    Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), October 2018 Revision
    [Pages 898-900]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                         UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

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

        ROBERT N. DAVIS, chief judge; born in Kewanee, IL, September 20,
    1953; graduated from Davenport Central High School, Davenport, IA, 1971;
    B.A., University of Hartford, 1975; J.D., Georgetown University Law
    Center, 1978; admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth
    Circuit Court of Appeals; the State of Virginia; and the State of Iowa;
    career record 1978-83 appellate attorney with the Commodity Futures
    Trading Commission; 1983-88 attorney with the United States Department
    of Education, Business and Administrative Law Division of the Office of
    General Counsel; 1983 Governmental exchange program with the United
    States Attorneys office, District of Columbia; Special Assistant United
    States Attorney; 1988-2001 Professor of Law, University of Mississippi
    School of Law; 2001-05 Professor of Law, Stetson University College of
    Law; Published extensively in the areas of constitutional law,
    administrative law, national security law, and sports law. Founder and
    Faculty Editor-in-Chief, Journal of National Security Law, arbitrator /
    mediator with the American Arbitration Association and the United States
    Postal Service. Gubernatorial appointment to the National Conference of
    Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 1993-2000. Joined the United States
    Navy Reserve Intelligence Program in 1988. Presidential recall to active
    duty in 1999, Bosnia and 2001 for the Global War on Terrorism. Military
    decorations include Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service
    Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, NATO Medal, Armed Forces
    Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with ``M'' device,
    Overseas Service Ribbon, National Defense Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit
    Award, and Global War on Terrorism Medal. Nominated for appointment by
    President George W. Bush on March 23, 2003; confirmed by the United
    States Senate on November 21, 2004; commissioned on December 4, 2004 as
    a Judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He became
    the Chief Judge on October 9, 2016.

        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

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    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; 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

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    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.

            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.