Congressional Directory for the 114th Congress (2015-2016), February 2016.
[Pages 851-901]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                             JUDICIAL BRANCH

                   SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

           One First Street, NE., 20543, phone (202) 479-3000

    JOHN G. ROBERTS, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born 
in Buffalo, NY, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996 
and they have two children, Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from 
Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He 
served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979-80 and as a law clerk 
for then Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of 
the United States during the 1980 term. He was Special Assistant to the 
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981-82, Associate 
Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel's Office from 
1982-86, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of 
Justice from 1989-93. From 1986-89 and 1993-2003, he practiced law in 
Washington, DC. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush 
nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his 
seat September 29, 2005.

    ANTONIN SCALIA, Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, NJ, March 
11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children, Ann 
Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul 
David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. He received his 
A.B. from Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg, 
Switzerland, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and was a Sheldon 
Fellow of Harvard University from 1960-61. He was in private practice in 
Cleveland, OH from 1961-67, a Professor of Law at the University of 
Virginia from 1967-71, and a Professor of Law at the University of 
Chicago from 1977-82, and a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown 
University and Stanford University. He was chairman of the American Bar 
Association's Section of Administrative Law, 1981-82, and its Conference 
of Section Chairmen, 1982-83. He served the Federal Government as 
General Counsel of the Office of Telecommunications Policy from 1971-72, 
Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States from 
1972-74, and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel 
from 1974-77. He was appointed Judge of the United States Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1982. President Reagan 
nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took 
his seat September 26, 1986.

    ANTHONY M. KENNEDY, Associate Justice, was born in Sacramento, CA, 
July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has three children. He received 
his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, 
and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He was in private practice in San 
Francisco, CA from 1961-63, as well as in Sacramento, CA from 1963-75. 
From 1965 to 1988, he was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the 
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. He has served in 
numerous positions during his career, including a member of the 
California Army National Guard in 1961, the board of the Federal 
Judicial Center from 1987-88, and two committees of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States: the Advisory Panel on Financial 
Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities, subsequently renamed the 
Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, from 1979-87, and the Committee 
on Pacific Territories from 1979-90, which he chaired from 1982-90. He 
was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 
Circuit in 1975. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice 
of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988.

    CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice, was born in the Pin Point 
community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. He attended 
Conception Seminary from 1967-68 and received an A.B., cum laude, from 
Holy Cross College in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He 
was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served

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as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1974-77; an attorney with 
the Monsanto Company, 1977-79; and Legislative Assistant to Senator John 
Danforth, 1979-81. From 1981-82 he served as Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-90. From 1990-91, he 
served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia Circuit. President Bush nominated him as an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23, 1991. He 
married Virginia Lamp on May 30, 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen by 
a previous marriage.

    RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Associate Justice, was born in Brooklyn, NY, 
March 15, 1933. She married Martin D. Ginsburg in 1954, and has a 
daughter, Jane, and a son, James. She received her B.A. from Cornell 
University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from 
Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund 
L. Palmieri, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of New York, from 1959-61. From 1961-63, she was a research 
associate and then associate director of the Columbia Law School Project 
on International Procedure. She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers 
University School of Law from 1963-72, and Columbia Law School from 
1972-80, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral 
Sciences in Stanford, CA from 1977-78. In 1971, she was instrumental in 
launching the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties 
Union, and served as the ACLU's General Counsel from 1973-80, and on the 
National Board of Directors from 1974-80. She was appointed a Judge of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.

    STEPHEN G. BREYER, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, CA, 
August 15, 1938. He married Joanna Hare in 1967, and has three children, 
Chloe, Nell, and Michael. He received an A.B. from Stanford University, 
a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law 
School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the 
Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 term, as a Special 
Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust, 1965-67, 
as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution 
Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 
1974-75, and as Chief Counsel of the committee, 1979-80. He was an 
Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, and Lecturer at Harvard Law 
School, 1967-94, a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of 
Government, 1977-80, and a Visiting Professor at the College of Law, 
Sydney, Australia and at the University of Rome. From 1980-90, he served 
as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 
and as its Chief Judge, 1990-94. He also served as a member of the 
Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-94, and of the United 
States Sentencing Commission, 1985-89. President Clinton nominated him 
as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat 
August 3, 1994.

    SAMUEL ANTHONY ALITO, Jr., Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, 
NJ, April 1, 1950. He married Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985, and has two 
children, Philip and Laura. He served as a law clerk for Leonard I. 
Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 
1976-77. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977-
81, Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 
1981-85, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 
1985-87, and U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987-90. He was 
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 
1990. President George W. Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of 
the Supreme Court, and he took his seat January 31, 2006.

    SONIA SOTOMAYOR, Associate Justice, was born in Bronx, NY, June 25, 
1954. She earned a B.A. in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating 
summa cum laude and receiving the university's highest academic honor. 
In 1979, she earned a J.D. from Yale Law School where she served as an 
editor of the Yale Law Journal. She served as Assistant District 
Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office from 1979-84. 
She then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at 
Pavia & Harcourt, where she served as an associate and then partner from 
1984-92. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. 
District Court Southern District of New York, and she served in that 
role from 1992-98. She served as a judge on the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998-2009. President Barack Obama 
nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 
2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009.

    ELENA KAGAN, Associate Justice, was born in New York, New York, on 
April 28, 1960. She received an A.B. from Princeton in 1981, an M.Phil. 
from Oxford in 1983, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986. She 
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the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1986-87 and for 
Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1987 
Term. After briefly practicing law at a Washington, DC law firm, she 
became a law professor, first at the University of Chicago Law School 
and later at Harvard Law School. She also served for four years in the 
Clinton Administration, as Associate Counsel to the President and then 
as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Between 2003 
and 2009, she served as the Dean of Harvard Law School. In 2009, 
President Obama nominated her as the Solicitor General of the United 
States. A year later, the President nominated her as an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court on May 10, 2010. She took her seat on 
August 7, 2010.

                        RETIRED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

    SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in El 
Paso, TX, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O'Connor III in 1952 and 
has three sons, Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B. 
from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San 
Mateo County, CA from 1952-53 and as a civilian attorney for 
Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954-57. From 1958-
60, she practiced law in Maryvale, AZ, and served as Assistant Attorney 
General of Arizona from 1965-69. She was appointed to the Arizona State 
Senate in 1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 
1975 she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and 
served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of 
Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice 
O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.

    DAVID H. SOUTER (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in Melrose, 
MA, September 17, 1939. He graduated from Harvard College, from which he 
received his A.B. After two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen 
College, Oxford, he received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford 
University and an M.A. in 1989. After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard 
Law School, he was an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord, NH from 1966 
to 1968, when he became an Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire. 
In 1971 he became Deputy Attorney General and in 1976, Attorney General 
of New Hampshire. In 1978 he was named an Associate Justice of the 
Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the Supreme Court 
of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983. He became a Judge of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 25, 
1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990. Justice Souter 
retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2009.

    JOHN PAUL STEVENS (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in Chicago, 
IL, April 20, 1920. He married Maryan Mulholland, and has four children, 
John Joseph (deceased), Kathryn, Elizabeth Jane, and Susan Roberta. He 
received an A.B. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from 
Northwestern University School of Law. He served in the United States 
Navy from 1942-45, and was a law clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge of the 
Supreme Court of the United States during the 1947 term. He was admitted 
to law practice in Illinois in 1949. He was Associate Counsel to the 
Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power of the Judiciary Committee 
of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1951-52, and a member of the 
Attorney General's National Committee to Study Antitrust Law, 1953-55. 
He was Second Vice President of the Chicago Bar Association in 1970. 
From 1970-75, he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Seventh Circuit. President Ford nominated him as an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat December 19, 1975. 
Justice Stevens retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2010.

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                      Officers of the Supreme Court

    Counselor to the Chief Justice.--Jeffrey P. Minear.
    Clerk.--Scott S. Harris.
    Librarian.--Linda Maslow.
    Marshal.--Pamela Talkin.
    Reporter of Decisions.--Christine L. Fallon.
    Court Counsel.--Ethan V. Torrey.
    Curator.--Catherine E. Fitts.
    Director of Information Technology.--Robert J. Hawkins.
    Public Information Officer.--Kathleen L. Arberg.

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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: Jeffrey R. 
    Howard. Circuit Judges: Juan R. Torruella; Sandra L. Lynch; O. 
    Rogeriee Thompson; William J. Kayatta, Jr.; David J. Barron. Senior 
    Circuit Judges: Bruce M. Selya; Michael Boudin; Norman H. Stahl; 
    Kermit V. Lipez. Circuit Executive: Susan J. Goldberg (617) 748-
    9614. Clerk: Margaret Carter (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: Robert A. Katzmann. Circuit Judges: Jose A. 
    Cabranes; Susan L. Carney; Denny Chin; Christopher F. Droney; Peter 
    W. Hall; Dennis Jacobs; Robert A. Katzmann; Debra A. Livingston; 
    Raymond J. Lohier; Gerard E. Lynch; Rosemary S. Pooler; Reena Raggi; 
    Richard C. Wesley. Senior Judges: Giudo Calabresi; Amalya L. Kearse; 
    Pierre N. Leval; Jon O. Newman; Barrington D. Parker, Jr.; Robert D. 
    Sack; Chester J. Straub; John M. Walker, Jr.; Ralph K. Winter. 
    Circuit Executive: Karen Greve Milton. Clerk: Catherine O'Hagan 
    Wolfe (212) 857-8700, 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: Theodore A. McKee. Circuit 
    Judges: Thomas L. Ambro; Julio M. Fuentes; D. Brooks Smith; D. 
    Michael Fisher; Michael A. Chagares; Kent A. Jordan; Thomas M. 
    Hardiman; Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.; Thomas I. Vanaskie; Patty 
    Shwartz; Cheryl Ann Krause. Senior Circuit Judges: Leonard I. Garth; 
    Dolores K. Sloviter; Walter K. Stapleton; Morton I. Greenberg; 
    Anthony J. Scirica; Robert E. Cowen; Richard L. Nygaard; Jane R. 
    Roth; Marjorie O. Rendell; Maryanne Trump Barry; Franklin S. 
    VanAntwerpen. Circuit Executive: Margaret A. Wiegand (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 B. 
    Traxler, Jr. Circuit Judges: J. Harvie Wilkinson III; Paul V. 
    Niemeyer; Diana Gribbon Motz; Robert B. King; Roger L. Gregory; 
    Dennis W. Shedd; Allyson K. Duncan; G. Steven Agee; Barbara Milano 
    Keenan; James A. Wynn, Jr.; Albert Diaz; Henry F. Floyd; Stephanie 
    D. Thacker; Pamela A. Harris. Senior Circuit Judges: Clyde H. 
    Hamilton; Andre M. Davis. 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: Carl E. Stewart. Circuit Judges: E. Grady 
    Jolly; W. Eugene Davis; Edith H. Jones; Jerry E. Smith; James L. 
    Dennis; Edith Brown Clement; Edward C. Prado; Priscilla R. Owen; 
    Jennifer Walker Elrod; Leslie H. Southwick; Catharina Haynes; James 
    E. Graves, Jr.; Stephen A. Higginson; Gregg J. Costa. Senior Circuit 
    Judges: Thomas M. Reavley; Carolyn Dineen King, Patrick E. 
    Higginbotham; John M. Duhe, Jr.; Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.; Rhesa H. 
    Barksdale; Fortunato P. Benavides. Circuit Executive: Paul Benjamin 
    Anderson, Jr. (504) 310-7777. Clerk: Lyle W. Cayce (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: R. Guy Cole, Jr. Circuit Judges: Danny J. 
    Boggs; Alice M. Batchelder; Karen Nelson Moore; Eric Lee Clay; Julia 
    Smith Gibbons; John M. Rogers; Jeffrey S. Sutton; Deborah L. Cook; 
    David W. McKeague; Richard Allen Griffin; Raymond M. Kethledge; 
    Helene N. White; Jane B. Stranch; Bernice Bouie Donald. Senior 
    Circuit Judges: Damon J. Keith; Gilbert S. Merritt; Ralph B. Guy; 
    Alan E. Norris; Richard F. Suhrheinrich; Eugene E. Siler, Jr.; 
    Martha Craig Daughtrey; Ronald Lee Gilman. Circuit Executive: 
    Clarence Maddox (513) 564-7200. Clerk: Deborah Hunt (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: Diane P. Wood. Circuit Judges: Richard A. 
    Posner; Joel M. Flaum; Frank H. Easterbrook; Michael

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    S. Kanne; Ilana Diamond Rovner; Ann Claire Williams; Diane S. Sykes; 
    David F. Hamilton. Senior Circuit Judges: William J. Bauer; Richard 
    D. Cudahy; Kenneth F. Ripple; Daniel A. Manion. 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.

Eighth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, 
    Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota).--Chief Judge: 
    William Jay Riley. Circuit Judges: Roger L. Wollman; James B. Loken; 
    Diana E. Murphy; Lavenski R. Smith; Steven M. Colloton; Raymond W. 
    Gruender; Duane Benton; Bobby E. Shepherd; Jane L. Kelly. Senior 
    Circuit Judges: Myron H. Bright; Pasco M. Bowman II; C. Arlen Beam; 
    Morris S. Arnold; Kermit E. Bye; Michael J. Melloy. Circuit 
    Executive: Millie Adams (314) 244-2600. Clerk: Michael E. Gans (314) 
    244-2400, 111 S. Tenth Street, Suite 24.329, 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, Western Washington).--Chief 
    Judge: Sidney R. Thomas. Circuit Judges: Harry Pregerson; Stephen R. 
    Reinhardt; Alex Kozinski; Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain; Barry G. 
    Silverman; Susan P. Graber; M. Margaret McKeown; Kim McLane Wardlaw; 
    William A. Fletcher; Ronald M. Gould; Richard A. Paez; Marsha L. 
    Berzon; Richard C. Tallman; Johnnie B. Rawlinson; Richard R. 
    Clifton; Jay S. Bybee; Consuelo M. Callahan; Carlos T. Bea; Milan D. 
    Smith, Jr.; Sandra S. Ikuta; N. Randy Smith; Mary H. Murguia; Morgan 
    Christen; Jacqueline H. Nguyen; Paul J. Watford; Andrew D. Hurwitz; 
    John B. Owens; Michelle T. Friedland. Senior Circuit Judges: Alfred 
    T. Goodwin; J. Clifford Wallace; Procter R. Hug, Jr.; Mary M. 
    Schroeder; J. Jerome Farris; Dorothy W. Nelson; William C. Canby, 
    Jr.; John T. Noonan, Jr.; Edward Leavy; Stephen S. Trott; Ferdinand 
    F. Fernandez; Andrew J. Kleinfeld; Michael D. Hawkins; A. Wallace 
    Tashima; Raymond C. Fisher. Circuit and Court of Appeals Executive: 
    Cathy A. Catterson (415) 355-8800, Clerk: Molly C. Dwyer (415) 355-
    8000, P.O. Box 193939, San Francisco, CA 94119-3939.

Tenth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, 
    Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming).--Chief Judge: Timothy M. Tymkovich. 
    Circuit Judges: Paul J. Kelly, Jr.; Mary Beck Briscoe; Carlos F. 
    Lucero; Harris L Hartz; Neil M. Gorsuch; Jerome A. Holmes; Scott M. 
    Matheson, Jr.; Robert E. Bacharach; Gregory A. Phillips, Carolyn B. 
    McHugh, Nancy L. Moritz. Senior Circuit Judges: Monroe G. McKay; 
    Stephanie K. Seymour; John C. Porfilio; Bobby R. Baldock; David M. 
    Ebel; Michael R. Murphy; Terrence L. O'Brien. 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: Ed Carnes. Circuit Judges: Gerald Bard 
    Tjoflat; Frank M. Hull; Stanley Marcus; Charles R. Wilson; William 
    H. Pryor, Jr.; Beverly B. Martin; Adalberto Jordan; Robin S. 
    Rosenbaum; Julie E. Carnes; Jill A. Pryor. Senior Circuit Judges: 
    James C. Hill; Peter T. Fay; Phyllis A. Kravitch; R. Lanier Anderson 
    III; J. L. Edmondson; Emmett R. Cox; Joel F. Dubina; Susan H. Black. 
    Circuit Executive: James P. Gerstenlauer (404) 335-6535. Clerk: 
    Douglas J. Mincher (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

    MERRICK BRIAN GARLAND, chief circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL, 
1952; A.B., Harvard University, 1974, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 
Paul Revere Frothingham Award and Richard Perkins Parker Award; 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, DC, 
1981-89; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, 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. Edmund J. Randolph Award, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997. 
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; 
President, Board of Overseers, Harvard University, 2009-10, member, 
2003-09; American Law Institute; U.S. Judicial Conference Executive 
Committee, 2013-present, Committee on Judicial Security, 2008-13, 
Committee on the Judicial Branch, 2001-05; appointed to the U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 9, 1997.

    KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, circuit judge. [Biographical information 
not supplied, per Judge Henderson's request.]

    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 and 2006-11; 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 17, 1994; 
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 21, 1994; member of Executive Committee, Conference of Chief 
Justices, 1993-94; member, U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on the 
Codes of Conduct, 1998-2004.

    DAVID S. TATEL, circuit judge; born in Washington, DC, March 16, 
1942; son of Molly and Dr. Howard Tatel (both deceased); married to the 
former Edith Bassichis, 1965; children: Rebecca, Stephanie, Joshua, and 
Emily; grandchildren: Olivia, Maya, Olin, Reuben, Rae, Cameron, Ozzie, 
and Daria; 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-

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2000; National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, co-chair, 
1989-91; board of directors, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 
Teaching, (chair, 2005-09); member of the American Academy of Arts and 
Sciences, member of the American Philosophical Society, the National 
Academy of Education, and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on 
Science, Technology and Law; 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.

    JANICE 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, 1987-90; 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; 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 June 10, 
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; 
two daughters; 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; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007; 
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2008-14; appointed to the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 30, 2006.

    SRI SRINIVASAN, circuit judge; born in Chandigarh, India, February 
23, 1967; son of Saroja and T.P. Srinivasan; two children; B.A. Stanford 
University, 1989; J.D. Stanford Law School, 1995; M.B.A. Stanford 
Graduate School of Business, 1995; law clerk to Judge J. Harvie 
Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-
96; Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General of the United 
States, 1996-97; law clerk to Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of 
the U.S. Supreme Court, 1997-98; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1998-
2002; Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2002-07; partner, O'Melveny & 
Myers LLP, 2007-11; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2009-10; 
Principal Deputy Solicitor General, 2011-13; appointed to the U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 24, 2013.

    PATRICIA A. MILLETT, circuit judge; born in Dexter, MA, 1963; B.A., 
summa cum laude, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985; 
Harvard Law School, 1988, magna cum laude; litigation associate, Miller 
and Chevalier, 1988-90; law clerk, Judge Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1990-92; appellate staff, U.S. Department 
of Justice Civil Division, 1992-96; Assistant U.S. Solicitor General, 
1996-2007; partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, 2007-13; appointed 
by President Obama to the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit on December 10, 2013.

    CORNELIA T.L. PILLARD, circuit judge; born in Cambridge, MA, 1961; 
B.A. Yale College, magna cum laude, with distinction in History; J.D., 
Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, Editor, Harvard Women's Law 
Journal, 1984-85; Book Review and Commentary Editor, Harvard Law Review; 
law clerk to Judge Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, 1987-88; Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellowship, 
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Civil Liberties Union, 1988-89; member of the Bars of New York (1989), 
Massachusetts (1989), D.C. (1990); Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal 
Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 1989-94; Assistant to the Solicitor 
General of the United States, 1994-97; Assistant Professor, then 
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-2013; Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, 1998-2000; Chair, American 
Bar Association Scholars' Reading Group, Standing Committee on the 
Federal Judiciary, 2005-06; Visiting Scholar, Institute for Advanced 
Legal Studies (London, U.K.), 2006; Academic Co-Director and Professor, 
Center for Transnational Legal Studies (London, U.K.), 2008-09; Advisory 
Board (2003-11) and Faculty Co-Director (2011-13) Georgetown Law Supreme 
Court Institute; member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration 
Association, 2005-13; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars, 2012-13; member, American Law Institute; appointed to the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on 
December 2013.

    ROBERT L. WILKINS, circuit judge; born in Muncie, IN, 1963, B.S., 
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1986, cum laude, Herman A. Moench 
Distinguished Senior Commendation; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989, 
executive editor and comments editor of the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties 
Law Review; law clerk to Judge Earl B. Gilliam of the U.S. District 
Court for the Southern District of California, 1989-90; staff attorney, 
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1990-95; chief, 
Special Litigation and Programs Division of Public Defender Service for 
the District of Columbia, 1995-2000; president, National African 
American Museum and Cultural Complex, Inc., 2000-02; partner, Venable 
LLP, 2002-11; selected one of the ``90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of 
the Last 30 Years'' by the Legal Times in 2008; selected one of the ``40 
under 40 most successful young litigators in America'' by the National 
Law Journal in 2002; named one of ``Washington's Top Lawyers: Criminal 
Defense,'' 2004, Washingtonian magazine; named one of ``Washington's Top 
Lawyers: Education,'' 2007, Washingtonian magazine; Honor Alumni Award, 
2005, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Henry W. Edgerton Civil 
Liberties Award, 2001, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the 
National Capital Area; Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2001, American 
Civil Liberties Union of Maryland; ``Practitioner of the Year'' Award, 
1999, University of Maryland Black Law Students Association; Nominee, 
``Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty'' Award, 1999, American Civil Liberties 
Union of Maryland; District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission 
(2005-08); Board of Trustees, Public Defender Service for the District 
of Columbia (2002-08); National Museum of African American History and 
Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission (chairman of the Site 
and Building Committee) (2002-03); member, District of Columbia Advisory 
Commission on Sentencing (1998-2000); member, District of Columbia 
Truth-In-Sentencing Commission (1997-98); District of Columbia Juvenile 
Justice Advisory Group (1998-2000); Federal Influence on Sentencing 
Policy in the District of Columbia: An Oppressive and Dangerous 
Experiment, 11 Fed. Sent. Rptr. 143-148 (Nov. / Dec. 1998); The South 
African Legal System: Black Lawyer's Views, 7 TransAfrica Forum 9 (Fall 
1990); Black Neighborhoods Becoming Black Cities: Group Empowerment, 
Local Control and the Implications of Being Darker than Brown, 23 Harv. 
C.R.--C.L. L. Rev. 415 (1988) (co-author); admitted to the bars of the 
District of Columbia; Massachusetts; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District 
Court for the District of Maryland, and U.S. District Court for the 
Eastern District of Wisconsin; member, Judicial Conference of the United 
States, Committee on Judicial Security, 2013-present; appointed to the 
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 27, 2010; 
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit on January 13, 2014.

                          SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGES

    HARRY T. EDWARDS, senior circuit 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; co-author of five books: Labor Relations Law in the 
Public Sector, The Lawyer as a Negotiator, Higher Education and the Law, 
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and Labor Arbitration; and, most recently, Edwards, Ellliot, and Levy, 
Federal Standards of Review (2d ed. 2013), 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; Professor of Law at NYU School of Law 
(member of faculty since 1990); has also taught part-time at Duke, 
Georgetown, Michigan, Harvard Law, Pennsylvania, and University of 
California Irvine Schools of Law; co-chair of the Forensics Science 
Committee established by the National Academy of Sciences, 2006-09; 
member of the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law at the National 
Academy of Sciences; 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, senior circuit judge; recipient of the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom, June 19, 2008; born in York, PA, October 
12, 1935; son of William Silberman and Anna (Hirsch); married to Rosalie 
G. Gaull on April 28, 1957 (deceased), married Patricia Winn on January 
5, 2008; 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 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; member, U.S. Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act Court of Review, 1996-2003; Adjunct 
Professor of Law (Administrative Law and Labor Law) Georgetown Law 
Center, 1987-94; 1997; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University Law 
School, 1995-96; Distinguished Visitor from the Judiciary, Georgetown 
Law Center, 2003-present; co-chairman of the President's 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, senior 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.

    DOUGLAS HOWARD GINSBURG, circuit 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), judicial liaison

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(2000-03 and 2009-12); 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; lecturer in law, Columbia University, New York City, 
1987-88, 2009-11; lecturer in law, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 
1988-89; distinguished professor of law, George Mason University, 
Arlington, VA, 1988-present; senior lecturer, University of Chicago Law 
School, 1990-present; lecturer on law, New York Law School, 2005-09; 
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College, London, 2010-
15; 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, Chief Judge, 2001-08.

    DAVID BRYAN SENTELLE, circuit judge, born in Canton, NC, February 
12, 1943; son of Horace and Maude Sentelle; married to Jane LaRue 
Oldham; three daughters and four granddaughters; B.A., University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965; J.D. with honors, University of 
North Carolina School of Law, 1968; associate, Uzzell and Dumont, 
Charlotte, 1968-79; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charlotte, 1970-74; North 
Carolina State District Judge, 1974-77; partner, Tucker, Hicks, 
Sentelle, Moon and Hodge, Charlotte, 1977-85; U.S. District Judge for 
the Western District of North Carolina, 1985-87; appointed to the U.S. 
Court of Appeals by President Reagan in October 1987; Chief Judge, 2008-
13; assumed senior status February 12, 2013.

    A. RAYMOND RANDOLPH, senior circuit judge; born in Riverside, NJ, 
November 1, 1943; son of Arthur Raymond Randolph, Sr. and Marile 
(Kelly); two children: John Trevor and Cynthia Lee Randolph; married to 
Eileen Janette O'Connor, May 18, 1984. B.S., Drexel University, 1966; 
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1969, summa cum laude; 
managing editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Order of the 
Coif. Admitted to Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of 
California; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. Courts of 
Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, 
Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits. Memberships: American Law 
Institute. Law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the Second Circuit, 1969-70; Assistant to the Solicitor General, 
1970-73; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, 
1974-78; George Mason School of Law, 1992; Deputy Solicitor General, 
1975-77; Special Counsel, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
House of Representatives, 1979-80; special assistant attorney general, 
State of Montana (honorary), 1983-July 1990; special assistant attorney 
general, State of New Mexico, 1985-July 1990; special assistant attorney 
general, State of Utah, 1986-July 1990; advisory panel, Federal Courts 
Study Committee, 1989-July 1990; partner, Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz, 
1987-July 1990; 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.

             Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
                   for the District of Columbia Circuit

    Circuit Executive.--Betsy Paret (202) 216-7340.
    Clerk.--Mark J. Langer, 216-7300.
    Chief Deputy Clerk.--Marilyn R. Sargent, 216-7300.
    Chief, Legal Division.--Martha Tomich, 216-7500.

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         UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

           717 Madison Place, NW., 20439, phone (202) 275-8000

    SHARON PROST, chief judge; was appointed by President George W. Bush 
in 2001. Prior to her appointment, Judge Prost served as Minority Chief 
Counsel, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Chief Counsel of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, United States Senate from 1993 to 2001. She also served as 
Chief Labor Counsel (Minority), Senate Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources from 1989 to 1993. She was Assistant Solicitor, Associate 
Solicitor, and Acting Solicitor of the National Labor Relations Board 
from 1984 to 1989. She was an Attorney at the Internal Revenue Service 
from 1983 to 1984, and Field Attorney at the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority from 1980 to 1983. Judge Prost also served as Labor Relations 
Specialist / Auditor at the United States General Accounting Office from 
1976 to 1980 and Labor Relations Specialist at the United States Civil 
Service Commission from 1973 to 1976. Judge Prost received a B.S. from 
Cornell University in 1973, an M.B.A. from George Washington University 
in 1975, a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University 
in 1979, and an LL.M. from George Washington University School of Law in 
1984.

    PAULINE NEWMAN, circuit judge; was appointed by President Ronald 
Reagan in 1984. From 1982 to 1984, Judge Newman was Special Adviser to 
the United States Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the 
Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial 
Property. She served on the advisory committee to the Domestic Policy 
Review of Industrial Innovation from 1978 to 1979 and on the State 
Department Advisory Committee on International Intellectual Property 
from 1974 to 1984. From 1969 to 1984, Judge Newman served as director, 
Patent, Trademark and Licensing Department, FMC Corp. From 1961 to 1962 
she worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Organization as a science policy specialist in the Department of Natural 
Sciences. She served as patent attorney and house counsel of FMC Corp. 
from 1954 to 1969 and as research scientist, American Cyanamid Co. from 
1951 to 1954. Judge Newman received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1947, 
an M.A. from Columbia University in 1948, a Ph.D. from Yale University 
in 1952 and an LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1958.

    ALAN D. LOURIE, circuit judge; was appointed to the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 6, 1990, by President 
George H.W. Bush. He was formerly Vice President, Corporate Patents and 
Trademarks, and Associate General Counsel of SmithKline Beecham 
Corporation. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 13, 1935, Judge 
Lourie received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard University (1956), 
his Master's degree in organic chemistry from the University of 
Wisconsin (1958), and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of 
Pennsylvania (1965). He received his J.D. degree from Temple University 
in 1970. Before being appointed to the court, Judge Lourie had been 
President of the Philadelphia Patent Law Association, a member of the 
Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association 
(formerly American Patent Law Association), treasurer of the Association 
of Corporate Patent Counsel, and a member of the board of directors of 
the Intellectual Property Owners Association. He was also 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. He was a member of the 
U.S. delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the 
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, held in 
Geneva in October and November 1982, and in March 1984. He was chairman 
of the Patent Committee of the Law Section of the Pharmaceutical 
Manufacturers Association from 1980 to 1985. Judge Lourie was awarded 
the Jefferson Medal of the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law 
Association for extraordinary contributions to the field of intellectual 
property law in 1998; was a recipient of the Intellectual Property 
Owners Education Foundation Distinguished Intellectual Property 
Professional Award for extraordinary leadership in the intellectual 
property community

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and a lifetime commitment to invention and innovation in 2008; was a 
recipient of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association's 
Award for outstanding IP achievement in 2010; was a recipient of the 
Boston Patent Law Association's Distinguished Public Service Award in 
2011; was a recipient of a ``lifetime achievement'' award from The 
Sedona Conference in 2011; and recently was a recipient of NYIPLA's 10th 
Annual Outstanding Public Service Award in 2012. He was a member of the 
Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure from 1990 to 1998 
and has been a member of the Committee on Codes of Conduct since 2005. 
He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, 
the American Chemical Society, the Cosmos Club, and the Harvard Club of 
Washington. Judge Lourie is married and has two daughters and four 
grandchildren.

    TIMOTHY B. DYK, circuit judge; was appointed by President William J. 
Clinton in 2000. Prior to his appointment, Judge Dyk was Partner and 
Chair, Issues and Appeals Practice Area, at Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue 
from 1990 to 2000. He was Adjunct Professor at Yale Law School from 1986 
to 1987 and 1989, at the University of Virginia Law School in 1984 and 
1985, and from 1987 to 1988, and at the Georgetown University Law Center 
in 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1991. Judge Dyk was Associate and Partner, 
Wilmer Cutler and Pickering from 1964 to 1990. From 1963 to 1964, Judge 
Dyk served as Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Louis F. 
Oberdorfer. He also served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Warren from 
1962 to 1963, and to Justices Reed and Burton (retired) from 1961 to 
1962. Judge Dyk received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1958 and an 
LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961. He was First President of the 
Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court from 2000 to 2001 and President of 
the Giles Sutherland Rich Inn of Court from 2006 to 2007. He was the 
recipient of the 2012 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for 
the Federal Circuit. Judge Dyk is the co-author of the Chapter on 
Patents in the Third Edition of the treatise, Business and Commercial 
Litigation in Federal Courts.

    KIMBERLY A. MOORE, circuit judge; was appointed by President George 
W. Bush in 2006. Prior to her appointment, Judge Moore was a Professor 
of Law from 2004-06 and Associate Professor of Law from 2000 to 2004 at 
the George Mason University School of Law. She was an Assistant 
Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999 
to 2000. She served both as an Assistant Professor of Law from 1997 to 
1999 and the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program 
from 1998 to 1999 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Judge Moore 
clerked from 1995 to 1997 for the Honorable Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Chief 
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and 
was an Associate at Kirkland and Ellis from 1994 to 1995. From 1988 to 
1992, Judge Moore was employed in electrical engineering with the Naval 
Surface Warfare Center. Judge Moore received her B.S.E.E. in 1990, M.S. 
in 1991, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her 
J.D., cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. Judge 
Moore has written and presented widely on patent litigation. She co-
authored a legal casebook entitled Patent Litigation and Strategy and 
served as the Editor of The Federal Circuit Bar Journal from 1998 to 
2006.

    KATHLEEN M. O'MALLEY, circuit judge; was appointed to the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack 
Obama in 2010. Prior to her elevation to the Federal Circuit, Judge 
O'Malley was appointed to the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio by President William J. Clinton on October 12, 
1994. Judge O'Malley served as First Assistant Attorney General and 
Chief of Staff for Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher from 1992-94, and 
Chief Counsel to Attorney General Fisher from 1991-92. From 1985-91, she 
worked for Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur, where she became a 
partner. From 1983-84, she was an associate at Jones, Day, Reavis and 
Pogue. During her sixteen years on the district court bench, Judge 
O'Malley presided over in excess of 100 patent and trademark cases and 
sat by designation on the United States Circuit Court for the Federal 
Circuit. As an educator, Judge O'Malley has regularly taught a course on 
Patent Litigation at Case Western Reserve University Law School; she is 
a member of the faculty of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology's 
program designed to educate Federal Judges regarding the handling of 
intellectual property cases. Judge O'Malley serves as a board member of 
the Sedona Conference; as the judicial liaison to the Local Patent Rules 
Committee for the Northern District of Ohio; and as an advisor to 
national organizations publishing treatises on patent litigation 
(Anatomy of a Patent Case, Complex Litigation Committee of the American 
College of Trial Lawyers; Patent Case Management Judicial Guide, 
Berkeley Center for Law and Technology). Judge O'Malley began her legal 
career as a law clerk to the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones, Sixth Circuit 
Court of Appeals in 1982-83. She received her J.D. degree from Case 
Western Reserve University School of Law, Order of the Coif, in 1982, 
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of the National Mock Trial Team. Judge O'Malley attended Kenyon College 
in Gambier, Ohio where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa 
in 1979.

    JIMMIE V. REYNA, circuit judge; was appointed to the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in 
2011. Prior to his appointment, Judge Reyna was an international trade 
attorney and shareholder at Williams Mullen, where, from 1998 to 2011, 
he directed the firm's Trade and Customs Practice Group and its Latin 
America Task Force, and served on its board of directors (2006-08, 2009-
11). He was an associate and partner at the law firm of Stewart and 
Stewart (1986-98). From 1981 to 1986, Judge Reyna was a solo 
practitioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, prior to that, an associate 
at Shaffer, Butt, Thornton and Baehr, also in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
Judge Reyna served on the U.S. roster of dispute settlement panelists 
for trade disputes under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement, and the U.S. Indicative List of Non-Governmental Panelists 
for the World Trade Organization, Dispute Settlement Mechanism, for both 
trade in goods and trade in services. Judge Reyna is the author of two 
books, Passport to North American Trade: Rules of Origin and Customs 
Procedures Under the NAFTA (Shepards 1995), and The GATT Uruguay Round, 
A Negotiating History: Services, 1986-92 (Kluwer 1993) and numerous 
articles on international trade and customs issues. He was the founder 
and Senior Co-Editor of the Hispanic National Bar Association Journal of 
Law and Policy. Judge Reyna is a recipient of the Ohtli Award (the 
highest honor bestowed by the Mexican Government for non-Mexican 
citizens). Other awards include: 100 Influentials, Hispanic Business 
Magazine, 2011; 101 Latino Leaders in America, Latino Leaders Magazine, 
2011 and 2012; Minority Business Leader, Washington Business Journal; 
Extraordinary Leadership, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA); 
Lifetime Honorary Membership, Society of Hispanic Professional 
Engineers; Distinguished Citizen Award, Military Airlift Command, U.S. 
Air Force; Spirit of Excellence Award, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of 
Commerce. Judge Reyna served over a decade of leadership in the HNBA, 
including as National President (2006-07). He served in various 
leadership positions in the ABA Sections on International Law and 
Dispute Settlement. He was a founder and member of the board of 
directors of the U.S. Mexico Law Institute, and the Community Services 
for Autistic Adults and Children Foundation. He currently serves on the 
Nationwide Hispanic Advisory Council of Big Brothers Big Sisters of 
America. He received a B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1975 and 
a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1978.

    EVAN J. WALLACH, circuit judge; was appointed to the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in 
2011, confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 2011, and assumed the 
duties of his office on November 18, 2011. Prior to his appointment, he 
served for sixteen years as a judge of the United States Court of 
International Trade, having been appointed to that court by President 
William J. Clinton in 1995. Judge Wallach worked as a general litigation 
partner with an emphasis on media representation at the law firm of 
Lionel Sawyer and Collins in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1982 to 1995. He was 
an associate at the same firm from 1976 to 1982. While working with the 
firm, Judge Wallach took a leave of absence to serve as General Counsel 
and Public Policy Advisor to Senator Harry Reid from 1987 to 1988. From 
1989 to 1995, he served in the Nevada National Guard as a Judge 
Advocate. In 1991, while on leave from his firm, he served as an 
Attorney/Advisor in the International Affairs Division of the Judge 
Advocate of the Army at the Pentagon. Judge Wallach, a recognized expert 
in the law of war, has taught at a number of law schools, including 
Brooklyn Law School, New York Law School, George Mason University School 
of Law, and the University of Muenster in Munster, Germany. Judge 
Wallach has received a number of awards, including: the ABA Liberty Bell 
Award in 1993; the Nevada Press Association President's Award in 1994; 
and the Clark County School Librarians Intellectual Freedom Award in 
1995. Judge Wallach served on active duty in the Army of the United 
States from 1969 to 1971. During his military career, he was awarded the 
Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Meritorious 
Service Medal, the Nevada Medal of Merit, the Valorous Unit Citation, a 
Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the RVN Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Judge 
Wallach received his B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arizona 
in 1973, his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976, 
and an LLB with honors in International Law from Cambridge University in 
1981.

    RICHARD G. TARANTO, circuit judge; was appointed to the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. 
Obama, in 2013, confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 2013 and assumed 
the duties of his office on March 15, 2013. Judge Taranto practiced law 
with the firm of Farr and Taranto from 1989 to 2013, where he 
specialized in appellate litigation. From 1986 to 1989, he served as an 
Assistant to the Solicitor General, representing the United States in 
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practice from 1984 to 1986 with the law firm of Onek, Klein and Farr. 
Judge Taranto served as a law clerk at all three levels of the federal 
court system. He clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme 
Court of the United States from 1983 to 1984; for Judge Robert Bork of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
from 1982 to 1983; and for Judge Abraham Sofaer of the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1981 to 1982. 
Judge Taranto received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1981 and a B.A. 
from Pomona College in 1977.

    RAYMOND T. CHEN, circuit judge; was appointed to the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in 
2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and assumed his office 
on August 5, 2013. Judge Chen served as Deputy General Counsel for 
Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor at the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office from 2008 to 2013. He was an Associate Solicitor in 
that office from 1998 to 2008. From 1996 to 1998, Judge Chen served as a 
Technical Assistant at the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit. Before joining the court staff, Judge Chen was an 
associate with Knobbe, Martens, Olson and Bear from 1994 to 1996. Before 
entering law school, Judge Chen worked as a scientist at the law firm of 
Hecker and Harriman from 1989 to 1991. Judge Chen received his J.D. from 
the New York University School of Law in 1994 and his B.S. in Electrical 
Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990.

    TODD M. HUGHES, circuit judge; was appointed to the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in 
2013, confirmed by the Senate on September 24, 2013 and assumed the 
duties of his office on September 30, 2013. Judge Hughes served as 
Deputy Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil 
Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2007 to 2013. 
He was the Assistant Director in that office from 1999 to 2007 and a 
Trial Attorney from 1994 to 1999. From 1992 to 1994, Judge Hughes served 
as a Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Robert Krupansky of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was an Adjunct Lecturer in 
Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law during the Spring, 1994 
semester. Judge Hughes received a J.D. from Duke Law School in 1992, an 
M.A. from Duke University in 1992, and an A.B. from Harvard College in 
1989.

    KARA FARNANDEZ STOLL, circuit judge; was appointed to the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. 
Obama on November 12, 2014, was confirmed unanimously by the United 
States Senate on July 7, 2015, and assumed her duties on July 17, 2015. 
Judge Stoll practiced law with the firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, 
Garrett and Dunner from 1998 to 2015, and became a partner at the firm 
in 2006. While in private practice, Judge Stoll specialized in patent 
litigation with an emphasis on appeals. Judge Stoll was an adjunct 
professor at George Mason University Law School from 2008 to 2015 and at 
the Howard University School of Law from 2004 to 2008. From 1997 to 
1998, Judge Stoll served as a law clerk to The Honorable Alvin A. Schall 
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge 
Stoll worked as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office from 1991 to 1997. Judge Stoll received a J.D. from the 
Georgetown University School of Law in 1997, where she received the Leon 
Robin Patent Award, and a B.S.E.E. from Michigan State University in 
1991.

                          SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGES

    HALDANE ROBERT MAYER, circuit judge; has been a member of the court 
since 1987. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004. Born in Buffalo, 
Judge Mayer was educated in the public schools of Lockport, New York, 
before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, from 
which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1963. He earned 
a law degree in 1971 at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of The College 
of William and Mary, where he was editor-in-chief of the William and 
Mary Law Review as well as a member of Omicron Delta Kappa National 
Leadership Society. He has served as a director of the William and Mary 
Law School Association. Judge Mayer served on active duty in the Army of 
the United States from 1963 until 1975 in the Infantry and the Judge 
Advocate General's Corps. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the 
Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf 
Cluster, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, 
RVN Ranger Combat Badge, and several campaign and service ribbons. He 
resigned his Regular Army commission to take an Army Reserve commission, 
retiring in 1985 as a lieutenant colonel. In 1971, Judge Mayer served as 
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law clerk for Judge John D. Butzner, Jr., of the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, VA. He practiced law in 
Charlottesville, VA, in the mid-1970's, simultaneously serving as an 
adjunct at the University of Virginia School of Law, as he did again in 
the 1990's. He has also been an adjunct at George Washington University 
National Law Center. From 1977 through 1980, Judge Mayer was the Special 
Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger, 
after which he returned to private law practice in Washington, DC, until 
he became Deputy and Acting Special Counsel (by designation of the 
President). President Ronald Reagan appointed Judge Mayer to what is now 
the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1982, and to the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1987. He assumed 
senior status on June 30, 2010.

    S. JAY PLAGER, circuit judge; was appointed Circuit Judge by 
President George H.W. Bush in 1989. Prior to his appointment, Judge 
Plager served in the Executive Office of the President from 1987 to 
1989, as Associate Director of OMB and as Administrator, OIRA. He served 
as Counselor to the Under Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services from 1986 to 1987. Judge Plager was Dean and Professor, Indiana 
University School of Law from 1977 to 1984. He was Professor, Faculty of 
Law, University of Illinois from 1964 to 1977, and from 1958 to 1964 was 
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Florida. Judge Plager was 
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Law School from 1984 to 1985, 
Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, and Visiting Professor, Cambridge 
University in 1980, and Visiting Research Professor of Law, University 
of Wisconsin from 1967 to 1968. Judge Plager served on active duty in 
the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. Judge Plager grew up 
in New Jersey, where he attended public schools. In 1952, he received an 
A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina, a J.D. in 1958 from 
the University of Florida, with high honors, where he was editor-in-
chief of the Florida Law Review, and in 1961 an LL.M. from Columbia 
University. He has three children. Judge Plager assumed senior status in 
2000.

    RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER III, circuit judge; was appointed by President 
George H.W. Bush in 1990. Judge Clevenger received a B.A. from Yale 
University in 1959. As a Carnegie Teaching Fellow, he taught European 
History at Yale College in the 1959-60 academic year. From 1960 to 1963, 
he was employed by the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York City. 
He received an LL.B. from Yale University in 1966. Judge Clevenger 
served as a law clerk to Mr. Justice White in October Term 1966. Judge 
Clevenger joined Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering in 1967, serving as a 
partner in the firm from 1974 until his appointment to the bench. Judge 
Clevenger assumed senior status on February 1, 2006.

    ALVIN A. SCHALL, circuit judge; was appointed by President George 
H.W. Bush in 1992. Prior to his appointment, Judge Schall served as 
Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1988 to 
1992. He was a member of the Washington, DC law firm of Perlman and 
Partners from 1987 to 1988. He served as Trial Attorney and Senior Trial 
Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, from 1978 
to 1987. Judge Schall was an Assistant United States Attorney, Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, from 
1973 to 1978, and served as Chief of the Appeals Division from 1977 to 
1978. From 1969 to 1973, Judge Schall was in private practice with the 
New York City law firm of Shearman and Sterling. Judge Schall received a 
B.A. degree from Princeton University in 1966 and a J.D. degree from 
Tulane Law School in 1969. Judge Schall assumed senior status on October 
5, 2009.

    WILLIAM C. BRYSON, circuit judge; was appointed by President William 
J. Clinton in 1994. Prior to his appointment, Judge Bryson was with the 
United States Department of Justice from 1978 to 1994. During that 
period, he served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General [1978-79], 
Chief of the Appellate Section of the Criminal Division [1979-83], 
Counsel to the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section [1983-86], 
Deputy Solicitor General [1986-94], Acting Solicitor General [1989 and 
1993], and Acting Associate Attorney General [1994]. He was an Associate 
at the Washington, DC law firm of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin 
from 1975 to 1978. Judge Bryson served as Law Clerk to the Honorable 
Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 
from 1973 to 1974, and as Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, 
Supreme Court of the United States, from 1974 to 1975. Judge Bryson 
received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1969 and a J.D. from the 
University of Texas School of Law in 1973.

    RICHARD LINN, circuit judge; was appointed by President William J. 
Clinton in 1999. Prior to his appointment, Judge Linn was a Partner and 
Practice Group Leader at the Washington, DC law firm of Foley and 
Lardner from 1997 to 1999. He was a Partner and head of the intellectual 
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1997. Judge Linn served as Patent Advisor, United States Naval Air 
Systems Command from 1971 to 1972, was a Patent Agent at the United 
States Naval Research Laboratory from 1968 to 1969, and served as a 
Patent Examiner at the United States Patent Office from 1965 to 1968. He 
was a member of the founding Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar 
Section on Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law and served as Chairman 
in 1975. In 2000, Judge Linn received the Rensselaer Alumni Association 
Fellows Award. He was honored in 2006 for dedication, service, and 
devotion to justice by the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association. 
Judge Linn was awarded the 2009 New York Intellectual Property Law 
Association Leadership Award. He also received the 2009 Jefferson Medal 
from the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association ``in 
recognition of meritorious and outstanding contributions in support of 
the Constitution of the United States of America and furtherance of a 
fundamental principle thereof--`to promote the progress of Science and 
useful Arts.' '' In 2010, Judge Linn received the Outstanding Public 
Service Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. 
In 2011, he was awarded the inaugural Mark Banner Award by the American 
Bar Association for his contributions to intellectual property law and 
the A. Sherman Christensen Award by the American Inns of Court 
Foundation for distinguished, exceptional and significant leadership to 
the American Inns of Court movement. He served as an Adjunct Professor 
and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law 
School from 2001 to 2003, and currently serves on the Law School's 
Intellectual Property Advisory Board. Judge Linn is a past president of 
the Giles Sutherland Rich American Inn of Court, a member of the Richard 
Linn American Inn of Court, a visiting member of the Hon. William C. 
Conner American Inn of Court, and an honorary lifetime member of the 
Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court. He received a B.E.E. from 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965, and a J.D. from Georgetown 
University Law Center in 1969.

             Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
                          for the Federal Circuit

    Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court.--Daniel E. O'Toole (202) 275-
        8020.
    General Counsel.--J. Douglas Steere, 275-8080.
    Chief Deputy Clerk and Director of Information Technology.--Mona 
        Harrington, 275-8420.
    Deputy Circuit Executive and Operations Officer.--Dale Bosley, 275-
        8141.
    Circuit Librarian.--John Moore, 275-8403.

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                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
                           DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
                                  20001
              room 2002, phone (202) 354-3320, fax 354-3412

    RICHARD W. ROBERTS, chief 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, DC, 1978-82; Associate, Covington and 
Burling, Washington, DC, 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 
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; DC 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.

    EMMET G. SULLIVAN, judge; son of Emmet A. Sullivan and Eileen G. 
Sullivan; born in Washington, DC; graduated McKinley High School, 1964; 
B.A., Howard University, 1968; J.D., Howard University Law School, 1971; 
recipient of Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship, assigned to the 
Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC, 1971-72; law 
clerk to Judge James A. Washington, Jr., 1972-73; 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 DC Law 
Students in Court Program; DC 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; adjunct professor at 
American University, Washington College 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 Judicial 
Conference of the U.S. Committee on Criminal Law,

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1998-2005; District of Columbia Judicial Disabilities and Tenure 
Commission, 1996-2001; chair of the District of Columbia Judicial 
Nomination Commission since 2005; appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to 
serve on the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Committee on Space and 
Facilities, 2012, re-appointed by the Chief Justice in 2015; only person 
in the District of Columbia to have been appointed to three judicial 
positions by three different U.S. Presidents; recipient of the Ollie May 
Cooper Award awarded by the Washington Bar Association; the Thurgood 
Marshall Award of Excellence awarded by the Howard University Alumni 
Association; the Howard University Distinguished Alumni Award awarded by 
the President and Board of Trustees of Howard University; American Inns 
of Court Professionalism Award for the District of Columbia Circuit for 
2015; founder and current director of the Frederick B. Abramson 
Scholarship Foundation.

    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, DC; 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, 2000-02; presiding judge of the United 
States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2002-09.

    REGGIE B. WALTON, judge; born in Donora, PA, 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; member, United States Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court, 2007-present; Presiding Judge, 2013-present.


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    RICHARD J. LEON, judge; born in South Natick, MA, 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 and 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, 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 and 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 and 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. Member, 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2013-present.

    BERYL A. HOWELL, judge; born in Fort Benning, GA; daughter of Col. 
(Ret.) Leamon and Ruth Howell; Killeen High School, 1974; B.A. with 
honors in philosophy, Bryn Mawr College (President and Member, Honor 
Board, 1976-78); J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1983 (Harlan 
Fiske Stone Scholar, 1981-82; International Fellows Program, 1982-83, 
Transnational Law Journal, Notes Editor); law clerk to Hon. Dickinson R. 
Debevoise, District of New Jersey, 1983-84; litigation associate, 
Schulte, Roth and Zabel, 1985-87; Assistant United States Attorney, 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1987-
93; Deputy Chief, Narcotics Section, 1987-93; Senior Counsel, U.S. 
Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and the 
Law, 1993-94; Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary 
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition, 1995-96; 
General Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1997-2003; 
Executive Managing Director and General Counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-
09; Member, Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency, 2008; 
Adjunct Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of 
Law, 2010; Awards include U.S. Attorney's Special Achievement Award for 
Sustained Superior Performance, 1990, 1991; Drug Enforcement 
Administration Commendations, 1990, 1992, 1993; Attorney General's 
Director's Award for Superior Performance, 1991; Federal Bureau of 
Investigation Award and New York City Department of Investigation Award 
for public corruption investigation and prosecution, 1992; Freedom of 
Information Hall of Fame, 2001; First Amendment Award, Society of 
Professional Journalists, 2004; Federal Bureau of Investigation 
Director's Award, 2006; Book chapters and law review article 
publications include Seven Weeks: The Making of the USA PATRIOT Act, The 
George Washington Law Review, 2004; FISA's Fruits in Criminal Cases: An 
Opportunity for Improved Accountability, UCLA Journal of International 
Law and Foreign Affairs, 2007; Book Chapters include: Real World 
Problems of Virtual Crime, in Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked 
Environment, 2007; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Has the 
Solution Become the Problem, in Protecting What Matters: Technology, 
Security, and Liberty Since 9/11, 2006 and articles in the New York Law 
Journal, Journal of Internet Law, the Vermont Bar Journal, and Yale 
Journal of Law and Technology; Appointed Commissioner, United States 
Sentencing Commission, 2004-11; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for 
the District of Columbia by President Obama on December 27, 2010, took 
oath of office on January 21, 2011.

    JAMES E. BOASBERG, judge; born San Francisco, CA, 1963; son of 
Emanuel Boasberg III and Sarah Szold Boasberg; graduated St. Albans 
School, Washington, DC, 1981; B.A., magna cum laude in history from Yale 
College, 1985; M.St. in modern European history

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from Oxford University, 1986; J.D. from Yale Law School, 1990; law clerk 
to Judge Dorothy W. Nelson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 
Circuit, 1990-91; associate, Keker and Van Nest in San Francisco, CA, 
1991-94; associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd and Evans in 
Washington, DC, 1995-96; Assistant United States Attorney for the 
District of Columbia, 1996-2002; visiting lecturer, George Washington 
Law School, 2003; Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, 
2002-11; United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 
2011-present; appointed to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court, May 2014.

    AMY BERMAN JACKSON, judge; appointed March of 2011; prior to joining 
the Court, engaged in private practice in Washington, DC as a member of 
Trout Cacheris, specializing in complex criminal and civil trials and 
appeals; earlier, partner at Venable, Baetjer, Howard, and Civiletti; 
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1980-86; 
received Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards for work on 
murder and sexual assault cases; J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 
1979; A.B. cum laude, Harvard College, 1976; law clerk to the Honorable 
Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth 
Circuit; lectured on corporate criminal investigations and has been a 
regular teacher at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the 
Georgetown University Law Center CLE Intensive Session in Trial Advocacy 
Skills, and the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy workshop; while in 
private practice, was elected to serve as a DC Bar delegate to the ABA 
House of Delegates; active in the ABA Litigation Section, the ABA 
Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime Committee, and DC Bar and 
Women's Bar Association committee activities; member of the Parent 
Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and 
Learning Disorders; served on the Board of the DC Rape Crisis Center and 
other educational and community organizations.

    RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, judge, appointed to the District Court in March 
2012. Prior to joining the District Court, Judge Contreras served from 
2006 to 2012 as the Chief of the Civil Division of the United States 
Attorney's Office of the District of Columbia. In that capacity, he 
supervised 39 Assistant United States Attorneys who defend and bring 
civil cases on behalf of the United States. Judge Contreras was awarded 
his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1984 and 
his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania 
Law School in 1991, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and 
Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Following law 
school, Judge Contreras joined the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and 
Pogue, where he was an Associate in the General Litigation Group. In 
1994, Judge Contreras joined the United States Attorney's Office for the 
District of Columbia as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil 
Division, where he was responsible for a wide array of cases, including 
employment, Federal Tort Claims Act, Administrative Procedure Act, 
Bivens and Affirmative Civil Enforcement matters. In 2003, Judge 
Contreras left the DC Office to become the Chief of the Civil Division 
for the United States Attorney's Office in Delaware, where he oversaw 
that civil program and personally handled a wide variety of matters, 
including environmental and health care fraud cases.

    KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, judge, received her commission as a United 
States District Judge in March 2013. Until December 2014, she also 
served as a Vice Chair and Commissioner on the United States Sentencing 
Commission, and she taught a seminar on Sentencing Policy at the George 
Washington University Law School as an adjunct professor. Prior to her 
service on the Commission, Judge Jackson was Of Counsel at Morrison and 
Foerster LLP for three years, with a practice that focused on criminal 
and civil appellate litigation in both state and federal courts, as well 
as cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. From 2005 until 
2007, prior to joining Morrison and Foerster LLP, Judge Jackson served 
as an assistant federal public defender in the Appeals Division of the 
Office of the Federal Public Defender in the District of Columbia. 
Before that appointment, Judge Jackson worked as an assistant special 
counsel at the United States Sentencing Commission and as an associate 
with two law firms, one specializing in white collar criminal defense, 
the other focusing on the negotiated settlement of mass-tort claims. 
Judge Jackson also served as a law clerk to three federal judges: 
Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United 
States (October Term 1999), Judge Bruce M. Selya of the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the First Circuit (1997-1998), and Judge Patti B. Saris of 
the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1996-1997). 
She received an A.B., magna cum laude, in Government from Harvard-
Radcliffe College in 1992, and, in 1996, a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard 
Law School, where she served as a supervising editor of the Harvard Law 
Review.

    CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, judge; born Mobile, Alabama, 1966; son of 
Paulette Reid Cooper and William Madison Cooper; graduated Trinity 
Preparatory School, Winter Park, Florida, 1984; B.A., summa cum laude, 
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1988, and member of Phi Beta Kappa; Research Analyst, Strategic Planning 
Associates, Washington, DC, 1988-90; J.D., with distinction, Stanford 
Law School, 1993; President, Volume 45, Stanford Law Review, 1992-93; 
Board Member, East Palo Alto Community Law Project, 1992-93; Law Clerk 
to then-Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva, United States Court of Appeals for 
the DC Circuit, 1993-94; United States Department of Justice, Special 
Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General, Washington, DC, 1994-96; 
Associate (1996-2000) and Partner (2000), Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and 
Lewin LLC, Washington, DC; Partner, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC 
(2000-10) and London (2010-12); Partner, Covington and Burling LLP, 
London (2012-13) and Washington, DC (2013-14); appointed to the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 28, 2014.

    TANYA S. CHUTKAN, judge; born in Kingston, Jamaica; daughter of Dr. 
Winston Chutkan and Noelle Chutkan, Esq.; B.A., George Washington 
University, 1983; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1987 
(Associate Editor, Law Review; Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Fellow); 
Associate, Hogan and Hartson LLP, 1987-90; Associate, Donovan, Leisure, 
Rogovin, Huge and Schiller, 1990-91; Staff Attorney and Supervisor, 
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1991-2002; Counsel 
and Partner, Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, 2002-14; Steering 
Committee, Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section of the District of 
Columbia Bar, 2000-03; member of Visiting Faculty, Harvard Law School 
Trial Advocacy Workshop; nominated judge, U.S. District Court for the 
District of Columbia by President Obama; confirmed by the Senate on June 
4, 2014; took the oath of office on July 25, 2014.

    RANDOLPH D. MOSS, judge, born Springfield, Ohio 1961; son of Dr. 
Howard A. Moss and Adrienne Moss. A.B., summa cum laude, phi beta kappa, 
philosophy, from Hamilton College in 1983; J.D., Yale Law School, 1986. 
Law clerk to Judge Pierre Leval, United States District Court for the 
Southern District of New York, 1986-87. Law clerk to Justice John Paul 
Stevens, United States Supreme Court, 1988-89. Private practice at 
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, first as associate then as partner, 1989-
96. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel 1996-2001; Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, 1996-98; Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
1998-00; Assistant Attorney General, 2000-01. Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, 
Pickering Hale and Dorr, 2001-14; chair of the firm's Regulatory and 
Government Affairs Department. Confirmed to the bench November 2014.

    AMIT MEHTA, judge; born Patan, India; son of Priyavadan and Ragini 
Mehta. B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in political science and 
economics from Georgetown University, 1993; J.D., Order of the Coif, 
University of Virginia, 1997; Law Clerk to Judge Susan P. Graber, United 
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-1999; Associate, 
Counsel and Partner, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, 1999-2002, 2007-2014; Staff 
Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 2002-
2007; Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2014-
present.

                              SENIOR JUDGES

    THOMAS F. HOGAN, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, 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

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of the Judicial Conference, July 2001-08, Chair 2005-2008; Edward J. 
Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, 2011; Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2011-2013; member, 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2009-present, Presiding Judge 
2014-present.

    ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, senior judge; born in San Antonio, TX, 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.

    GLADYS KESSLER, senior judge; born in New York, NY, 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.

    PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, senior judge; born in Buffalo, NY, 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) 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

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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.

    ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, senior judge; born in Boston, MA, 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 and Connolly, 1976-84; partner, Williams and Connolly, 1984-90; 
associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1990-99; 
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. 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; 
seminar instructor at the Peking University School of Transnational Law 
in Shenzhen, 2010; faculty, CEELI Institute for training Tunisian 
judges, 2012; appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to 
Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources, 2002-09, Judicial 
Conference Committee on Criminal Law, 2011-present, Judicial Panel on 
Multidistrict Litigation, 2013-present.

    JOHN D. BATES, senior judge; born in Elizabeth, NJ, 1946; son of 
Richard D. and Sarah (Deacon) Bates; B.A., Wesleyan University, 1968; 
J.D., University of Maryland 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 and Chevalier (partner, 1998-2001), Chair of Government Contracts 
Litigation Department and member of Executive Committee), Steptoe and 
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; presiding judge, United States Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court, 2009-13; Director, Administrative Office of United 
States Courts, 2013-14; Chairman, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure, 2015-present.

              Officers of the United States District Court
                       for the District of Columbia

    Bankruptcy Judge.--S. Martin Teel, Jr.
    United States Magistrate Judges: Alan Kay; Deborah A. Robinson; G. 
        Michael Harvey.
    Clerk of Court.--Angela Caesar.
    Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Vacant.

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               UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

    One Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0001, phone (212) 264-2800

    TIMOTHY C. STANCEU, chief judge; born in Canton, OH; A.B., Colgate 
University, 1973; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1979; 
appointed to the U.S. Court of International Trade by President George 
W. Bush and began serving on April 15, 2003; prior to appointment, 
private practice for 13 years in Washington, DC, with the law firm Hogan 
and Hartson, L.L.P., during which he represented clients in a variety of 
matters involving customs and international trade law; Deputy Director, 
Office of Trade and Tariff Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury; 
where his responsibilities involved the regulatory and enforcement 
matters of the U.S. Customs Service and other agencies; Special 
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Enforcement, U.S. 
Department of the Treasury; Program Analyst and Environmental Protection 
Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he concentrated 
on the development and review of regulations on various environmental 
subjects.

    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; Duke University School of Law, LL.M. in Judicial 
Studies - 2014; Shaw Pittman Potts and Trowbridge (Washington, DC), 
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/Lecturer, 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, Standing Committee on Federal Judicial 
Improvements (2008-11); Co-Chair, Section of Litigation Task Force on 
Implicit Bias (2010-13); Commission on Women in the Profession, 2002-05; 
Federal Bar Association, National Council, 1993-2002, 2003-present; 
Government Relations Committee, 1996-2008, Public Relations Committee 
Chair, 1998-99; Board of Directors, Federal Bar Building Corporation; 
Executive Committee, National Conference of Federal Trial Judges, 2004-
11; Chair, National Conference of Federal Trial Judges, 2009-10; Board 
of Directors, American Judicature Society (2010-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.

    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, 1977-81; 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 25 years, 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 in March 2006.

    MARK A. BARNETT, judge; graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 
from Dickinson College; studied at the Dickinson Center for European 
Studies; J.D., cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School; 
member of the Bars of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia and 
admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade and 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; practiced in the 
international trade group at Steptoe and Johnson; joined the Office of 
Chief Counsel for Import Administration at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce as a staff attorney, served as a senior counsel, and 
subsequently served as the Deputy Chief Counsel for Import 
Administration; member of the U.S. negotiating teams for the U.S.-
Morocco Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization's Doha Round 
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resented the United States before dispute settlement panels and the 
Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization and binational panels 
composed under the North American Free Trade Agreement; detailed to the 
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee 
on Trade as a Trade Counsel; served two terms as a member of the board 
of directors of the International Model United Nations Association, 
Inc., including Vice-Chairman and Chairman; nominated to the U.S. Court 
of International Trade by President Obama on July 12, 2012, and 
confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 23, 2013.
    CLAIRE R. KELLY, judge; born in New York, NY. Married to Joseph A 
DiBartolo. Child: Joseph J. DiBartolo. Attended Sacred Heart Academy, 
Hempstead, NY; Barnard College, B.A. 1987, cum laude; and Brooklyn Law 
School, J.D., 1993, magna cum laude. Professional experience: Coudert 
Brothers (1993-97) associated; Brooklyn Law School (1997-2013), Legal 
Writing Instructor, Associate Professor of Law and Professor of Law and 
Co-Director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International 
Business Law. Elected Member of the American Law Institute, 2011; 
nominated to the U.S. Court of International Trade by President Obama on 
November 14, 2012, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 23, 2013.

                              SENIOR JUDGES

    GREGORY W. CARMAN, senior judge; born in Farmingdale, Long Island, 
NY; son of Nassau County District Court Judge Willis B. and Marjorie 
Sosa Carman; B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1958; J.D., St. 
John's University School of Law (honors program), 1961; University of 
Virginia Law School, JAG (with honors), 1962; admitted to New York Bar, 
1961; practiced law with firm of Carman, Callahan and Sabino, 
Farmingdale, NY; admitted to practice: U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 
1962, U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts 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 Town of Oyster Bay, 1972-80; member, U.S. House of 
Representatives, 97th Congress; member, Banking, Finance and Urban 
Affairs Committee and Select Committee on Aging; member, International 
Trade, Investment, and Monetary Policy Subcommittee; U.S. Congressional 
Delegate to International I.M.F. Conference; nominated by President 
Reagan, confirmed and appointed Judge of the U.S. Court of International 
Trade, March 2, 1983; Acting Chief Judge, 1991; Chief Judge, 1996-2003; 
Statutory Member, Judicial Conference of United States; member, 
Executive Committee, Judicial Branch Committee, and Subcommittees on 
Long Range Planning, Benefits, Civic Education, and Seminars; Captain, 
U.S. Army, 1958-64; awarded Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious 
Service, 1964; member, Rotary International, 1964-present; named Paul 
Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International; member, 
Holland Society, and recipient of its 1999 Gold Medal for Distinguished 
Achievement in Jurisprudence; member, Federal Bar Association, American 
Bar Association, Fellow of American Bar Foundation, 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; 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, DiCarlo U.S. Court of International Trade 
Lecture, John Marshall Law School, 2003; Distinguished Alumni Citation, 
St. Lawrence University, 2003; Italian Board of Guardians Public Service 
Award, 2003; director and member, Respect for Law Alliance, Inc.; 
Recipient of Respect for Law Alliance, 2010, Judiciary Leader Award; 
Executive Committee member and past president, Theodore Roosevelt 
American Inn of Court; past president, Protestant Lawyers Association of 
Long Island; member, Vestry, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Farmingdale, 
NY; married to Nancy Endruschat (deceased); children: Gregory Wright, 
Jr., John Frederick, James Matthew, and Mira Catherine; married to 
Judith L. Dennehy.

    JANE A. RESTANI, senior judge; born in San Francisco, CA, 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, 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; member, 
Judicial Conference of the United States, 2003-10; Executive Committee 
of the Judicial Conference, 2010; ABA Standing Committee on Customs 
Laws, 1990-93;

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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; Chief Judge, 2003-10.

    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 and Wardwell, New York, NY, 1971-85; 
admitted to practice New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals 
for Second and Third Circuits, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. 
Court of Claims, U.S. District Courts for Eastern, Southern and Northern 
Districts of New York, 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 and Georgia; 
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; served in the American and European Theaters of War on 
board the USS Oden, the USS Monticello and USS Europa; reentered Navy, 
1951-52 and served on the carrier, USS 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.


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    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.

    DONALD C. POGUE, senior 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 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; Chief Judge, 2010-14; prior to becoming judge, he chaired the 
Court's Long Range Planning Committee and Budget Committee; he also 
chaired the Judicial Conference's Committee on the Administrative 
Office; service by designation in the 2d, 3d, 5th, 9th, 11th and Federal 
Circuits and in the D.C. and New York Southern district courts. Judge 
Pogue also serves as a member of the Judicial Conference.

    JUDITH M. BARZILAY, senior 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 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.

    RICHARD K. EATON, senior 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 and Ferdon, New York, NY, associate and partner; 
Stroock and Stroock and 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.

       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., 20439, phone (202) 357-6406

    PATRICIA E. CAMPBELL-SMITH, chief judge; born in Baltimore, MD, 
1966; B.S.E.E., Duke University, 1987; J.D., Tulane Law School, 1992; 
admitted to the Bar of Louisiana; judicial extern to Hon. John Minor 
Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1991; law clerk to 
Hon. Martin L. C. Feldman, U.S. District Court for Eastern District of 
Louisiana, 1992-93; associate, Liskow and Lewis, 1993-96, 1997-98; law 
clerk to Hon. Sarah S. Vance (Chief Judge), U.S. District Court for 
Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996-97; senior law clerk to Hon. Emily 
C. Hewitt (Chief Judge), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1998-2005; 
special master, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2005-11; chief special 
master, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2011-13; appointed to the U.S. 
Court of Federal Claims by President Obama on September 19, 2013; 
appointed chief judge on October 21, 2013.

    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 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.

    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 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-year 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 and 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;

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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, 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 and 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 with two children; B.A. summa cum laude (Greek and Latin) 
and M.A. (Latin), The Catholic University of America, 1974; J.D. Duke 
University, 1977; 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 the 
District of Columbia, 1985-88; Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, Bar 
Association of the District of Columbia, 1985-86; Chair, Public Contract 
Law Section of the American Bar Association, 2002-03; Chair-Elect, Vice-
Chair, Secretary, Council, 1995-2002; Delegate, Section of Public 
Contract Law, ABA House of Delegates, 2003-08 and 2014-present; ABA 
Board of Governors, 2010-13; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins 
University, 2006-present; Adjunct Professor, The Catholic University of 
America Columbus School of Law, 2004-06; 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; 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; 
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. Department of 
Agriculture, 1988; paralegal specialist, Office of the general counsel, 
U.S. Department 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 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 and 
Rosenthal, 2000-01; associate, Cooper and Kirk, 2001-03; associate 
editor, Public Contract Law Journal, 2006-present; appointed by 
President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 14, 
2003.


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    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 and Martin until 1995; 
partner, Piper and Marbury (later Piper Marbury Rudnick and 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, 
and 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.

    ELAINE D. KAPLAN, judge; born in Brooklyn, New York, December 18, 
1955; B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1976; J.D., 
Georgetown University, 1979; Office of the Solicitor General, Department 
of Labor, 1979-83; Attorney, State and Local Legal Center, 1983-84; 
Attorney and Deputy General Counsel, National Treasury Employees Union, 
1984-98; Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, 1998-03; Of 
Counsel, Bernabei and Katz, 2003-04; Senior Deputy General Counsel, 
National Treasury Employees Union, 2004-09; General Counsel, U.S. Office 
of Personnel Management, 2009-13; Acting Director, U.S. Office of 
Personnel Management, 2013; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal 
Claims by President Barack Obama on September 17, 2013.

    LYDIA KAY GRIGGSBY, judge; born in Baltimore, MD, January 16, 1968; 
educated at the Park School, Brooklandville, MD, 1980-86; B.A., 
University of Pennsylvania, 1990; J.D., Georgetown University Law 
Center, 1993; member, Bar of Maryland and Bar of the District of 
Columbia; private practice of law, DLA Piper, 1993-95; Trial Attorney, 
United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial 
Litigation Branch, 1995-98; Assistant United States Attorney, United 
States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, 1998-2004; 
Counsel, United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 2004-06; 
Privacy Counsel, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2006-
08; Chief Counsel for Privacy and information Policy, United States 
Senate Committee on the Judiciary 2008-14; appointed by President Obama 
to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on December 5, 2014; entered duty on 
December 15, 2014.

                              SENIOR JUDGES

    JAMES F. MEROW, senior judge; born in Salamanca, NY; educated in the 
public schools of Little Valley, NY and Alexandria, VA; A.B. (with 
distinction), George Washington University, 1953; J.D. (with 
distinction), 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, 
reappointed by President Reagan to a 15-year term commencing August 5, 
1983; assumed senior judge status on August 5, 1998.

    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 the 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 Im

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provement Act of 1982 as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and 
reappointed by President Reagan to 15-year term on October 14, 1986.

    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.

    LYNN J. BUSH, senior 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.

    EDWARD J. DAMICH, senior 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 Bar of the District of Columbia; member of the 
District of Columbia 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; served 
as chief judge May 13, 2002-March 11, 2009.

    NANCY B. FIRESTONE, senior judge; born in Manchester, NH, October 
17, 1951; B.A., Washington University, 1973; J.D., University of 
Missouri, Kansas City, 1977; one child: attorney, Appellate Section and 
Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC, 1977-84; assistant chief, Policy Legislation and Special 
Litigation, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC, 1984-85; Deputy Chief, Environmental 
Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1985-89; 
associate deputy administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC, 1989-92; judge, Environmental Appeals Board, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1992-95; Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 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.

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                         UNITED STATES TAX COURT

           400 Second Street, NW., 20217, phone (202) 521-0700

    MICHAEL B. THORNTON, chief judge; born in Mississippi; 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; served as Chief Judge from June 1, 2012, to March 7, 
2013; reappointed by President Obama on August 7, 2013, for a term 
ending August 6, 2028, and at that time resumed the position of Chief 
Judge.

    JOHN O. COLVIN, judge; born in Ohio; A.B., University of Missouri, 
1968; J.D., 1971; LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 
1978; 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; past Chair, Tax Section, Federal Bar 
Association and recipient of the FBA Tax Section's Liles Award; Adjunct 
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and recipient of 
Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award; 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; served as Chief Judge for two-year 
terms beginning June 1, 2006, June 1, 2008, and June 1, 2010; served as 
Chief Judge for an interim period effective March 8, 2013, to August 7, 
2013.

    JAMES S. HALPERN, judge; born in New York; 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, George Washington University Law School, 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.

    MAURICE B. FOLEY, judge; born in Illinois; 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; reappointed on November 
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    JUAN F. VASQUEZ, judge; born in San Antonio, Texas; 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 of Law, 1978; Certified Public Accountant, 
Certificate from Texas, 1976; admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1977; 
admitted to the United States Tax Court, 1978; certified in tax law by 
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984; admitted to the United States 
District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1982, Western District of 
Texas, 1985 and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 
1982; and the Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1996; 
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 
Section; Fellow of Texas and San Antonio Bar Foundations; College of 
State Bar of Texas; National Hispanic Bar Association and Hispanic Bar 
Association of the District of Columbia; Mexican American Bar 
Association (MABA) of San Antonio 1982-95; Houston MABA 1978-82; Texas 
MABA 1986-88; National Association of Hispanic CPA's San Antonio Chapter 
(founding member) 1983-88; member of Greater Austin Tax Litigation 
Association 1989-95; 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; reappointed by President 
Barack Obama on October 13, 2011, for a term ending October 12, 2026.

    JOSEPH H. GALE, judge; born in Virginia; 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; reappointed on October 18, 2011, for a term ending 
October 17, 2026.

    L. PAIGE MARVEL, judge; born in Maryland; 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; Garbis and Schwait, P.A., associate 
(1974-76) and shareholder (1976-85); shareholder, Garbis, Marvel and 
Junghans, P.A., 1985-86; shareholder, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse 
and Garbis, P.A., 1986-88; partner, Venabel, Baetjer and Howard LLP, 
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, 1996-2003; 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, President's Medal, 
College of Notre Dame, 2006; Jules Ritholz award, ABA Tax Section's 
Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Comm., 2004; First Annual Tax 
Excellence Award, Maryland State Bar Association Tax Section, 2002; 
named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women, 1998; recipient, ABA Tax 
Section's Distinguished Service Award, 1995; MSBA Distinguished Service 
Award, 1982-83; listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-98, Who's Who in 
America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the East; 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; reappointed by President 
Obama on December 3, 2014, for a term ending December 2, 2029.


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    JOSEPH ROBERT GOEKE, judge; born in Kentucky; 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.

    MARK V. HOLMES, judge; born in New York; 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 and 
Reindel, 1983-85; Sullivan and Cromwell, 1987-91; served as clerk to the 
Hon. Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit, 1985-87; and in Washington, DC as 
Counsel to Commissioners, United States International Trade Commission, 
1991-96; Counsel, Miller and 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.

    DAVID GUSTAFSON, judge; born in Greenville, South Carolina; Bob 
Jones University, B.A. summa cum laude, 1978. Duke University School of 
Law, J.D. with distinction, 1981. Order of the Coif (1981). Executive 
Editor of the Duke Law Journal (1980-81). Admitted to the District of 
Columbia Bar, 1981. Associate at the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and 
Brennan, in Washington, DC, 1981-83. Trial Attorney (1983-89), Assistant 
Chief (1989-2005), and Chief (2005-08) in the Court of Federal Claims 
Section of the Tax Division in the U.S. Department of Justice; and 
Coordinator of Tax Shelter Litigation for the entire Tax Division (2002-
06). Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Awards, 1985, 1989, 1997, 2001-
05. Federal Bar Association's Younger Attorney Award, 1991. President of 
the Court of Federal Claims Bar Association (2001). Appointed by 
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on July 29, 
2008, for a term ending July 29, 2023.

    ELIZABETH CREWSON PARIS, judge; born in Oklahoma; B.S., University 
of Tulsa, 1980; J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law, 1987; LL.M., 
Taxation, University of Denver College of Law, 1993. Admitted to the 
Supreme Court of Oklahoma and U.S. District Court for the District of 
Oklahoma, 1988; U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1993; Supreme Court of Colorado, 1994. 
Former partner, Brumley Bishop and Paris, 1992; Senior Associate, 
McKenna and Cueno, 1994; Tax Partner, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, 
Norris and Rieselbach, 1998. Tax Counsel to the United States Senate 
Finance Committee, 2000-08. Member of the American Bar Association, 
Section of Taxation and Real Property and Probate Sections, formerly 
served as Vice Chair to both Agriculture and Entity Selection 
Committees. Member of Colorado and Oklahoma Bar Associations. Recognized 
as Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Tulsa School of law. 
Author of numerous tax, estate planning, real property, agriculture 
articles and chapters. Former adjunct professor, Georgetown University 
Law Center, LL.M. Taxation Program, and University of Tulsa College of 
Law. Appointed by President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax 
Court, on July 30, 2008, for a term ending July 29, 2023.

    RICHARD T. MORRISON, judge; born in Hutchinson, Kansas; B.A., B.S., 
University of Kansas, 1989; visiting student at Mansfield College, 
Oxford University, 1987-88; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 
1993; M.A., University of Chicago, 1994. Clerk to Judge Jerry E. Smith, 
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1993-94. 
Associate, Baker and McKenzie, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-96. Associate, 
Mayer Brown and Platt, Chicago, Illinois 1996-2001. Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General for Review and Appellate Matters, Tax Division, United 
States Department of Justice, from 2001 to 2008 (except for term as 
Acting Assistant Attorney General, from July 2007 to January 2008). 
Appointed by President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, 
on August 28, 2008, for a term ending August 27, 2023.

    KATHLEEN KERRIGAN, judge; born in Springfield, Massachusetts; B.S., 
Boston College 1985; J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School, 1990; 
admitted to Massachusetts Bar, 1991 and District Columbia Bar, 1992; 
Legislative Director for Congressman Richard E. Neal, Member of the Ways 
and Means Committee, 1990 to 1998; associate and partner

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at Baker and Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, 1998-2005; tax counsel for 
Senator John F. Kerry, Member of Senate Finance Committee, 2005-12; 
appointed by President Barack Obama as Judge, United States, Tax Court, 
on May 4, 2012, for a term ending on May 3, 2027.

    RONALD L. BUCH, judge; born in Flint, Michigan; B.B.A., Northwood 
Institute, 1987; J.D. with Taxation Concentration, Detroit College of 
Law, 1993; LL.M. in Taxation, Capital University Law School, 1994; 
Research Editor of the Detroit College of Law Review, 1992-93; Ohio Tax 
Review Fellow, 1993-94; admitted to the bars of Michigan, inactive 
(1993), Ohio, inactive (1994), Florida (1994), and the District of 
Columbia (1995); consultant at KPMG Washington National Tax (1995-97); 
Attorney-Advisor (1997-2000) and Senior Legal Counsel (2000-01) at the 
IRS Office of Chief Counsel; associate (2001-05) and partner (2005-09) 
at McKee Nelson LLP; partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP (2009-13); James 
E. Markham Attorney of the Year Award, 1999; Chair of the DC Bar Tax 
Audits and Litigation Committee, 2006-08; Chair of the ABA Tax Section's 
Administrative Practice Committee, 2008-09; appointed by President 
Barack H. Obama as Judge, United States Tax Court, on January 14, 2013, 
for a term ending January 13, 2028.

    ALBERT G. LAUBER, judge; born in Bronxville, New York; Yale College 
(B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Clare College, Cambridge University 
(M.A., Classics, 1974); Yale Law School (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; 
Woodrow Wilson Fellow; Mellon Fellow; Note Editor, Yale Law Journal; 
Moot Court Prize Argument; Cardozo Prize, Best Moot Court Brief. Law 
Clerk to Malcolm R. Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit 
(1977-78); Law Clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court 
(1978-79). Associate Attorney, Caplin and Drysdale, Chtd., Washington, 
DC (1979-83); Tax Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of 
Justice (1983-86); Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice 
(1986-87); Partner, Caplin and Drysdale, Chtd., Washington, DC (1988-
2005); Visiting Professor and Director, Graduate Tax and Securities 
Programs, Georgetown University Law Center (2006-13). Professorial 
Lecturer, George Washington University Law School (1983-84); Lecturer, 
University of Virginia Law School (1988-90); Adjunct Professor, 
Georgetown University Law Center (2013-present); Board of Trustees, the 
Studio Theatre (1993-present); Member, District of Columbia Alcoholic 
Beverage Control Board (2004-08). Admitted to the Bars of the District 
of Columbia (1978); U.S. Supreme Court (1983); U.S. Court of Appeals, DC 
Circuit (1983); U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (1994); 
Connecticut (inactive); Member, American Bar Association, Section of 
Taxation; appointed by President Barack H. Obama as Judge, United States 
Tax Court, on January 31, 2013, for a term ending January 30, 2028.

    JOSEPH W. NEGA, judge; born in Illinois; DePaul University, B.S.C. 
in Accounting, 1981; DePaul University School of Law, J.D., 1984; 
Georgetown University School of Law, M.L.T., 1986. Admitted to the 
Illinois Bar, 1984. On staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the 
United States Congress: Legislation Attorney, 1985-1989; Legislation 
Counsel, 1989-2009; and Senior Legislation Counsel, 2009-2013; appointed 
by President Barack H. Obama as Judge, United States Tax Court, on 
September 4, 2013, for a term ending September 3, 2028.

    CARY DOUGLAS PUGH, judge; born in Virginia; B.A., in Political 
Science and Russian, magna cum laude, Duke University, 1987; M.A., in 
Russian and East European Studies, Stanford University, 1988; J.D., 
University of Virginia School of Law, 1994; Order of the Coif, Virginia 
Law Review Executive Editor. Admitted to Virginia State Bar, 1994, 
District of Columbia Bar, 1995, United States Supreme Court Bar, 1997. 
Served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Jackson L. Kiser, Chief Judge, U.S. 
District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1994-1995. Practiced law 
as an Associate, Vinson and Elkins LLP, Washington, DC, 1995-1999. 
Served as Minority Tax Counsel and Majority Tax Counsel, Committee on 
Finance, United States Senate, 1999-2002. Served as Special Counsel to 
the Chief Counsel, 2002-2005. Recipient of the Chief Counsel's Award 
2003. Practiced law as Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom 
LLP, 2005-2014. Member of American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; 
named John S. Nolan Tax Law Fellow, 2001-2002; served as Chair, Tax 
Shelter Committee and Government Relations Committee and as Council 
Director. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Former Adjunct 
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. Taxation Program; 
appointed by President Obama as Judge, United States Tax Court, on 
December 16, 2014, for a term ending December 15, 2029.


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    TAMARA W. ASHFORD, judge; born in Boston, Massachusetts; B.A., in 
public policy studies, Duke University (1991); J.D., Vanderbilt 
University Law School (1994); LL.M., Master of Laws in Taxation, with an 
honors certificate of specialization in international tax, University of 
Miami School of Law (1997). Admitted to the Bars of North Carolina; 
District of Columbia; United States Tax Court; United States Courts of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, 
Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; United States Supreme Court. Served as 
Law Clerk to the Honorable John C. Martin, North Carolina Court of 
Appeals (1994-1996). Practiced law as a Trial Attorney in the Appellate 
Section, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice (1997-2001). 
Practiced law as a Senior Associate, Miller and Chevalier, Chartered 
(2001-04). Served as Assistant to the Commissioner (2004-07) and U.S. 
Director for the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre/
Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size Business Division 
(2007-08) in the Internal Revenue Service. Recipient of the Sheldon S. 
Cohen National Outstanding Support to the Office of Chief Counsel Award 
(2006). Practiced law as Counsel, Dewey and LeBoeuf, LLP (2008-11). 
Recognized for Tax Controversy by the 2010 edition of The Legal 500. 
Served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Appellate and Review 
(2011-14), Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General for Policy and Planning (2013-14), and Acting 
Assistant Attorney General (June 2014-December 2014) in the Tax 
Division, United States Department of Justice. Named a 2012 Person of 
the Year by Tax Analysts. Appointed by President Obama as Judge, United 
States Tax Court, on December 19, 2014, for a term ending December 18, 
2029.

                              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 by President Nixon on June 
2, 1970, for a term ending June 1, 1985; served as Chief Judge from July 
1, 1973 to June 30, 1977, during which time the United States Tax 
Court's Courthouse was built and dedicated; and served again as Chief 
Judge 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-to-present. In 2009, the 
Court established the Howard A. Dawson, Jr. Award to honor exemplary 
service by Tax Court employees. On January 18, 2011, became the longest 
serving judge in Tax Court history.

    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.

    MARY ANN COHEN, senior 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 
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law firm of Abbott and 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, 1997; Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit Award from ABA Tax Section 
Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, 1999; Bruce I. Hochman 
Award from the UCLA Tax Controversy Program, 2007; and Joanne M. Garvey 
Award from California Bar Taxation Section, 2008; 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. Assumed senior status on October 1, 2012.

    STEPHEN J. SWIFT, senior 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. Retired on 
September 7, 2008; recalled to perform judicial duties as Senior Judge 
from September 8, 2008 to April 7, 2009, from October 1, 2010 to 
December 31, 2012, and again beginning September 8, 2014 to present 
time.

    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 commission 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, 2001-04; 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.

    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.

    THOMAS B. WELLS, senior 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; law firm of Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and 
Cadenhead, Atlanta, until 1981; law firm of Shearer and Wells, P.C. 
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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: 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. Assumed senior status on January 1, 2011.

    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. 
Retired on November 20, 2002, but continues to perform judicial duties 
as Senior Judge on recall.

    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.

    CAROLYN P. CHIECHI, senior 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 and 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 
Section, 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, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the East; appointed by 
President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on October 
1, 1992, for a term ending September 30, 2007; Retired on September 30, 
2007; recalled October 1, 2007, as Senior Judge to perform judicial 
duties from that date to the present.

    DAVID LARO, senior judge; born in Michigan, 1942; Graduate of New 
York University Law School (LL.M. in Taxation, 1970), the University of 
Illinois Law School (J.D. 1967) and the University of Michigan (B.A. 
1964). Formerly practiced tax law in Flint and Ann Arbor Michigan for 24 
years. Regent of the University of Michigan, a member of the State Board 
of Education in Michigan, and Chairman of the State Tenure Commission in 
Michigan. Teaches corporate tax and business planning at Georgetown Law 
School, and the University of San Diego Law School. Co-Author of 
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dure, Law and Perspective (Second edition, 2011), a 500 page text on tax 
valuation. At the request of the American Bar Association (CEELI), 
contributed written comments on the Draft Laws of Ukraine and 
Uzbekistan. As a consultant for Harvard University (Harvard Institute 
for International Development) and Georgia State University, lectured in 
Moscow on the subjects of tax reform and litigation. Consultant on 
Russian Tax Reform under a project through USAID. At the invitation of 
the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan in 2007, lectured to members of the 
Kazakhstan Judiciary, and lectured to members of the Russian Judiciary 
in Moscow in 2007-10. In May 2006, and June 2007, at the invitation of 
the State Tax Administration and other government officials, lectured in 
Beijing, China on economic substance. Appointed by President George H.W. 
Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on November 2, 1992, for a term 
ending November 1, 2007. Retired on November 1, 2007, but continues to 
perform judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.

    HARRY A. HAINES, senior 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 and 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. Retired on May 30, 2009, but 
continues to perform judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.

    ROBERT A. WHERRY, Jr., senior 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. Assumed senior status on April 
8, 2014.

                    SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGES OF THE COURT

Peter J. Panuthos (Chief Special Trial Judge), Robert N. Armen, Jr.; 
    Lewis R. Carluzzo; Daniel A. Guy.

                               Court Staff

    Clerk.--Robert R. Di Trolio.
    General Counsel.--Douglas W. Snoeyenbos.
    Court Administrator.--Fig Ruggieri.
    Deputy General Counsel.--Stephanie Servoss.
    Case Services Director.--Tina Buckler.
    Facilities Management Director.--Joyce Russell Dyck.
    Financial Management Director.--Joseph L. Hardy, Jr.
    Human Resources Director.--Ellene P. Footer.
    Information Systems Director.--Gordon S. Goodrick.
    Librarian.--Nancy Ciliberti.
    Reporter of Decisions.--Sheila A. Murphy.

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    CHARLES E. ERDMANN, chief judge; born in Great Falls, MT; 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, 2001-02; 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, judge; born in Hutchinson, KS; 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, 2006-10; member, Federal Bar Association (Pentagon Chapter), 
Judge Advocates Association, 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, judge; born in Chicago, IL; 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 and 
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 
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    KEVIN A. OHLSON, judge; born in Sterling, MA; B.A., Washington and 
Jefferson College, 1982; four-year Army R.O.T.C. scholarship; Phi Beta 
Kappa; Air Assault training with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort 
Campbell, Kentucky, 1980; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 
1985; Airborne training at Fort Benning, GA, 1986; administrative law 
officer and trial counsel at Fort Bragg, NC, 1986-89; federal prosecutor 
in Washington, D.C., 1989-97; volunteered to return to active duty and 
served as a legal advisor to the XVIII Airborne Corps Command Staff 
during Operation Desert Storm, 1990-91; awarded the Bronze Star; 
returned to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of 
Columbia and resumed duties as a federal prosecutor; Chief of Staff to 
the Deputy Attorney General, 1997-2001; member of the Board of 
Immigration Appeals, 2001-03; deputy director, and then the director, of 
the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2003-09; Chief of Staff and 
Counselor to the Attorney General of the United States, 2009-2011; chief 
of the Professional Misconduct Review Unit at the Department of Justice, 
2011-13; nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to serve 
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; began service on 
November 1, 2013.

                              SENIOR JUDGES

    WILLIAM HORACE DARDEN, senior judge; born in Union Point, GA; 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.

    WALTER THOMPSON COX III, senior judge; born in Anderson, SC; son of 
Walter T. Cox and Mary Johnson Cox; married to Vicki Grubbs of Anderson, 
SC, February 8, 1963; children: Lisa and Walter; B.S., Clemson 
University, 1964; J.D., cum laude, University of South Carolina School 
of Law, 1967; graduated Defense Language Institute (German), 1969; 
graduated basic course, the Judge Advocate General's School, 
Charlottesville, VA, 1967; studied procurement law at that same school, 
1968; active duty, U.S. Army judge advocate general's corps, 1964-72 
(1964-67, excess leave to U.S.C. Law School); private law practice, 
1973-78; elected resident judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 
1978-84; also served as acting associate justice of South Carolina 
supreme court, on the judicial council, on the circuit court advisory 
committee, and as a hearing officer of the judicial standards 
commission; member: bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; bar 
of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals; South Carolina Bar Association; 
Anderson County Bar Association; the American Bar Association; the South 
Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; the Federal Bar Association; and the 
Bar Association of the District of Columbia; has served as a member of 
the House of Delegates of the South Carolina Bar, and the Board of 
Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline; nominated by President 
Reagan, as judge of U.S. Court of Military Appeals, June 28, 1984, for a 
term of 15 years; confirmed by the Senate, July 26, 1984; sworn-in and 
officially assumed his duties on September 6, 1984; 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; 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 
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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.

    SUSAN J. CRAWFORD, senior judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA; daughter of 
William E. and Joan B. Crawford; married to Roger W. Higgins of Geneva, 
NY, September 8, 1979; one child, Kelley S. Higgins; B.A., Bucknell 
University, Pennsylvania, 1969; J.D., cum laude, Dean's Award, Arthur 
McClean Founder's Award, New England School of Law, Boston, MA, 1977; 
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 Crawford, 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; retired on September 30, 2006 and assumed the 
status of Senior Judge on October 1, 2006.

    H.F. ``SPARKY'' GIERKE, senior judge; born in Williston, ND; son of 
Herman F. Gierke, Jr., and Mary Kelly Gierke; children: Todd, Scott, 
Craig, and Michelle; B.A., University of North Dakota, 1964; J.D., 
University of North Dakota, 1966; graduated basic course, the Judge 
Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, VA, 1967; graduated military 
judge course, the Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, VA, 
1969; active duty, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1967-71; 
private practice of law, 1971-83; served as a justice of the North 
Dakota supreme court from October 1, 1983 until appointment to U.S. 
Court of Military Appeals; admitted to the North Dakota Bar, 1966; 
admitted to practice law before all North Dakota Courts, U.S. District 
Court for the District of North Dakota, U.S. District Court for the 
Southern District of Georgia, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, and U.S. 
Supreme Court; served as president of the State Bar Association of North 
Dakota in 1982-83; served as president of the North Dakota State's 
Attorneys Association in 1979-80; served on the board of governors of 
the North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association from 1977-83; served on the 
board of governors of the North Dakota State Bar Association from 1977-
79 and from 1981-84; served as vice chairman and later chairman of the 
North Dakota Judicial Conference from June 1989 until November 1991; 
fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the American College of 
Probate Counsel; member of the American Bar Association, American 
Judicature Society, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Blue Key 
National Honor Fraternity, Kappa Sigma Social Fraternity, University of 
North Dakota President's Club; in 1984, received the Governor's Award 
from Governor Allen I. Olson for outstanding service to the State of 
North Dakota; in 1988 and again in 1991, awarded the North Dakota 
National Leadership Award of Excellence by Governor George A. Sinner; in 
1989, selected as the Man of the Year by the Delta Mu Chapter of the 
Kappa Sigma Fraternity and as Outstanding Greek Alumnus of the 
University of North Dakota; also awarded the University of North Dakota 
Sioux Award (UND's alumni association's highest honor); in 1983-84, 
served as the first Vietnam era state commander of the North Dakota 
American Legion; in 1988-89, served as the first Vietnam era national 
commander of the American Legion; nominated by President 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, and assumed the status of Senior 
Judge on October 1, 2006.

    ANDREW S. EFFRON, senior judge; born in Stamford, CT; A.B., Harvard 
College, 1970; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1975; The Judge Advocate 
General's School, U.S. Army, 1976,

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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; assumed his duties on August 1, 1996. On 
October 1, 2006, he became Chief Judge for a five year term, and 
immediately assumed status as Senior Judge on October 1, 2011.

    JAMES E. BAKER, senior judge; born in New Haven, CT; 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 Council, 1994-97; Special Assistant to the President 
and Legal Advisor, National Security Council, 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, and became Chief Judge on 
October 1, 2011; became a Senior Judge on August 1, 2015.

       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.
    Court Executive.--Keith Roberts.
    Librarian.--Agnes Kiang.

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                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

     625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 900, 20004, phone (202) 501-5970

    LAWRENCE B. HAGEL, chief 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; appointed by President George W. Bush in 
December 2003, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; 
confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the Court of Appeals on December 9, 
2003; sworn in January 2, 2004. He became the Chief Judge on August 7, 
2015.

    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 and 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. He became Chief Judge on August 7, 
2010 and served in that role until August 6, 2015.

    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; nominated 
as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by 
President George W. Bush; 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 
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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; nominated by President George W. Bush; appointed a Judge of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; confirmed by the 
U.S. Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on 
November 20, 2004; sworn in December 20, 2004.

    CORAL WONG-PIETSCH, judge, born in Waterloo, IA, Judge Pietsch has a 
distinguished career in public service, both in the military and as a 
civilian. She was commissioned in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's 
Corps and served six years on active duty. Judge Pietsch continued her 
service in the U.S. Army Reserve and rose to the rank of Brigadier 
General. She became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of 
Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps and 
the first woman of Asian ancestry to be promoted to Brigadier General in 
the Army. Until her appointment to the bench, Judge Pietsch held the 
position of Senior Attorney and Special Assistant at Headquarters, U.S. 
Army Pacific located in Honolulu, Hawaii. In this position, she provided 
and managed legal services in support of the U.S. Army Pacific's mission 
to train Army Forces for military operations and peacetime engagements 
aimed at promoting regional stability. As part of the 2007 ``surge'' in 
Iraq, Judge Pietsch volunteered as a Department of Defense civilian to 
deploy to Iraq for a year where she was seconded to the U.S. Department 
of State to serve as the Deputy Rule of Law Coordinator for the Baghdad 
Provincial Reconstruction Team. During her deployment to Iraq, Judge 
Pietsch assisted with numerous civil society projects involving a 
variety of Rule of Law partners, including the Iraqi Jurist Union, Iraqi 
Bar Association, law schools, and international rights, women's rights 
and human rights organizations. She evaluated and sought funding for 
numerous projects aimed at building capacity within the Iraqi legal 
community to include the establishment, in close collaboration with the 
Iraqi Bar Association, of a Legal Aid Clinic at one of Iraq's largest 
detention facilities. In 2006 Judge Pietsch was appointed by the 
Governor of Hawaii to the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission where she 
served for seven years. Shortly after the appointment, the Governor 
selected Judge Pietsch as its Chair. Earlier in her civilian legal 
career, Judge Pietsch had been appointed a Deputy Attorney General for 
the State of Hawaii advising the State Department of Health, State 
Department of Agriculture, and the State Criminal History Records 
Division. Judge Pietsch's academic degrees include a bachelor of arts, 
master of arts, and a juris doctor degree. She was also a Senior 
Executive Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 
is a graduate of the Defense Leadership and Management Program, and a 
graduate of the Army War College. Her awards and decorations include the 
Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, 
Joint Service Commendation Medal, Decoration for Exceptional Civilian 
Service, the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, Superior Civilian 
Performance Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Medal. She has been 
the recipient of the Organization of Chinese Americans Pioneer Award, 
the Hawaii Women Lawyers Attorney of the Year Award, the Honolulu YWCA 
Achievement in Leadership Award, the Catholic University Alumni 
Achievement Award, the Federal Executive Board Award for Excellence, the 
U.S. Army Pacific Community Service Award and recognized for lifetime 
accomplishments by the Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of 
Entrepreneurship. Judge Pietsch is admitted to the bars of the United 
States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District 
Court of the District of Hawaii, State Bar of Hawaii, State Bar of Iowa, 
and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces;

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nominated by President Barack Obama and subsequently appointed a Judge 
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on May 24, 2012 and 
sworn in June 2012.

    MARGARET BARTLEY, judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, 1959; B.S., cum 
laude, Pennsylvania State University, 1981; J.D., cum laude, American 
University Washington College of Law, 1993; admitted to the bars of the 
State of Maryland and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit; law clerk to now-retired Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 1993-94; staff 
attorney for National Veterans Legal Services Program, 1994-2005; senior 
staff attorney for National Veterans Legal Services Program, 2005-12; 
editor of the NVLSP veterans' law quarterly, The Veterans Advocate, 
2004-12; Director of Outreach and Education for the Veterans Consortium 
Pro Bono Program, 2005-12; nominated as a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on June 21, 2011, by President 
Barack Obama; confirmed by the U.S. Senate May 21, 2012 and sworn in 
June 28, 2012.

    WILLIAM S. GREENBERG, judge, Judge Greenberg was a partner of 
McCarter and English, LLP. He initially joined the firm as an associate 
following a judicial clerkship in 1968, then returned as a partner in 
1993. The majority of his career has involved litigation in Federal and 
state courts. Judge Greenberg had been a Certified Civil Trial Attorney 
by the Supreme Court of New Jersey since 1983. He served as Chairman of 
the Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee of the New Jersey 
State Bar Association, which considers all candidates to be a judge or 
prosecutor submitted by the Governor of New Jersey. He was President of 
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, (The New Jersey 
Association for Justice) and has served as Trustee of the New Jersey 
State Bar Association and of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. He 
also served as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the 
Admission of Foreign Attorneys. He established and chaired the New 
Jersey State Bar Association (public service / pro bono) program of 
military legal assistance for members of the Reserve Components called 
to active duty after September 11, 2001. He was a member of the New 
Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee. With the approval of the 
Secretary of Defense, on the recommendation of the White House, Judge 
Greenberg became Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board in 2009, a 
Board established by the Secretary of Defense in 1951 and by Act of 
Congress in 1952. On July 26, 2011, Judge Greenberg was awarded the 
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service, the second 
highest civilian award in the Defense Department, at a public ceremony 
in the Pentagon, and completed his term in August 2011. In 2006 his 
Civil Trial Handbook, Volume 47 of the New Jersey Practice Series, was 
published by Thomson/West. A special 20th anniversary issue was 
published in 2009, to commemorate the 1989 publication of its 
predecessor, Trial Handbook for New Jersey Lawyers. A retired Brigadier 
General, he served as a member of the New Jersey World War II Memorial 
Commission. In June 2009 he received the highest honor granted by the 
New Jersey State Bar Foundation, its medal of honor for his work in 
establishing the military legal assistance program, and especially in 
his public service representation of soldiers at Walter Reed Army 
Medical Center during their Physician Disability Hearings. His article 
in the June 2007 issue of New Jersey Lawyer Magazine describes the 
program in detail. He has served as special litigation counsel to the 
Adjutants General Association of the United States and was special 
litigation counsel pro bono to the National Guard Association of the 
United States. Judge Greenberg was a Commissioner of the New Jersey 
State Commission of Investigation. He also served as Assistant Counsel 
to the Governor of New Jersey and as Commissioner of the New Jersey 
State Scholarship Commission. Professor Greenberg served as the first 
Adjunct Professor of Military Law at the Seton Hall University School of 
Law. He was chosen the New Jersey Lawyer of the Year for 2009 by the New 
Jersey Law Journal. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the 
Johns Hopkins University in 2010, and the Rutgers Law School Public 
Service Award in 2010 for his work in developing and leading the efforts 
to represent wounded and injured soldiers at Walter Reed. Judge 
Greenberg is admitted in New Jersey, New York and the District of 
Columbia. He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United 
States, and of the Third, Fourth and Federal Circuits, the Southern 
District of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces. Judge Greenberg is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins 
University (A.B., 1964) and Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1967). 
He is married to the former Betty Kaufmann Wolf of Pittsburgh. They have 
three children, Katherine of New York, Anthony of Baltimore, and 
Elizabeth of New York; nominated to the United States Court of Appeals 
for Veterans Claims by President Barack Obama on November 15, 2012, 
confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2012, appointed by 
the President on December 27, 2012, and took the judicial oath on 
December 28, 2012, for a term of fifteen years.


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        Officers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

    Clerk of the Court.--Gregory O. Block, 501-5970.
    Chief Deputy Clerk Operations Manager.--Anne P. Stygles.
    Counsel to the Clerk.--Cary P. Sklar.
    Senior Staff Attorney (Central Legal Staff).--Cynthia Brandon-
        Arnold.
    Deputy Executive Officer.--Patrick H. Barnwell.
    Librarian.--Allison Fentress.

                     UNITED STATES 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.--Sarah S. Vance, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern 
    District of Louisiana.
    Judges:
        Marjorie O. Rendall, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Third Circuit.
        Charles R. Breyer, Senior U.S. District Judge, Northern District 
            of California.
        Lewis A. Kaplan, Senior U.S. District Judge, Southern District 
            of New York.
        Ellen Segal Huvelle, U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia.
        R. David Proctor, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of 
            Alabama.
        Catherine D. Perry, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern 
            District of Missouri.
    Panel Executive.--Thomasenia P. Duncan.
    Clerk.--Jeffery N. Luthi.

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                      ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE

                          UNITED STATES 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 of Staff.--Gary A. Bowden, 502-1300.
    Audit Officer, Office of Audit.--Veleda T. Henderson, 502-1000.
    Fair Employment Practices Officer, Office of Fair Employment 
        Practices.--Nancy J. Dunham, 502-3080.
    General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel.--Sheryl L. Walter, 
        502-1100.
    Deputy General Counsel.--William E. Meyers, 502-1100.
    Ethics Staff.--Sheryl L. Walter, 502-1100.
    Chief, Rules Committee Support Staff.--Rebecca Womeldorf, 502-1820.
    Judicial Conference Secretariat Officer, Judicial Conference 
        Secretariat.--Katherine Hord Simon, 502-2400.
    Public Affairs Officer, Office of Public Affairs.--David A. Sellers, 
        502-2600.
    Legislative Affairs Officer, Office of Legislative Affairs.--Cordia 
        A. Strom, 502-1700.
    Deputy Legislative Affairs Officer.--Daniel A. Cunningham, 502-1700.
    Associate Director, Department of Administrative Services.--George 
        H. Schafer, 502-2000.
    Chief of Staff.--Michael Milby, 502-2000.
    Chief, Administrative Systems Office.--Joseph W. Bossi, 502-2200.
    Chief Financial Officer, Budget, Accounting and Procurement 
        Office.--Karin O'Leary, 502-2100.
    Chief, Financial Liaison and Analysis Staff.--Edward O'Kane, 502-
        2000.
    Judiciary Budget Officer, Budget Division.--James R. Baugher, 502-
        2100.
    Judiciary Procurement Executive, Procurement Division.--Carey M. 
        Fountain, 502-1330.
    Chief, Facilities and Security Office.--Melanie F. Gilbert, 502-
        1200.
    Human Resources Officer, Human Resources Office.--Patricia J. 
        Fitzgibbons, 502-1170.
    Associate Director, Department of Program Services.--Laura C. Minor, 
        502-3500.
    Chief of Staff.--Michel M. Ishakian, 502-3500.
    Chief, Judicial Services Office.--Michele E. Reed, 502-1800.
    Chief, Court Services Office.--Mary Louise Mitterhoff, 502-1500.
    Chief, Defender Services Office.--Cait T. Clarke, 502-3030.
    Chief, Probation and Pretrial Services Office.--Matthew Rowland, 
        502-1600.
    Chief, Case Management Systems Office.--Andrew M. Zaso, 502-2500.
    Chief, Judiciary Data and Analysis Office.--Gary Yakimov, 502-1400.
    Associate Director, Department of Technology Services.--Joseph R. 
        Peters, Jr., 502-2300.
    Chief of Staff.--Terry A. Cain, 502-2300.
    Chief, Cloud Technology and Hosting Office.--Robert D. Morse, 502-
        2730.
    Chief, IT Security Office.--Bethany De Lude, 502-2350.
    Chief, Systems Deployment and Support Office.--Ronald E. 
        Blankenship, 502-2700.
    Chief, Technology Solutions Office.--Farhad K. Safaie, 502-2730.
    Chief, Infrastructure Management Office.--Tim Hanlon, 502-2640.
    Chief, AO Technology Office.--John C. Chang, 502-2830.

                         FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

       One Columbus Circle, NE., 20002-8003, phone (202) 502-4160

Director.--Judge Jeremy D. Fogel, 502-4160, fax 502-4099.
    Deputy Director.--John S. Cooke, 502-4060, fax 502-4099.

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    Director of:
        Editorial and Information Services Office.--Sylvan A. Sobel, 
            502-4250, fax 502-4077.
        Education Division.--John S. Cooke (acting), 502-4060, fax 502-
            4099.
        Federal Judicial History Office.--Clara Altman, 502-4181, fax 
            502-4099.
        International Judicial Relations Office.--Mira Gur-Arie, 502-
            4191, fax 502-4099.
        Research Division.--James B. Eaglin, 502-4070, fax 502-4199.
        Information Technology Office.--Esther DeVries, 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, Governmental and Public Relations.--Leah Gurowitz, 879-
        1700.

                  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

                        430 E Street, NW., 20001

                          phone (202) 879-1010

Chief Judge.--Eric T. Washington.
    Associate Judges:
Stephen H. Glickman.
John R. Fisher.
Anna Blackburne-Rigsby.
Phyllis D. Thompson.
Corinne Beckwith.
Catharine F. Easterly.
Roy W. McLeese.

    Senior Judges:
Theodore R. Newman, Jr.
William C. Pryor.
James A. Belson.
Frank Q. Nebeker.
John M. Steadman.
John A. Terry.
John M. Ferren.
Inez Smith Reid.
Warren R. King.
Michael W. Farrell.
Vanessa Ruiz.

    Clerk.--Julio Castillo, 879-2725.
        Chief Deputy Clerk.--Tracy Nutall, 879-2773.
        Administration Director.--Reginald Turner, 879-2755.
        Admissions Director.--Derek Mitchell, 879-2714.
        Public Office Operations Director.--Terry Lambert, 879-2702.
        Senior Staff Attorney.--Rosanna Mason, 879-2718.

               SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                     500 Indiana Avenue, NW., 20001

                          phone (202) 879-1010

Chief Judge.--Lee F. Satterfield.
    Associate Judges:
Jennifer M. Anderson.
Judith Bartnoff.
Ronna L. Beck.
Patricia A. Broderick.
A. Franklin Burgess, Jr.
Zoe Bush.
John M. Campbell.
Russell F. Canan.
Erik P. Christian.
Jeanette Clark.
Natalia Combs Greene.
Laura A. Cordero.
Harold Cushenberry, Jr.
Carol Dalton.

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Danya A. Dayson.
Marisa Demeo.
Jennifer A. DiToro.
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
Todd E. Edelson.
Anthony Epstein.
Gerald I. Fisher.
Wendell P. Gardner, Jr.
Brian Holeman.
Alfred S. Irving.
Craig Iscoe.
Gregory Jackson.
William M. Jackson.
J. Ramsey Johnson.
Anita Josey-Herring.
Kimberley S. Knowles.
Peter Krauthamer.
Neal E. Kravitz.
Milton C. Lee
Lynn Leibowitz.
Jose M. Lopez.
Judith N. Macaluso.
John McCabe.
Juliet J. McKenna.
Robert E. Morin.
Thomas J. Motley.
John M. Mott.
Stuart G. Nash.
Michael R. O'Keefe.
Ann O'Regan Keary.
Robert D. Okun.
Florence Y. Pan.
Heidi Pasichow.
Hiram E. Puig-Lugo.
Maribeth Raffinan.
Michael L. Rankin.
Robert I. Richter.
Robert Rigsby.
Maurice Ross.
Michael J. Ryan.
Fern Flanagan Saddler.
Judith Smith.
Frederick H. Weisberg.
Yvonne Williams.
Rhonda Reid Winston.
Melvin R. Wright.

    Senior Judges:
Mary Ellen Abrecht.
Geoffrey M. Alprin.
John H. Bayly.
Kaye R. Christian.
Linda Kay Davis.
Frederick D. Dorsey.
Stephanie Duncan-Peters.
Stephen F. Eilperin.
Henry F. Greene.
Brook Hedge.
Rufus G. King III.
Richard A. Levie.
Cheryl M. Long.
Bruce S. Mencher.
Zinora Mitchell-Rankin.
Gregory E. Mize.
Truman A. Morrison III.
Judith E. Retchin.
Nan R. Shuker.
Robert S. Tignor.
Linda D. Turner.
Curtis Von Kann.
Ronald P. Wertheim.
Susan R. Winfield.
Peter H. Wolf.
Patricia A. Wynn.
Joan Zeldon.

    Magistrate Judges:
Janet Albert.
Errol Arthur.
Joseph E. Beshouri.
Rainey R. Brandt.
Diane M. Brenneman.
Julie Breslow.
Diana Harris Epps.
Tara Fentress.
S. Pamela Gray.
Karen Howze.
Noel Johnson.
Michael J. McCarthy.
Aida Melendez.
Elizabeth Mullin.
Lloyd U. Nolan.
William Nooter.
Adrienne Noti.
Lori Parker.
Renee Raymond.
Gretchen Rohr.
Mary Grace Rook.
Kenia Seoane-Lopez.
Sean Staples.
Frederick J. Sullivan.
Elizabeth Wingo.

    Clerk of the Court.--James McGinley, 879-1400.