spring / Summer, 1998); The
Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes
Trials: Did They Provide An Outline For International Criminal
Procedure? Columbia Journal of Translational Law (Spring, 1999);
Webmaster, International Law of War Association, lawofwar.org;
Afghanistan, Yamashita and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander? The
Army Lawyer (June 2003); The Logical Nexus Between the Decision to Deny
Application of the Third Geneva Convention to the Taliban and Al Queda
and the Mistreatment of Prisoners of War in Abu Ghraib, Case Western
Reserve Journal of International Law 541 (2004); Drop by Drop:
Forgetting the History of Water Torture in U.S. Courts, Columbia Journal
of Transnational Law (2007).
JUDITH M. BARZILAY, judge; born in Russell, KS, January 3, 1944;
husband, Sal (Doron) Barzilay; children, Ilan and Michael; parents,
Arthur and Hilda Morgenstern; B.A., Wichita State University, 1965;
M.L.S., Rutgers University School of Library and Information Science,
1971; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 1981, Moot Court Board,
1980-81; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice (International Trade
Field Office), 1983-86; litigation associate, Siegel, Mandell and
Davidson, New York, NY, 1986-88; Sony Corporation of America, 1988-98;
customs and international trade counsel, 1988-89; vice-president for
import
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and export operations, 1989-96; vice-president for government affairs,
1996-98; executive board of the American Association of Exporters and
Importers, 1993-98; appointed by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to the
Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the United States Customs
Service, 1995-98; nominated for appointment on January 27, 1998 by
President Clinton; sworn-in as judge June 3, 1998.
DELISSA A. RIDGWAY, judge; born in Kirksville, MO, June 28, 1955;
B.A. (honors), University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975; graduate work,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975-76; J.D., Northeastern University
School of Law, 1979; Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge (Washington, D.C.),
1979-94; Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the U.S., 1994-
98; Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, 1999-present; Adjunct
Professor of Law, Washington College of Law / The American University,
1992-94; District of Columbia Bar, Secretary, 1991-92; Board of
Governors, 1992-98; President, Women's Bar Association, 1992-93;
American Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession, 2002-
05; Federal Bar Association, National Council, 1993-2002, 2003-05;
Government Relations Committee, 1996-present, Public Relations Committee
Chair, 1998-99; Executive, Committee, National Conference of Federal
Trial Judges, 2004-present; Founding Member of Board, D.C. Conference on
Opportunities for Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1992-93; Chair,
D.C. Bar Summit on Women in the Legal Profession, 1995-98; Fellow,
American Bar Foundation; Member, American Law Institute; Fellow, Federal
Bar Foundation; Earl W. Kintner Award of the Federal Bar Association
(2000); Woman Lawyer of the Year, Washington, DC (2001); Distinguished
Visiting Scholar-in-Residence, University of Missouri-Columbia (2003);
sworn in as a judge to the U.S. Court of International Trade in May
1998.
RICHARD K. EATON, judge; born in Walton, NY; married to Susan
Henshaw Jones; two children: Alice and Elizabeth; attended Walton public
schools; B.A., Ithaca College, J.D., Union University Albany Law School,
1974; professional experience: Eaton and Eaton, partner; Mudge Rose
Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York, NY, associate and partner; Stroock
& Stroock & Lavan, partner served on the staff of Senator Daniel Patrick
Moynihan; confirmed by the United States Senate to the U.S. Court of
International Trade on October 22, 1999.
TIMOTHY C. STANCEU, judge; born in Canton, OH; graduate, Colgate
University, 1973; law degree, Georgetown University Law Center, 1979;
professional experience: Special Assistant to the Treasury Department's
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement; several positions at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, where he concentrated on the
development and review of regulations on various environmental subjects;
Deputy Director, Office of Trade and Tariff Affairs, U.S. Department of
the Treasury; thirteen-year career in private practice in Washington, DC
with the law firm Hogan & Hartson L.L.P, during which he represented
clients in a variety of matters involving customs and international
trade law; appointed to the U.S. Court of International Trade by
President George W. Bush and began serving on April 15, 2003.
LEO M. GORDON, judge; graduate of Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ;
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973; J.D.,
Emory University School of Law, 1977; member of the Bars of New Jersey,
Georgia and the District of Columbia; Assistant Counsel at the
Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, Committee on the
Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 1977; in that capacity, Judge
Gordon was the principal attorney responsible for the Customs Courts Act
of 1980 that created the U.S. Court of International Trade; for the past
25 years of his career, Judge Gordon was on the staff at the Court,
serving first as Assistant Clerk from 1981-99, and then Clerk of the
Court from 1999-2006; appointed to the U.S. Court of International Trade
by President George W. Bush in March 2006.
SENIOR JUDGES
THOMAS J. AQUILINO, Jr., senior judge; born in Mount Kisco, NY,
December 7, 1939; son of Thomas J. and Virginia B. (Doughty) Aquilino;
married to Edith Berndt Aquilino; children: Christopher Thomas, Philip
Andrew, Alexander Berndt; 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 & Wardwell, New York, NY, 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
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of Claims, U.S. district courts for Eastern, Southern and Northern
Districts of New York, Interstate Commerce Commission; adjunct professor
of law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984-95; Mem., Drew
University Board of Visitors, 1997-present; appointed to the U.S. Court
of International Trade by President Reagan on February 22, 1985;
confirmed by U.S. Senate, April 3, 1985.
NICHOLAS TSOUCALAS, senior judge; born in New York, NY, August 24,
1926; one of five children of George M. and Maria (Monogenis) Tsoucalas;
married to Catherine Aravantinos; two daughters: Stephanie (Mrs. Daniel
Turriago) and Georgia (Mrs. Christopher Argyrople); five grandchildren;
B.S., Kent State University, 1949; LL.B., 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;
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; member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar
Association; founder of Eastern Orthodox 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, Order of Ahepa, Parthenon
Lodge, F.A.M.; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade
by President Reagan on September 9, 1985, and confirmed by U.S. Senate
on June 6, 1986; assumed senior status on September 30, 1996.
R. KENTON MUSGRAVE, senior judge; born in Clearwater, FL, September
7, 1927; 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; 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, 1981-94; director Emeritus, Pet Protection Society,
1981-present; director, Dolphins of Shark Bay (Australia) Foundation,
1985-present; trustee, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, 1987-present;
trustee, The Ocean Conservancy, 2000-present; 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-present; State Bar of California, 1962-present; Los
Angeles County Bar Association, 1962-87 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; nominated to the U.S. Court of International Trade by
President Reagan on July 1, 1987; confirmed by the Senate on November 9,
and took oath of office on November 13, 1987.
RICHARD W. GOLDBERG, senior judge; born in Fargo, ND, September 23,
1927; married; two children, a daughter and a son; J.D., 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 1959 to 1983, owned and operated a regional grain processing firm
in North Dakota; served as State Senator from North Dakota for eight
years; 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; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of International
Trade in 1991; assumed senior status in 2001.
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Officers of the United States Court of International Trade
Clerk.--Tina Potuto Kimble (212) 264-2814.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
Lafayette Square, 717 Madison Place, NW., 20005, phone (202) 219-9657
EDWARD J. DAMICH, chief judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, June 19,
1948; son of John and Josephine (Lovrencic) Damich; A.B., St. Stephen's
College, 1970; J.D., Catholic University, 1976; professor of law at
Delaware School of Law of Widener University, 1976-84; served as a Law
and Economics Fellow at Columbia University School of Law, where he
earned his L.L.M. in 1983 and his J.S.D. in 1991; professor of law at
George Mason University, 1984-98; appointed by President George H.W.
Bush to be a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 1992-93;
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee,
1995-98; admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and
Pennsylvania; member of the District of Columbia Bar Association,
Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Bar Association, Supreme Court of
the United States, the Federal Circuit and Association litteraire et
artistique internationale; president of the National Federation of
Croatian Americans, 1994-95; appointed by President Clinton as judge,
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, October 22, 1998; appointed by President
George W. Bush as chief judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, May 13,
2002; at present Judge Damich is an adjunct professor of law at the
Georgetown University Law Center.
LAWRENCE M. BASKIR, judge; born in Brooklyn, NY, January 10, 1938;
married to Marna Tucker, two children; A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton
University; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,
1959; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1962; Principal Deputy General Counsel,
Department of the Army, 1994-98; private practice and Editor-In-Chief,
Military Law Reporter, 1981-94; Legislative Director to Senator Bill
Bradley, 1979-81; Deputy Assistant Secretary (Legislation), Office of
the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, 1977-79; Director, Vietnam
Offender Study; Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame Law School,
1975-77; Director, Presidential (Ford) Clemancy Board, White House,
1974-75; Chief Counsel, Subcommittees on Constitutional Rights and
Separation of Powers, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Sam J. Ervin,
Chairman, 1967-74; publications include Chance and Circumstances: The
Draft, the War and the Vietnam Generation; consultant to Information
Intelligence Committees, U.S. Congress; Adjunct Professor and Lecturer,
Georgetown, Notre Dame, Catholic Law Schools, and American University;
appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998;
chief judge, July 11, 2000 to May 10, 2002.
CHRISTINE ODELL COOK ``O.C.'' 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; trial
attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice; trial attorney,
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection; Hogan and
Hartson, litigation section; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
Special Counsel; U.S. Railway Association, Assistant General Counsel;
Shack and Kimball P.C., litigation; member of the Bars of the State of
California and District of Columbia; member of the University Club and
the Cosmos Club; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by
President Reagan on December 10, 1982, and confirmed as Christine Cook
Nettsheim; reappointed by President Clinton on February 4, 1998.
MARIAN BLANK HORN, judge; born in New York, NY, 1943; daughter of
Werner P. and Mady R. Blank; married to Robert Jack Horn; three
daughters; 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, Deputy
Chief Appeals Bureau, Bronx County, NY, 1969-72; attorney, Arent, Fox,
Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn, 1972-73; adjunct professor of law, Washington
College of Law, American University, 1973-76; litigation attorney,
Federal Energy Administration, 1975-76; senior attorney, Office of
General
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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
Washington University National Law Center, 1991-present; Woodrow Wilson
Visiting Fellow, 1994; assumed duties of judge, U.S. Court of Federal
Claims in 1986 and confirmed for a second term in 2003.
LYNN J. BUSH, judge; born in Little Rock, AR, December 30, 1948;
daughter of John E. Bush III and Alice (Saville) Bush; one son, Brian
Bush Ferguson; B.A., Antioch College, 1970, Thomas J. Watson Fellow;
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1976; admitted to the Arkansas
Bar in 1976 and to the District of Columbia Bar in 1977; trial attorney,
Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1976-87; senior trial attorney, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Department of the Navy, 1987-89; counsel, Engineering Field
Activity Chesapeake, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of
the Navy, 1989-96; administrative judge, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development Board of Contract Appeals, 1996-98; nominated by
President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, June 22, 1998;
and assumed duties of the office on October 26, 1998.
NANCY B. FIRESTONE, judge; born in Manchester, NH, October 17, 1951;
B.A., Washington University, 1973; J.D., University of Missouri, Kansas
City, 1977; one child: Amanda Leigh; attorney, Appellate Section and
Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, D.C., 1977-84; Assistant Chief, Policy Legislation and
Special Litigation, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1984-85; Deputy Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, Washington,
D.C., 1985-89; Associate Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, D.C., 1989-92; Judge, Environmental Appeals Board,
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1992-95; Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1995-98; Adjunct Professor,
Georgetown University Law Center, 1985-present; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims by President Clinton on October 22, 1998.
EMILY CLARK HEWITT, judge; born in Baltimore, MD, May 26, 1944;
educated at the Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, MD, 1949-62;
A.B., Cornell University, 1966; M. Phil., Union Theological Seminary,
1975; J.D. c.1., Harvard Law School, 1978; ordained minister in the
Episcopal Church (diaconate, 1972; priesthood, 1974); member, Bar of the
Supreme Judicial Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1978;
administrator, Cornell / Hofstra Upward Bound Program, 1967-69;
lecturer, Union Theological Seminary, 1972-73 and 1974-75; assistant
professor, Andover Newton Theological School, 1973-75; private practice
of law, Hill & Barlow, 1978-93; council member, Real Property Section,
Massachusetts Bar Association, 1983-86; member, Executive Committee and
chair, Practice Standards Committee, Massachusetts Conveyancers
Association, 1990-92; General Counsel, U.S. General Services
Administration, 1993-98; member, Administrative Conference of the United
States, 1993-95; member, President's Interagency Council on Women, 1995-
98; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998;
entered duty on November 10, 1998.
FRANCIS M. ALLEGRA, judge; born in Cleveland, OH, October 14, 1957;
married to Regina Allegra; one child (Domenic); B.A., Borromeo College
of Ohio, 1978; J.D., Cleveland State University, 1981; judicial clerk to
Chief Trial Judge Philip R. Miller, U.S. Court of Claims, 1981-82;
associate, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (Cleveland), 1982-84; line
attorney, Appellate Section, then 1984-89, Counselor to the Assistant
Attorney General, both with Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice;
Counselor to the Associate Attorney General (1994) then Deputy Associate
Attorney General (1994-98), U.S. Department of Justice; appointed to the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998.
LAWRENCE J. BLOCK, judge, born in New York City, March 15, 1951; son
of Jerome Block and Eve Silver; B.A., magna cum laude, New York
University, 1973; J.D., The John Marshall Law School, 1981; law clerk
for Hon. Roger J. Miner, United States District Court Judge for Northern
District of New York, 1981-83; Associate, New York office of Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, 1983-86; Attorney, Commercial Litigation
Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986; Senior Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Legal Policy and Policy Development, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1987-90; adjunct professor, George Mason University School of
Law, 1990-91; acting general counsel for legal policy and deputy
assistant general counsel for legal policy, U.S. Department of Energy,
1990-94; senior counsel, Senate
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Judiciary Committee, 1994-02; admitted to the bar of Connecticut;
admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, 1982, the United States
District Court for the northern district of New York, 1982, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1985, the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1985; appointed by
President George W. Bush on October 3, 2002, to a 15-years term as
judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
SUSAN G. BRADEN, judge, born in Youngstown, OH, November 8, 1948;
married to Thomas M. Susman; daughter (Daily); B.A., Case Western
Reserve University, 1970; J.D., Case Western Reserve University School
of Law, 1973; post graduate study Harvard Law School, Summer, 1979;
private practice, 1985-2003 (1997-2003 Baker & McKenzie); Federal Trade
Commission: Special Counsel to Chairman, 1984-85, Senior Attorney
Advisor to Commissioner and Acting Chairman, 1980-83; U.S. Department of
Justice, Antitrust Division, Senior Trial Attorney, Energy Section,
1978-80; Cleveland Field Office, 1973-78; Special Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Alabama, 1990; Consultant to the Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1984-85; 2000 Co-Chair, Lawyers for
Bush-Cheney; General Counsel Presidential Debate for Dole-Kemp Campaign,
1996; Counsel to RNC Platform, 1996; Coordinator for Regulatory Reform
and Antitrust Policy, Dole Presidential Campaign, 1995-96; National
Steering Committee, Lawyers for Bush-Quayle, 1992; Assistant General
Counsel, Republican National Convention, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000; elected
At-Large Member, D.C. Republican National Committee, 2000-02; member of
the American Bar Association (Council Member, Section on Administrative
Law and Regulatory Practice, 1996-99), Federal Circuit Bar Association,
District of Columbia Bar Association, Computer Law Bar Association;
admitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1973, U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia, 1980, U.S. Supreme Court, 1980; U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1992; U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
2001; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by President George
W. Bush on July 14, 2003.
CHARLES F. LETTOW, judge, born in Iowa Falls, IA, February 10, 1941;
son of Carl F. and Catherine Lettow; B.S.Ch.E., Iowa State University,
1962; LL.B., Stanford University, 1968, Order of the Coif; M.A., Brown
University, 2001; Note Editor, Stanford Law Review; married to B. Sue
Lettow; children: Renee Burnett, Carl Frederick II, John Stangland, and
Paul Vorbeck; served U.S. Army, 1963-65; law clerk to Judge Ben C.
Duniway, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1968-69, and Chief
Justice Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1969-70;
counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the
President, 1970-73; associate (1973-76) and partner (1976-2003), Cleary,
Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, DC; admitted to practice before
the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C., Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits,
the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, the Northern
District of California, and the District of Maryland, and the U.S. Court
of Federal Claims; member: American Law Institute, the American Bar
Association, the D.C. Bar, the California State Bar, the Iowa State Bar
Association, and the Maryland State Bar; nominated by President George
W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in 2001 and confirmed and
took office in 2003.
MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS, judge; born in Flushing, NY, April 3,
1953; married to Mark Calhoun Williams; son: Justin; daughter:
Jacquelyn; B.A. summa cum laude (Greek and Latin); M.A. (Latin),
Catholic University, 1974; J.D. Duke University; Editorial Board, Duke
Law Journal, 1976-77; admitted to the District of Columbia Bar;
Associate, Fulbright and Jaworski, 1977-79; Associate, Schnader,
Harrison, Segal and Lewis, 1979-83; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil
Division, District of Columbia, 1983-87; Partner--Janis, Schuelke, and
Wechsler, 1987-89; Administrative Judge, General Services Board of
Contract Appeals March 1989-July 2003; Secretary, District of Columbia
Bar, 1988-89; Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Elected, 1985; Board of
Directors, Bar Association of District of Columbia, 1985-88; Chairman,
Young Lawyers Section, Bar Association of District of Columbia, 1985-86;
Chair, Public Contract Law Section of American Bar Association, 2002-03,
Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Council, 1995-2002; Delegate,
Section of Public Contract Law, ABA House of Delegates 2003-04;
Lecturer, Government Contract Law, 1989-present; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims on July 21, 2003.
VICTOR JOHN WOLSKI, judge; born in New Brunswick, NJ, November 14,
1962; son of Vito and Eugenia Wolski; B.A., B.S., University of
Pennsylvania, 1984; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1991;
married to Lisa Wolski, June 3, 2000; admitted to Supreme Court of the
United States, 1995; California Supreme Court, 1992; Washington Supreme
Court, 1994; Oregon Supreme Court, 1996; District of Columbia Court of
Appeals, 2001;
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993; U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, 2001; U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of California, 1993; U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California, 1995; U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2001; U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia, 2002; research assistant,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1984-85; research
associate, Institute for Political Economy, 1985-88; Confidential
Assistant and Speechwriter to the Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
1988; paralegal specialist, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of
Energy, 1989; law clerk to Judge Vaughn R. Walker, U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of California, 1991-92; attorney, Pacific
Legal Foundation, 1992-97; General Counsel, Sacramento County Republican
Central Committee, 1995-97; Counsel to Senator Connie Mack, Vice-
Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, 1997-98;
General Counsel and Chief Tax Adviser, Joint Economic Committee, U.S.
Congress, 1999-2000; associate, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, 2000-01;
associate, Cooper & Kirk, 2001-03; nominated by President George W. Bush
to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on September 12, 2002, renominated
January 7, 2003, and confirmed by U.S. Senate on July 9, 2003.
THOMAS C. WHEELER, judge; born in Chicago, IL, March 18, 1948;
married; two grown children; B.A., Gettysburg College, 1970; J.D.,
Georgetown University Law School, 1973; private practice in Washington,
DC, 1973-2005; associate and partner, Pettit & Martin until 1995;
partner, Piper & Marbury (later Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, and then
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary); member of the District of Columbia Bar;
American Bar Association's Public Contracts and Litigation Sections;
appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 24, 2005.
MARGARET M. SWEENEY, judge; born in Baltimore, MD; B.A. in history,
Notre Dame of Maryland, 1977; J.D., Delaware Law School, 1981; Delaware
Family Court Master, 1981-83; litigation associate, Fedorko, Gilbert, &
Lanctot, Morrisville, PA, 1983-85; law clerk to Hon. Loren A. Smith,
Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1985-87; Trial Attorney
in the General Litigation Section of the Environment and Natural
Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice, 1987-99;
President, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, 1999; Attorney
Advisor, United States Department of Justice Office of Intelligence
Policy and Review, 1999-2003; Special Master, U.S. Court of Federal
Claims, 2003-05; member of the bars of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims by President George W. Bush on October 24, 2005,
and entered duty on December 14, 2005.
SENIOR JUDGES
THOMAS J. LYDON, senior judge; born in Portland, ME, June 3, 1927;
educated in the parochial and public schools in Portland; B.A.,
University of Maine, 1948-52; LL.B. (1952-55) and LL.M. (1956-57),
Georgetown University Law Center; 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.
JAMES F. MEROW, senior judge; born in Salamanca, NY, March 16, 1932;
educated in the public schools of Little Valley, NY and Alexandria, VA;
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; married;
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; member of Virginia
State Bar, District of Columbia Bar, American Bar Association, and
Federal Bar Association; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims since
October 1, 1982 and reappointed by President Reagan to a 15-year term
commencing August 5, 1983.
REGINALD W. GIBSON, senior judge; born in Lynchburg, VA, July 31,
1927; son of McCoy and Julia Gibson; 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.,
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Chicago, IL, 1971-82; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, December 15,
1982-August 15, 1995; senior status, August 15, 1995-present.
JOHN PAUL WIESE, senior 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; 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; designated in Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 as
judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and reappointed by President Reagan
to 15-year term on October 14, 1986.
ROBERT J. YOCK, senior judge; born in St. James, MN, January 11,
1938; son of Dr. William J. and Erma 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.
LAWRENCE S. MARGOLIS, senior 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; married to Doris May Rosenberg,
January 30, 1960; children: Mary Aleta and Paul Oliver; 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, U.S. Court of Federal
Claims: Security Committee, Building Committee, and Alternative Dispute
Resolution Committee; 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-present; 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; Board of Managers, Central High (Philadelphia, PA);
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; George
Washington University Community Service Award; 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.
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LOREN ALLAN SMITH, senior judge; born in Chicago, IL, December 22,
1944; son of Alvin D. and Selma (Halpern) Smith; B.A., Northwestern
University, 1966; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1969;
married; 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; distinguished lecturer at Columbus School of Law, The Catholic
University of America and distinguished adjunct professor at George
Mason University School of Law; 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 to the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims on July 11, 1985; entered on duty September 12, 1985; served as
chief judge from January 14, 1986, until July 11, 2000.
ERIC G. BRUGGINK, senior 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; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on April 15, 1986.
BOHDAN A. FUTEY, senior judge; born in Ukraine, June 28, 1939; B.A.,
Western Reserve University, 1962; M.A., 1964; J.D., Cleveland Marshall
Law School, 1968; married to the former Myra Fur; three children:
Andrew, Lidia, and Daria; 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; member: District of Columbia Bar Association,
the Ukrainian American Bar Association; 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; 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; advisor to the International Foundation for Election Systems
(IFES) and the International Republican Institutes (IRI) democracy
programs for Ukraine; served as an official observer during the
parliamentary and presidential elections in 1994 and 1998 and conducted
briefings on Ukraine's election law for international observers; has
lectured on Constitutional Law at the Ukrainian Free University in
Munich and Passau University, Germany; also at Kyiv State University and
Lviv University in Ukraine; nominated judge of the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims on January 30, 1987, and entered on duty, May 29, 1987.
ROBERT HAYNE HODGES, Jr., senior 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; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on March 12, 1990.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT
400 Second Street, NW., 20217, phone (202) 521-0700
JOHN O. COLVIN, chief judge; born in Ohio, 1946; A.B., University of
Missouri, 1968; J.D., 1971; LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law
Center, 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 C. Marshall,
Jefferson City, MO; and U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman
Thomas B. Curtis, Washington, DC; admitted to practice 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, Tax
Section, Federal Bar Association 1978-present; Adjunct Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center, 1987-present; numerous civic and
community activities; appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United
States Tax Court, on September 1, 1988, for a term ending August 31,
2003; reappointed on August 12, 2004, for a term ending August 11, 2019;
elected as Chief Judge for a two-year term effective June 1, 2006.
MARY ANN COHEN, judge; born in New Mexico, 1943; attended public
schools in Los Angeles, CA; B.S., University of California, at Los
Angeles, 1964; J.D., University of Southern California School of Law,
1967; prracticed law in Los Angeles, member in law firm of Abbott &
Cohen; American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, and Continuing
Legal Education activities; received Dana Latham Memorial Award from Los
Angeles County Bar Association Taxation Section, May 30, 1997; Jules
Ritholz Memorial Merit Award from ABA Tax Section Committee on Civil and
Criminal Tax Penalties, 1999; appointed by President Reagan as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on September 24, 1982, for a term ending
September 23, 1997; served as Chief Judge from June 1, 1996 to September
23, 1997; reappointed on November 7, 1997, for a term ending November 6,
2012, and served again as Chief Judge from November 7, 1997 to May 31,
2000.
STEPHEN J. SWIFT, judge; born in Utah, 1943; Menlo Atherton High
School, Atherton, CA, 1961; B.S., Brigham Young University, Political
Science, 1967; J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1970;
Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, 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, Bank of
America N.T. and S.A., San Francisco, CA, 1977-83; adjunct professor,
Graduate Tax Programs, Golden Gate University and University of
Baltimore; member of California Bar, District of Columbia Bar, and
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; appointed by President
Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on August 16, 1983, for a term
ending August 15, 1998; served as Senior Judge on recall performing
judicial duties until reappointed by President Clinton on December 1,
2000, for a term ending November 30, 2015.
THOMAS B. WELLS, judge; born in Ohio, 1945; B.S., Miami University,
Oxford, OH, 1967; J.D., Emory University Law School, Atlanta, GA, 1973;
LL.M., Taxation, New York University Law School, New York, 1978; Supply
Corps Officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty 1967-70, Morocco and
Vietnam, received Joint Service Commendation Medal; admitted to practice
law in Georgia; member of law firm of Graham and Wells, P.C.; County
Attorney for Toombs County, GA; City Attorney, Vidalia, GA, until 1977;
member of law firm of Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and Cadenhead,
Atlanta, until 1981; law firm of Shearer and Wells, P.C. until 1986;
member of American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; State Bar of
Georgia, member of Board of Governors; Board of Editors, Georgia State
Bar Journal; member, Atlanta Bar Association; Editor of the Atlanta
Lawyer; active in various tax organizations, such as Atlanta Tax Forum
(presently, Honorary Member); Director, Atlanta Estate Planning Council;
Director, North Atlanta Tax Council; American College of Tax Counsel,
Honorary Fellow; Emory Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus
Award, 2001; Life Member, National Eagle Scout Association, Eagle Scout,
1960; member: Metropoli
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tan Club, Chevy Chase Club, Vidalia Kiwanis Club (President); recipient,
Distinguished President Award; appointed by President Reagan as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on October 13, 1986, for a term ending October
12, 2001; reappointed by President Bush on October 10, 2001, for a term
ending October 9, 2016; served as Chief Judge from September 24, 1997 to
November 6, 1997, and from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2004.
JAMES S. HALPERN, judge; born in New York, 1945; Hackley School,
Terrytown, NY, 1963; B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
1967; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1972; LL.M.,
Taxation, New York University Law School, 1975; Associate Attorney,
Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander, New York City, 1972-74; assistant
professor of law, 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-present; Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (retired); appointed by
President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on July 3,
1990, for a term ending July 2, 2005; reappointed on November 2, 2005,
for a term ending November 1, 2020.
CAROLYN P. CHIECHI, judge; born in New Jersey, 1943; B.S. (magna cum
laude, Class Rank: 1), Georgetown University, 1965; J.D., 1969 (Class
Rank: 9); LL.M., Taxation, 1971; Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, 2000;
practiced with law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, DC
and Atlanta, GA (partner, 1976-92; associate, 1971-76); served as
attorney-adviser to Judge Leo H. Irwin, United States Tax Court, 1969-
71; member, District of Columbia Bar, 1969-present (member, Taxation
Section, 1973-99; member, Taxation Section Steering Committee, 1980-82,
Chairperson, 1981-82; member, Tax Audits and Litigation Committee, 1986-
92, Chairperson, 1987-88); member, American Bar Association, 1969-
present (member, Section of Taxation, 1969-present; member, Committee on
Court Procedure, 1991-present; member, Litigation Sectiton, 1995-2000;
member, Judicial Division, 1997-2000); Federal Bar Association, 1969-
present (member, Section of Taxation, 1969-present; member, Judiciary
Division, 1992-present); Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel;
Fellow, American Bar Foundation; member, Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, 1992-present; Board of Governors, Georgetown
University Alumni Association, 1994-97, 1997-2000; Board of Regents,
Georgetown University, 1988-94, 1995-2001; National Law Alumni Board,
Georgetown University, 1986-93; Board of Directors, Stuart Stiller
Memorial Foundation, 1986-99; American Judicature Society, 1994-present;
one of several recipients of the first Georgetown University Law Alumni
Awards (1994); one of several recipients of the first Georgetown
University Law Center Alumnae Achievement Awards (1998); admitted to
Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who in
America; appointed by President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States
Tax Court, on October 1, 1992, for a term ending September 30, 2007.
DAVID LARO, judge; born in Michigan, 1942; B.A., University of
Michigan, 1964; J.D., University of Illinois Law School, 1967; LL.M.,
Taxation, New York University Law School, 1970; admitted to Michigan Bar
and United States District Court (Eastern District), 1968; former
partner of law firm of Winegarden, Booth, Shedd, and Laro, 1970-75;
member of law firm of Laro and Borgeson, 1975-86; member, David Laro,
Attorney at Law, P.C., 1986-92; counsel to Dykema Gossett, Ann Arbor,
MI, 1989-90; president and chief executive officer of Durakon
Industries, Inc., 1989-91; Chairman, Board of Durakon Industries, Inc.,
1991-92; Chairman, Board of Republic Bank, 1986-92; Vice Chairman and
Co-Founder of Republic Bancorp, Inc., 1986-92; Regent, University of
Michigan Board of Regents, 1975-81; member, Michigan State Board of
Education, 1982-83; Chairman, Michigan State Tenure Commission, 1972-75;
Commissioner, Civil Service Commission, Flint, MI, 1984-85; Commissioner
of Police, Flint, 1972-74; member, Political Leadership Program,
Institute of Public Policy and Social Research; member, Ann Arbor Art
Association Board of Directors; member, Holocaust Foundation (Ann
Arbor); adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law School;
instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy; visiting professor,
University of San Diego Law School; member, National Advisory Committee
for New York University Law School; at the request of the American Bar
Association and the Central Eastern European Law Initiative, contributed
written comments on the Draft Laws of Ukraine and Uzbekistan and on the
creation of specialized courts in Eastern Europe; as a consultant for
Harvard University (Harvard Institute for International Development),
and Georgia State University, lectured in Moscow to Russian judges on
the subject of tax reform and litigation procedures in May 1997 and
December 1998; commentator for the American Bar Association's Central
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and East European Law Initiative on the draft laws of Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Republic of Macedonia; lectured to
Judges and tax officials in Azerbaijan on tax reform; appointed by
President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
November 2, 1992, for a term ending November 1, 2007.
MAURICE B. FOLEY, judge; born in Illinois, 1960; B.A., Swarthmore
College; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California
at Berkeley; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center; attorney for the
Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service,
Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance; Deputy
Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy;
appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
April 9, 1995, for a term ending April 8, 2010.
JUAN F. VASQUEZ, judge; born in Texas, 1948; attended Fox Tech High
School; A.D. (Data Processing), San Antonio Junior College; B.B.A.
(Accounting), University of Texas, Austin, 1972; attended State
University of New York, Buffalo in 1st year law school, 1975; J.D.,
University of Houston Law Center, 1977; LL.M., Taxation, New York
University Law School, 1978; admitted to Taxas Bar, 1977; certified in
Tax Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984; Certified Public
Acccountant Certificate from Texas (1976) and California (1974);
admitted to the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
(1982), Western District of Texas (1985) and U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit (1982); private practice of tax law, in San Antonio,
TX, 1987-April 1995; partner, Leighton, Hood and Vasquez, in San
Antonio, TX, 1982-87; Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal
Revenue Service, Houston, TX, 1978-82; accountant, Coopers and Lybrand,
Los Angeles, CA, 1972-74; member of American Bar Association, Tax
Section; Texas State Bar, Tax and Probate Section; 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); appointed by President Clinton as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on May 1, 1995, for a term ending April 30,
2010.
JOSEPH H. GALE, judge; born in Virginia, 1953; A.B., Philosophy,
Princeton University, 1976; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law,
Dillard Fellow, 1980; practiced law as an Associate Attorney, Dewey
Ballantine, Washington, DC, and New York, 1980-83; 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 District of Columbia Bar; member of
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; appointed by President
Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, February 6, 1996, for a term
ending February 5, 2011.
MICHAEL B. THORNTON, judge; born in Mississippi, 1954; B.S. in
Accounting, summa cum laude, University of Southern Mississippi, 1976;
M.S. in Accounting, 1997; M.A. in English Literature, University of
Tennessee, 1979; J.D. (with distinction), Duke University School of Law,
1982; Order of the Coif, Duke Law Journal Editorial Board; admitted to
District of Columbia Bar, 1982; served as Law Clerk to the Honorable
Charles Clark, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
1983-84; practiced law as an Associate Attorney, Sutherland, Asbill and
Brennan, Washington, DC, 1982-83 and summer 1981; Miller and Chevalier,
Chartered, Washington, DC, 1985-88; served as Tax Counsel, U.S. House
Committee on Ways and Means, 1988-93; Chief Minority Tax Counsel, U.S.
House Committee on Ways and Means, January 1995; Attorney-Adviser, U.S.
Treasury Department, February-April 1995; Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel
in the Office of Tax Policy, United States Treasury Department, April
1995-February 1998; recipient of Treasury Secretary's Annual Award, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1997; Meritorious Service Award, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1998; appointed by President Clinton as
Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 8, 1998, for a term ending
March 7, 2013.
L. PAIGE MARVEL, judge; born in Maryland, 1949; B.A., magna cum
laude, College of Notre Dame, 1971; J.D. with honors, University of
Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 1974; Order of the Coif; member,
Maryland Law Review and Moot Court Board;
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Garbis & Schwait, P.A., associate (1974-76) and shareholder (1976-85);
shareholder, Garbis, Marvel & Junghans, P.A., 1985-86; shareholder,
Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse & Garbis, P.A., 1986-88; partner,
Venabel, Baetjer & Howard L.L.P., 1988-98; member, American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation, Vice-Chair, Committee Operations,
1993-95; Council Director 1989-92; Chair, Court Procedure Committee,
1985-87; Maryland State Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1988-90,
and 1996-98; Chair, Taxation Section 1982-83; Federal Bar Association,
Section of Taxation, Section Council, 1984-90; Fellow, American Bar
Foundation; Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation; Fellow and former Regent,
American College of Tax Counsel, 1996-98; member, American Law
Institute; Advisor, ALI Restatement of Law Third-The Law Governing
Lawyers 1988-98; University of Maryland Law School Board of Visitors,
1995-2001; Loyola / Notre Dame Library, Inc. Board of Trustees, 1996-
present; Advisory Committee, University of Baltimore Graduate Tax
Program, 1986-present; Co-editor, Procedure Department, The Journal of
Taxation, 1990-98; member, Commissioner's Review Panel on IRS Integrity,
1989-91; member and Chair, Procedure Subcommittee, Commission to Revise
the Annotated Code of Maryland (Tax Provisions), 1981-87; member,
Advisory Commission to the Maryland State Department of Economic and
Community Development, 1978-81; recipient of First Annual Tax Excellence
Award, Maryland State Bar Association; Tax Section, 2002; named one of
Maryland's Top 100 Women for 1998; recipient, ABA Tax Section's
Distinguished Service Award, 1995; recipient, MSBA Distinguished Service
Award, 1982-83; listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-98; author of
various articles and book chapters on tax and tax litigation topics;
appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
April 6, 1998, for a term ending April 5, 2013.
HARRY A. HAINES, judge; born in Montana, 1939; B.A., St. Olaf
College, 1961; J.D., University of Montana Law School, 1964; LL.M.,
Taxation, New York University Law School, 1966; admitted to Montana Bar
and U.S. District Court, Montana, 1964; practiced law in Missoula, MT,
as a partner, Law Firm of Worden, Thane & Haines, 1966-2003; Adjunct
Professor, Law School, University of Montana, 1967-91; appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 22,
2003 for a term ending April 21, 2018.
JOSEPH ROBERT GOEKE, judge; born in Kentucky, 1950; B.S., cum laude,
Xavier University, 1972; J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law,
1975 (Order of the Coif); admitted to Illinois and Kentucky Bar, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), U.S.
Court of Federal Claims; Trial Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office,
Internal Revenue Service, New Orleans, LA, 1975-80; Senior Trial
Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office, Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati,
OH, 1980-85; Special International Trial Attorney, Chief Counsel's
Office, Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati, OH, 1985-88; partner, Law
Firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw, Chicago, IL, 1988-2003; appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 22,
2003, for a term ending April 21, 2018.
ROBERT A. WHERRY, Jr., judge; born in Virginia, 1944; B.S., and
J.D., University of Colorado; LL.M., Taxation, New York University Law
School; fellow and former Regent of the American College of Tax Counsel
and former chairman of the Taxation Section of the Colorado Bar
Association; served as chairman of the Small-Business Tax Committee of
the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, as president of the
Greater Denver Tax Counsel Association, is a past chairman of the
Administrative Practice Committee of the American Bar Association Tax
Section, a member of the Council, and a member of the Advisory Committee
of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution; listed in
The Best Lawyers in America (in tax litigation); his articles have
appeared in ALI-ABA publications, The Colorado Lawyer, Tax Notes, and
State Tax Notes; former Colorado correspondent for State Tax Notes and
has spoken at numerous tax institutes, including the University of
Denver Tax Institute, Tulane University Tax Institute, and American Bar
Association Tax Section programs; was an instructor in Tax Court
litigation for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy; appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 23,
2003, for a term ending April 22, 2018.
DIANE L. KROUPA, judge; born in South Dakota, 1955; B.S.F.S.,
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1978; J.D., University
of South Dakota Law School, 1981; practiced tax law at Faegre & Benson,
LLP in Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Tax Court Judge, 1995-2001 (Chief
Judge, 1998-2001); attorney-advisor, Legislation and Regulations
Division, Office of Chief Counsel and served as attorney-advisor to
Judge Joel Gerber, United States Tax Court, 1984-85; admitted to
practice law in South Dakota (1981), District of Columbia
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(1985) and Minnesota (1986); member: American Bar Association (Tax
Section), Minnesota State Bar Association (Tax Section), National
Association of Women Judges (1995-present), American Judicature Society
(1995-present); Distinguished Service Award Recipient (2001), Minnesota
State Bar Association (Tax Section); Volunteer of the Year Award, Junior
League of Minneapolis (1993); Community Volunteer of the Year, Minnesota
State Bar Association (1998); appointed by President George W. Bush as
Judge, United States Tax Court, on June 13, 2003, for a term ending June
12, 2018.
MARK V. HOLMES, judge; born in New York, 1960; B.A., Harvard
College, 1979; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1983; admitted to
New York and District of Columbia Bars; U.S. Supreme Court; DC, Second,
Fifth and Ninth Circuits; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York,
Court of Federal Claims; practiced in New York as an Associate, Cahill
Gordon & Reindel, 1983-85; Sullivan & Cromwell, 1987-91; served as Clerk
to the Hon. Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit, 1985-87; and in Washington as
Counsel to Commissioners, United States International Trade Commission,
1991-96; Counsel, Miller & Chevalier, 1996-2001; Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Tax Division, 2001-03; member, American Bar
Association (Litigation and Tax Sections); appointed by President George
W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on June 30, 2003, for a term
ending June 29, 2018.
SENIOR JUDGES
HOWARD A. DAWSON, Jr., senior judge; born in Arkansas, 1922; Woodrow
Wilson High School, Washington, DC, 1940; B.S. in Commerce, University
of North Carolina, 1946; J.D. with honors, George Washington University
School of Law, 1949; President, Case Club; Secretary-Treasurer, Student
Bar Association; private practice of law, Washington, DC, 1949-50;
served with the United States Treasury Department, Internal Revenue
Service, as follows: Attorney, Civil Division, Office of Chief Counsel,
1950-53; Civil Advisory Counsel, Atlanta Region, 1953-57; Regional
Counsel, Atlanta Region, 1958; Personal Assistant to Chief Counsel,
1958-59, Assistant Chief Counsel (Administration), 1959-62; U.S. Army
Finance Corps, 1943-45; two years in European Theater; Captain, Finance
Corps, U.S. Army Reserve (Retired); member of District of Columbia Bar
(1949), Georgia Bar (1958), American Bar Association (Section of
Taxation), Federal Bar Association, Chi Psi, Delta Theta Phi, George
Washington University Law Alumni Association; appointed by President
Kennedy as Judge, Tax Court of the United States, on August 21, 1962,
for a term ending June 1, 1970; reappointed on June 2, 1970, for a term
ending June 1, 1985; served as Chief Judge of the Tax Court from July 1,
1973, to June 30, 1977, and again from July 1, 1983, to June 1, 1985;
retired on June 2, 1985; David Brennan Distinguished Professor of Law,
University of Akron Law School, Spring Term, 1986; Professor and
Director, Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore Law School,
1986-89; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, University of San
Diego, Winter 1991; recalled as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties
1990-present.
ARTHUR L. NIMS III, senior judge; born in Oklahoma, 1923; attended
public schools, Macon, GA, and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA; B.A.,
Williams College; LL.B., University of Georgia Law School; LL.M.,
Taxation, 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 Georgia Bar, 1949; practiced
law in Macon, GA, 1949-51; Special Attorney, Office of the District
Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, New York, 1951-54; attorney,
Legislation and Regulations Division, Chief Counsel's Office,
Washington, DC, 1954-55; admitted to New Jersey Bar, 1955; partner in
the law firm of McCarter and English, Newark, NJ, 1961-79; Secretary,
Section of Taxation, American Bar Association, 1977-79; Chairman,
Section of Taxation, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1969-71; member,
American Law Institute; American College of Tax Counsel; received
Kellogg Award for Lifetime Achievement from Williams College; received
Tax Society of New York University Award for lifetime achievement;
appointed by President Carter as Judge, United States Tax Court, on June
29, 1979, for a term ending June 28, 1994; served as Chief Judge of the
Tax Court from June 1, 1988 to May 31, 1992; recalled on June 1, 1992,
as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties from that date to the
present.
JULIAN I. JACOBS, senior judge; born in Maryland, 1937; B.A.,
University of Maryland, 1958; LL.B., University of Maryland Law School,
1960; LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown Law Center, 1965; admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1960; attorney, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, 1961-65,
and Buffalo, NY, in Regional Counsel's Office, 1965-67; entered private
practice of law in Baltimore, MD, 1967; associate (1972-74) and partner
(1974-84) in the Law Firm of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger and
Hollander; Chairman, study commis
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sion to improve the quality of the Maryland Tax Court, 1978; member,
study groups to consider changes in the Maryland tax laws; Commissioner
on a commission to reorganize and recodify article of Maryland law
dealing with taxation, 1980; Lecturer, Tax Seminars and Professional
programs; Chairman, Section of Taxation, Maryland State Bar Association;
Adjunct Professor of Law, Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore
School of Law, 1991-93; Adjunct Professor of Law, Graduate Tax Program,
University of San Diego School of Law, 2001; Adjunct Professor of Law,
Graduate Tax Program, University of Denver School of Law, 2001-present;
appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
March 30, 1984, for a term ending March 29, 1999; recalled on March 30,
1999, as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties from that date to the
present.
HERBERT L. CHABOT, senior judge; born in New York, 1931; Stuyvesant
High School, 1948; B.A., cum laude, C.C.N.Y., 1952; LL.B., Columbia
University, 1957; LL.M. in Taxation, Georgetown University, 1964; served
in United States Army, 2 years, and Army Reserves (civil affairs units),
for 8 years; served on Legal Staff, American Jewish Congress, 1957-61;
attorney-adviser to Judge Russell E. Train, 1961-65; 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 of American Bar
Association, Tax Section, and Federal Bar Association; appointed by
President Carter as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 3, 1978,
for a term ending April 2, 1993; served as Senior Judge on recall
performing judicial duties until reappointed on October 20, 1993, for a
term ending October 19, 2008; retired on June 30, 2001, but recalled on
July 1, 2001, as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties to the present
time.
ROBERT PAUL RUWE, senior judge; born in Ohio, 1941; Roger Bacon High
School, St. Bernard, OH, 1959; Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1963;
J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law (graduated first in class), 1970;
admitted to Ohio Bar, 1970; Special Agent, Intelligence Division,
Internal Revenue Service, 1963-70; 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; appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on November 20, 1987, for a term ending November 19, 2002;
recalled on November 20, 2002, as Senior Judge to perform judicial
duties from that date to the present.
LAURENCE J. WHALEN, senior judge; born in Pennsylvania, 1944; A.B.,
Georgetown University, 1967; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center,
1970; LL.M., 1971; admitted to District of Columbia and Oklahoma Bars;
Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division,
Department of Justice, 1971-72; trial attorney, Tax Division, 1971-75;
private law 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 of Oklahoma Bar Association,
District of Columbia Bar Association, and American Bar Association,
appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
November 23, 1987, for a term ending November 22, 2002; recalled on
November 23, 2002, as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties from that
date to the present.
RENATO BEGHE, senior judge; born in Illinois, 1933; A.B., University
of Chicago, 1951; J.D., University of Chicago, 1954; Phi Beta Kappa,
Order of the Coif, co-managing editor of Law Review, 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 City of New York, nonresident member, Taxation Committee
(1962-65), Art Law Committee (1979-83), Chairman (1980-83), Special
Committee on Lawyer's Role in Tax Practice (1981-83), Committee on
Taxation of International Transactions (1990); New York State Bar
Association, nonresident member, Tax Section Chairman (1977-78), Co-
Chairman, Joint Practice Committee of Lawyers and Accountants (1989-90);
American Bar Association, Tax Section; International Bar Association,
Business Section Committee N (Taxation), Judge's Forum, Human Rights
Institute; International Fiscal Association; member, American Law
Institute, Income Tax Advisory Group (1981-89), and American College of
Tax Counsel (since 1981); former member, America-Italy Society, Inc;
member, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels; appointed by President
George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 26, 1991,
for a term ending March 25, 2006; retired on February 28, 2003, but
continues to perform judicial duties as a Senior Judge on recall.
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JOEL GERBER, senior judge; born in Illinois, 1940; 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; served
with U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, as trial
attorney, Boston, MA, 1965-72; senior trial attorney, Atlanta, GA, 1972-
76; District Counsel, Nashville, TN, 1976-80; Deputy Chief Counsel,
Washington, DC, 1980-84; Acting Chief Counsel, May 1983-March 1984;
recipient of a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award, 1983; Secretary of
the Treasury's Exceptional Service Award, 1984; Lecturer in Law,
Vanderbilt University, 1976-80; appointed by President Reagan as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on June 18, 1984, for a term ending June 17,
1999; served as Senior Judge on recall performing judicial duties until
reappointed on December 15, 2000, for a term ending December 14, 2015;
served as Chief Judge from June 1, 2004, to May 31, 2006; assumed senior
status on June 1, 2006.
SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGES OF THE COURT
Robert N. Armen, Jr.; Lewis R. Carluzzo; D. Irvin Couvillion; John F.
Dean; Stanley J. Goldberg; Peter J. Panuthos (chief special trial
judge); Carleton D. Powell.
Officers of the Court
Clerk.--Robert R. Di Trolio, 521-4600.
Budget and Accounting Officer.--Kristi Greenslade.
Librarian.--Elsa Silverman.
Reporter.--John T. Fee.
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ANDREW S. EFFRON, chief judge; born in Stamford, CT, September 18,
1948; A.B., Harvard College, 1970; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1975; The
Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army, 1976, 1983; legislative aide
to the late Representative William A. Steiger, 1970-76 (two years full-
time, the balance between school semesters); judge advocate, Office of
the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort McClellan, Alabama, 1976-77; attorney-
adviser, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1977-87;
Counsel, General Counsel, and Minority Counsel, Committee on Armed
Services, U.S. Senate, 1987-96; nominated by President Clinton to serve
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, June 21, 1996;
confirmed by the Senate, July 12, 1996; took office on August 1, 1996.
JAMES E. BAKER, associate judge; born in New Haven, CT, March 25,
1960; education: BA., Yale University, 1982; J.D., Yale Law School,
1990; Attorney, Department of State, 1990-93; Counsel, President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board / Intelligence Oversight Board,
1993-94; Deputy Legal Advisor, National Security Counsel, 1994-97;
Special Assistant to the President and Legal Advisor, National Security
Counsel, 1997-2000; military service: U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Marine
Corp Reserve; nominated by President Clinton to serve on the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Armed Forces; began service on September 19, 2000.
CHARLES E. ERDMANN, associate judge; born in Great Falls, MT, June
26, 1946; B.A., Montana State University, 1972; J.D., University of
Montana Law School, 1975; Air Force Judge Advocate Staff Officers
Course, 1981; Air Command and Staff College, 1992; Air War College,
1994; Military Service: U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-70; Air National Guard,
1981-2002 (retired as a Colonel); Assistant Montana Attorney General,
1975-76; Chief Counsel, Montana State Auditor's Office, 1976-78; Chief
Staff Attorney, Montana Attorney General's Office, Antitrust Bureau;
Bureau Chief, Montana Medicaid Fraud Bureau, 1980-82; General Counsel,
Montana School Boards Association, 1982-86; Private Practice of Law,
1986-95; Associate Justice, Montana Supreme Court, 1995-97; Office of
High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Judicial Reform
Coordinator, 1998-99; Office of High Representative of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Head of Human Rights and Rule of Law Department, 1999;
Chairman and Chief Judge, Bosnian Election Court, 2000-01; Judicial
Reform and International Law Consultant, 2001-2002; appointed by
President George W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Armed Forces on October 9, 2002, commenced service on October 15, 2002.
SCOTT W. STUCKY, associate judge; born in Hutchinson, KS, January
11, 1948; B.A. (summa cum laude), Wichita State University, 1970; J.D.,
Harvard Law School, 1973; M.A., Trinity University, 1980; LL.M. with
highest honors, George Washington University, 1983; Federal Executive
Institute, 1988; Harvard Program for Senior Officials in National
Security, 1990; National War College, 1993; admitted to bar, Kansas and
District of Columbia; U.S. Air Force, judge advocate, 1973-78; U.S. Air
Force Reserve, 1982-2003 (retired as colonel); married to Jean Elsie
Seibert of Oxon Hill, MD, August 18, 1973; children: Mary-Clare, Joseph;
private law practice, Washington, DC, 1978-82; branch chief, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1982-83; legislative counsel and
principal legislative counsel, U.S. Air Force, 1983-96; General Counsel,
Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate, 1996-2001 and 2003-06;
Minority Counsel, 2001-03; National Commander-in-Chief, Military Order
of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1993-95; Board of Directors,
Adoption Service Information Agency, 1998-2002 and 2004-07; Board of
Directors, Omicron Delta Kappa Society, 2006-present; member, Federal
Bar Association (Pentagon Chapter), Judge Advocates Association,
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The District of Columbia Bar; OPM LEGIS Fellow, office of Senator John
Warner (R-VA), 1986-87; member and panel chairman, Air Force Board for
Correction of Military records, 1989-96; nominated by President George
W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on
November 15, 2006; confirmed by the Senate, December 9, 2006; began
service on December 20, 2006.
MARGARET A. RYAN, associate judge; born in Chicago, IL, May 23,
1964; B.A. (cum laude), Knox College; J.D. (summa cum laude), University
of Notre Dame Law School; recipient of the William T. Kirby Legal
Writing Award and the Colonel William J. Hoynes Award for Outstanding
Scholarship; active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1986-99, serving as a
communications officer, staff officer, company commander, platoon
commander and operations officer in units within the II and III Marine
Expeditionary Forces and as a judge advocate in Okinawa, Japan, and
Quantico, VA; also served as Aide de Camp to General Charles C. Krulak,
the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps; law clerk to the Honorable J.
Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and law
clerk to the Honorable Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States; litigation partner at the law firm of
Bartlik Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP and partner in litigation and
appellate practices at the law firm Wiley Rein Fielding LLP; nominated
by President George W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces on November 15, 2006; confirmed by the Senate on
December 9, 2006; began service on December 20, 2006.
SENIOR JUDGES
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., 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 until January 1,
1992.
WALTER THOMPSON COX III, senior judge; born in Anderson, SC, August
13, 1942; son of Walter T. Cox and Mary Johnson Cox; married to Vicki
Grubbs of Anderson, SC,
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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; retired on September
30, 1999 and immediately assumed status of senior judge on October 1,
1999 and returned to full active service until September 19, 2000.
EUGENE R. SULLIVAN, senior judge; born in St. Louis, MO, August 2,
1941; 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 George H.W. Bush named him the chief judge of the U.S. Court
of Military Appeals, effective October 1, 1990, a position he held for
five years; he retired on September 30, 2001 and immediately assumed
status of senior judge and returned to full active service until Sept.
30, 2002.
H.F. ``SPARKY'' GIERKE, senior judge; born in Williston, ND, March
13, 1943; 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
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of the North Dakota American Legion; in 1988-89, served as the first
Viet-nam era national commander of the American Legion; nominated by
President George H.W. 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; on October 1, 2004, he became the
Chief Judge until his retirement on September 30, 2006.
SUSAN J. CRAWFORD, senior judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, April 22,
1947; daughter of William E. and Joan B. Crawford; married to Roger W.
Higgins of Geneva, NY, Sep-tember 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; 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, 1978-80; 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 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; on October 1, 1999,
she became the Chief Judge for a term of five years.
Officers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Clerk of the Court.--William A. DeCicco.
Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court.--David A. Anderson.
Deputy Clerk for Opinions.--Patricia Mariani.
Administrative Officer.--Robert J. Bieber.
Librarian.--Agnes Kiang.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
625 Indiana Avenue, NW., 20004, phone (202) 501-5970
WILLIAM P. GREENE, Jr., chief judge; born in Bluefield, WV, July 27,
1943, to William and Dorothy Greene; married to Madeline Sinkford of
Bluefield, WV; two children; B.A., political science, West Virginia
State College, 1965; J.D., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1968;
active duty in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
following graduation from law school; as Judge Advocate, completed
military education at the Basic, Advanced, and Military Judges' courses
at The Judge Advocate General's School, the Army Command and General
Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, and the Army War College, Carlisle
Barracks, PA; served as the Chief Prosecutor, Fort Knox, KY, 1969-70,
and Chief Defense Counsel, Army Command, Hawaii, 1970-73; Army chief
recruiter for lawyers 1974-77; Department Chair, Criminal Law Division,
the Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, VA, 1981-84;
Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Third Infantry Division, Germany 1977-80;
Staff Judge Advocate, Second Infantry Division, Korea 1984-85; following
graduation from the United States Army War College, selected to serve as
the Staff Judge Advocate of the United States Military Academy at West
Point, NY, 1986-90, followed by another selection as Staff Judge
Advocate at Fort Leavenworth, KS; retired from the United States Army as
Colonel, 1993, receiving several awards during this service, including
three Legions of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, and two Army
Commendation Medals; appointed by the Attorney General of the United
States as an Immigration Judge, Department of Justice, presiding over
immigration cases in Maryland and Pennsylvania, June 1993--November
1997; nominated for appointment by President Clinton May 16, 1997;
confirmed by the U.S. Senate November 7, 1997; sworn in November 24,
1997.
BRUCE E. KASOLD, judge; born in New York, 1951; B.S., United States
Military Academy, 1973; J.D., cum laude, University of Florida, 1979;
LL.M., Georgetown University, 1982; Honors Graduate, the Judge Advocate
General's School Graduate Program, 1984; admitted to the bars of the
U.S. Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court, the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals; member: Florida Bar, District of Columbia Bar, the
Federal Bar Association, Order of the Coif; retired from the U.S. Army,
Lieutenant Colonel, Air Defense Artillery and Judge Advocate General's
Corp, 1994; commercial litigation attorney, Holland & Knight Law Firm,
1994-95; Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, 1995-98; Chief Counsel, Secretary of the Senate and
Senate Sergeant at Arms, 1998-2003; appointed by President George W.
Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on December 13,
2003; sworn in December 31, 2003.
LAWRENCE B. HAGEL, judge; born in Washington, IN, 1947; B.S., United
States Naval Academy, 1969; J.D., University of the Pacific McGeorge
School of Law, 1976; LL.M. (Labor Law, with highest honors) The National
Law Center, George Washington University, 1983; admitted to the bars of
the U.S. Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth, Ninth, Tenth, D.C. and Federal Circuits, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Supreme
Court of the States of Iowa and California and the District of Columbia;
commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps, second lieutenant, infantry
officer 1969-72 service in Vietnam and Puerto Rico; Marine Corps judge
advocate 1973-90, assignments concentrated in criminal and civil
litigation; Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel, Paralyzed
Veterans of America, 1990-2003; confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the
Court of Appeals on December 9, 2003; sworn in January 2, 2004.
WILLIAM A. MOORMAN, judge; born in Chicago, IL, January 23, 1945;
B.A., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1967; J.D., University
of Illinois College of Law, 1970; commissioned in the United States Air
Force, second lieutenant, Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1970; entered
active duty, 1971; Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1972-2002, serving as
the senior attorney at every level of command, culminating his active
military service with his appointment as the Judge Advocate General of
the United States Air Force; military
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decorations include the Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster,
the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Joint Meritorious Service
Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters;
retired from the Air Force in April 2002, in the grade of Major General;
Counselor to the General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2002;
Assistant to the Secretary for Regulation Policy and Management,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 2003; appointed by President George W.
Bush as Acting Assistant Secretary of Management for the Department of
Veterans Affairs, August 2004; author: ``Executive Privilege and the
Freedom of Information Act: Sufficient Protection for Aircraft Mishap
Reports?'', 21 Air Force Law Review 581 (1979); ``Cross-Examination
Techniques,'' 27 Air Force Law Review 105 (1987); ``Fifty Years of
Military Justice: Does the UCMJ Need to be Changed?'', 48 Air Force Law
Review 185 (2000); ``Humanitarian Intervention and International Law in
the Case of Kosovo,'' 36 New England Law Review 775 (2002); ``Serving
our Veterans Through Clearer Rules,'' 56 Administrative Law Review 207
(2004); recipient: Albert M. Kuhfeld Outstanding Young Judge Advocate of
the Air Force Award 1979, Stuart R. Reichart Outstanding Senior Attorney
of the Air Force Award 1992, University of Illinois College of Law
Distinguished Alumnus Award 2001, Department of Veterans Affairs
Exceptional Service Award 2004; nominated for appointment to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on September 21, 2004, by President
George W. Bush; confirmed by the U.S. Senate November 20, 2004; sworn in
December 16, 2004.
ALAN G. LANCE, Sr., judge; born in McComb, OH, April 27, 1949; B.A.
in English and History, distinguished military graduate, South Dakota
State University, 1971; commissioned U.S. Army, June 1971; graduated
University of Toledo School of Law and Law Review, 1973; admitted to the
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, State of Ohio, State
of Idaho; commissioned U.S. Army, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, 1974
and served as Claims Officer, defense counsel, Chief of Defense Counsel,
Legal Assistance Officer, Administrative Law Officer and in the absence
of a military Judge, military Magistrate for the 172nd Infantry Brigade
(Alaska) 1974-77; Army Commendation Medal 1977; served as the Command
Judge Advocate, Corpus Christi Army Depot, 1977-78; engaged in private
practice of law, Ada County, Idaho, 1978-94; elected to the Idaho House
of Representatives, 1990, and served as Majority Caucus chairman, 1992-
94; elected as Idaho Attorney General (31st) in 1994 and 1998;
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Toledo School of Law, 2002;
inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame, November 2004; confirmed
by the U.S. Senate to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, November
2004 and sworn in on December 17, 2004.
ROBERT N. DAVIS, judge; born in Kewanee, IL, September 20, 1953;
graduated from Davenport Central High School, Davenport, IA, 1971; B.A.,
University of Hartford, 1975; J.D. Georgetown University Law Center,
1978; admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals; the State of Virginia; and the State of Iowa; career
record 1978-83 appellate attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission; 1983-88 attorney with the United States Department of
Education, Business and Administrative law division of the Office of
General Counsel; 1983 Governmental exchange program with the United
States Attorneys office, District of Columbia; Special Assistant United
States Attorney; 1988-2001 Professor of Law, University of Mississippi
School of Law; 2001-05 Professor of Law, Stetson University College of
Law; Published extensively in the areas of constitutional law,
administrative law, national security law and sports law. Founder and
Faculty Editor-in-Chief, Journal of National Security Law, Arbitrator /
mediator with the American Arbitration Association and the United States
Postal Service. Gubernatorial appointment to the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 1993-2000. Joined the United States
Navy Reserve Intelligence Program in 1988. Presidential recall to active
duty in 1999, Bosnia and 2001 for the Global War on Terrorism. Military
decorations include Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service
Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, NATO Medal, Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with ``M'' device,
Overseas Service Ribbon, National Defense Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit
Award, and Global War on Terrorism Medal. Nominated for appointment by
President George W. Bush on March 23, 2003; confirmed by the United
States Senate on November 21, 2004; Commissioned on December 4, 2004 as
a Judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
MARY J. SCHOELEN, judge; born in Rota, Spain; B.A., Political
Science, University of California at Irvine, 1990; J.D., George
Washington University Law School, 1993; admitted to the State Bar of
California; law clerk for the National Veterans Legal Services Project,
1992-93; legal intern to the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
1994; staff attorney for Vietnam Veterans of America's Veterans Benefits
Program, 1994-97; Minority Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, 1997-2001; Minority General Counsel, March 2001-June 2001;
Deputy Staff Director, Benefits Programs / General Counsel, June 2001-
03; Minority Deputy Staff Director, Benefits Programs / General Counsel,
2003-04; confirmed
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by the U.S. Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims on November 20, 2004; sworn in December 20, 2004.
Officers of the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals
Clerk of the Court.--Norman Y. Herring, 501-5980.
Operations Manager.--Anne P. Stygles.
Counsel and Court Reporter of Decisions.--Jack F. Lane.
Senior Staff Attorney (Central Legal Staff).--Cynthia Brandon-
Arnold.
Deputy Executive Officer.--Marlene Davis.
Librarian.--Bernard J. Sussman.
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Room G-255, North Lobby,
One Columbus Circle, NE., 20002, phone (202) 502-2800, fax 502-2888
(National jurisdiction to centralize related cases pending in multiple
circuits and districts under 28 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1407 & 2112)
Chairman.--Wm. Terrell Hodges, Senior U.S. District Judge, Middle
District of Florida.
Judges:
D. Lowell Jensen, Senior U.S. District Judge, Northern District
of California.
J. Frederick Motz, U.S. District Judge, Chief Judge, District of
Maryland.
Robert L. Miller, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Indiana.
Kathryn H. Vratil, U.S. District Judge, District of Kansas.
David R. Hansen, Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Eighth
Circuit.
Anthony J. Scirica, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals,
Third Circuit.
Executive Attorney.--Robert A. Cahn.
Clerk.--Jeffery N. Luthi.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE U.S. COURTS
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE., 20544, phone (202) 502-2600
Director.--James C. Duff, 502-3000.
Deputy Director.--Jill C. Sayenga, 502-3015.
Chief, Office of:
Audit.--Jeff Larioni, 502-1000.
Long-Range Planning.--Brian Lynch, 502-1300.
Management, Planning and Assessment.--Cathy A. McCarthy, 502-
1300.
Associate Director and General Counsel.--William R. Burchill, Jr.,
502-1100.
Deputy General Counsel.--Robert K. Loesche.
Assistant Director, Judicial Conference Executive Secretariat.--
Laura C. Minor, 502-2400.
Deputy Assistant Directors: Jeffrey A. Hennemuth, Wendy Jennis.
Assistant Director, Legislative Affairs.--Cordia A. Strom, 502-1700.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Daniel A. Cunningham.
Chief, Judicial Impact Office.--Richard A. Jaffe.
Assistant Director, Public Affairs.--David A. Sellers, 502-2600.
Assistant Director, Office of Court Administration.--Noel J.
Augustyn, 502-1500.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Glen K. Palman.
Chief of:
Appellate Court and Circuit Administration Division.--Gary
Bowden, 502-1520.
Bankruptcy Court Administration Division.--Glen K. Palman,
502-1540.
Court Administration Policy Staff.--Abel J. Mattos, 502-
1560.
District Court Administration Division.--Robert Lowney, 502-
1570.
Electronic Public Access Program Office.--Mary Stickney,
502-1500.
Technology Division.--Gary L. Bockweg, 502-2500.
Assistant Director, Office of Defender Services.--Ted Lidz, 502-
3030.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Steven G. Asin.
Chief of:
Information Technology Division.--George M. Drakulich.
Legal, Policy and Training Division.--Richard A. Wolff.
Program Budget, Operations and Assessment Division.--Steven
G. Asin (acting).
Assistant Director, Office of Facilities and Security.--Ross
Eisenman, 502-1200.
Deputy Assistant Director.--William J. Lehman.
Chief of:
Court Security Office.--Edward M. Templeman, 502-1280.
Judiciary Emergency Preparedness Office.--William J. Lehman.
Security and Facilities Policy Staff.--Melanie F. Gilbert.
Space and Facilities Division.--Debra L. Worley.
Assistant Director, Office of Finance and Budget.--George H.
Schafer, 502-2000.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Marguerite A. Moccia.
Chief of:
Accounting and Financial Systems Division.--Philip L.
McKinney, 502-2200.
Budget Division.--James R. Baugher, 502-2100.
Financial Liaison and Analysis Office.--Penny Jacobs
Fleming, 502-2028.
Assistant Director, Office of Human Resources.--Charlotte G.
Peddicord, 502-1170.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Nancy E. Ward.
Chief of:
Benefits Division.--Cynthia Roth, 502-1160.
Business Technology Optimization Division.--Christopher D.
Mays, 502-3210.
Court Personnel Management Division.--Nancy E. Ward
(acting), 502-3100.
Fair Employment Practices Office.--Trudi M. Morrison, 502-
1380.
Judges Compensation and Retirement Services Office.--Carol
S. Sefren, 502-1380.
Policy and Strategic Initiatives Office.--H. Allen Brown,
502-3185.
Assistant Director for Information Technology.--Melvin J. Bryson,
502-2300.
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Deputy Assistant Director.--Barbara C. Macken.
Chief Technology Officer.--Richard D. Fennell.
Chief of:
IT Applications Development Office.--Wendy R. Fite, 502-
2730.
IT Infrastructure Management Division.--Craig W. Jenkins,
502-2640.
IT Policy Staff.--Terry A. Cain, 502-3300.
IT Project Coordination Office.--Robert D. Morse, 502-2377.
IT Security Office.--Robert N. Sinsheimer, 502-2350.
IT Systems Deployment and Support Division.--Howard J.
Grandier, 502-2700.
Assistant Director for Internal Services.--Doreen Bydume, 502-4200.
Chief of:
AO Administrative Services Division.--Iris Guerra, 502-1220.
AO Information and Technology Services Division.--John C.
Chang, 502-2830.
AO Personnel Division.--Cheri Thompson Reid, 502-3800.
AO Procurement Management Division.--William Roeder, 502-
1330.
Assistant Director for Judges Programs.--Peter G. McCabe, 502-1800.
Deputy Assistant Director.--R. Townsend Robinson, 502-1800.
Chief of:
Article III Judges Division.--Margaret A. Irving, 502-1860.
Bankruptcy Judges Division.--Francis F. Szczebak, 502-1900.
Magistrate Judges Division.--Thomas C. Hnatowski, 502-1830.
Rules Committee Support Office.--John K. Rabiej, 502-1820.
Statistics Division.--Steven R. Schlesinger, 502-1440.
Assistant Director, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services.--John
M. Hughes, 502-1600.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Matthew G. Roland.
Chief of:
Criminal Law Policy Staff.--James C. Oleson.
Programs Administration Division.--Nancy Beatty Gregoire.
Special Projects Office.--Nancy Lee Bradshaw.
Technology Division.--Nicholas B. DiSabatino.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
One Columbus Circle, NE., 20002-8003, phone (202) 502-4000
Director.--Judge Barbara J. Rothstein, 502-4061, fax 502-4099.
Deputy Director.--John S. Cooke, 502-4164, fax 502-4099.
Director of:
Communications, Policy and Design Office.--Sylvan A. Sobel, 502-
4250, fax 502-4077.
Education Division.--Bruce M. Clarke, 502-4257, fax 502-4299.
Federal Judicial History Office.--Bruce A. Ragsdale, 502-4181,
fax 502-4077.
International Judicial Relations Office.--Mira Gur-Arie, 502-
4191, fax 502-4099.
Research Division.--James B. Eaglin, 502-4070, fax 502-4199.
Systems Innovations and Development Office.--Ted Coleman, 502-
4223, fax 502-4288.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW., 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Executive Officer.--Anne B. Wicks, 879-1700.
Deputy Executive Officer.--Cheryl R. Bailey, 879-1700; fax 879-4829.
Director, Legislative, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs.--Leah
Gurowitz, 879-1700.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
phone (202) 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Eric T. Washington.
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Associate Judges:
Michael W. Farrell.
Vanessa Ruiz.
Inez Smith Reid.
Stephen H. Glickman.
Noel Anketell Kramer.
John R. Fisher.
Anna Blackburne-Rigsby.
Phyllis D. Thompson.
Senior Judges:
Theodore R. Newman.
William C. Pryor.
Annice M. Wagner.
John W. Kern III.
James A. Belson.
Warren R. King.
John M. Ferren.
Frank Q. Nebeker.
John M. Steadman.
John A. Terry.
Frank E. Schwelb.
Clerk.--Garland Pinkston, Jr., 879-2725.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Joy A. Chapper, 879-2722.
Administration Director.--John Dyson, 879-2738.
Admissions Director.--Jacqueline Smith, 879-2714.
Public Office Operations Director.--Jeanette E. Togans, 879-
2702.
Senior Staff Attorney.--Rosanna M. Mason, 879-2718.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
phone (202) 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Rufus G. King III.
Associate Judges:
Geoffrey M. Alprin.
Jennifer Anderson.
Judith Bartnoff.
John H. Bayly, Jr.
Ronna L. Beck.
James E. Boasberg.
Patricia A. Broderick.
A. Franklin Burgess, Jr.
Zoe Bush.
Jerry S. Byrd.
John M. Campbell.
Russell F. Canan.
Erik P. Christian.
Kaye K. Christian.
Jeanette Clark.
Natalia M. Combs Greene.
Laura A. Cordero.
Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr.
Linda Kay Davis.
Rafael Diaz.
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
Stephanie Duncan-Peters.
Gerald I. Fisher.
Wendell P. Gardner, Jr.
Brook Hedge.
Brian Holeman.
Craig Iscoe.
Gregory Jackson.
William M. Jackson.
John Ramsey Johnson.
Anita Josey-Herring.
Ann O'Regan Keary.
Neal E. Kravitz.
Lynn Lebowitz.
Cheryl M. Long.
Jose M. Lopez.
Judith N. Macaluso.
Juliet McKenna.
Zinora Mitchell-Rankin.
Robert E. Morin.
Thomas J. Motley.
John M. Mott.
Hiram E. Puig-Lugo.
Michael L. Rankin.
Judith E. Retchin.
Robert I. Richter.
Robert R. Rigsby.
Maurice A. Ross.
Michael Ryan.
Fern Flanagan Saddler.
Lee F. Satterfield.
Mary A. Gooden Terrell.
Linda D. Turner.
Odessa F. Vincent.
Frederick H. Weisberg.
Rhonda Reid-Winston.
Melvin R. Wright.
Joan Zeldon.
Magistrate Judges:
Janet Albert.
Diane Brenneman.
Julie Breslow.
Evelyn B. Coburn.
Carol Ann Dalton.
J. Dennis Doyle.
Diana Harris Epps.
Tara Fentress.
Joan Goldfrank.
Ronald A. Goodbread.
S. Pamela Gray.
Andrea L. Harnett.
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Karen Howze.
Noel Johnson.
Milton C. Lee.
Michael McCarthy.
John McCabe.
Aida L. Melendez.
William W. Nooter.
Richard H. Ringell.
Mary Grace Rook.
Frederick Sullivan.
Elizabeth Carroll Wingo.
Senior Judges:
Mary Ellen Abrecht.
Bruce D. Beaudin.
Leonard Braman.
Arthur L. Burnett, Sr.
Frederick Dorsey.
Stephen F. Eilperin.
George Herbert Goodrich.
Henry F. Greene.
Eugene N. Hamilton.
John R. Hess.
Richard A. Levie.
Bruce S. Mencher.
Stephen G. Milliken.
J. Gregory Mize.
Truman A. Morrison III.
Tim Murphy.
Nan R. Shuker.
Robert S. Tignor.
Fred B. Ugast.
Paul R. Webber III.
Ronald P. Wertheim.
Susan R. Winfield.
Peter H. Wolf.
Patricia A. Wynn.
Clerk of the Court.--Duane B. Delaney, 879-1400.