    Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), October 2018 Revision
    [Pages 895-897]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                         UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
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        \1\ Prior to October 5, 1994, United States Court of Military
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           450 E Street, NW., 20442-0001, phone 761-1448, fax 761-4672

        SCOTT W. STUCKY, chief 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 and 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, and became
    Chief Judge on August 1, 2017.

        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
    December 20, 2006.

        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

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    by the Senate to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed
    Forces; began service on November 1, 2013.

        JOHN E. SPARKS, Jr., judge; born in Mount Holly, NJ; B.S., U.S.
    Naval Academy, 1976; J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law,
    1986; Military Service, U.S. Navy 1971; U.S. Marine Corps 1976-98, as an
    Infantry Officer, and a variety of legal positions including military
    prosecutor, defense counsel, legal adviser to a naval hospital, military
    judge, Military Assistant and Special Counsel to the General Counsel of
    the Navy, and in the White House as a Deputy Legal Adviser to the
    National Security Council; Special Assistant for Civil Rights to the
    Secretary of Agriculture, 1998; Principal Deputy General Counsel of the
    Navy, 1999-2000; senior legal advisor to then Judge and later Chief
    Judge James E. Baker, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed
    Forces, 2000-15; nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by
    the Senate to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed
    Forces; began service on April 8, 2016.

                                  SENIOR JUDGES

        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
    law practice, Washington, DC, 1972-74; assistant special counsel, White
    House, 1974; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-82; deputy
    general counsel, Department of the Air Force, 1982-84; general counsel
    of the Department of Air Force, 1984-86; Governor of Wake Island, 1984-
    86; presently serves on the Board of Governors for the West Point
    Society of the District of Columbia; the American Cancer Society
    (Montgomery County Chapter); nominated by President Reagan, as judge,
    U.S. Court of Military Appeals on February 25, 1986, and confirmed by
    the Senate on May 20, 1986, and assumed his office on May 27, 1986;
    President George H.W. Bush named him the chief judge of the U.S. Court
    of Military Appeals, effective October 1, 1990, a position he held for
    five years; he retired on September 30, 2001 and immediately assumed
    status of Senior Judge and returned to full active service until Sept.
    30, 2002.

        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,

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    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.

        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, 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.

        CHARLES E. ERDMANN, senior 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 and became Chief Judge on August
    1, 2015; became a Senior Judge on August 1, 2017.

           Officers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

        Clerk of the Court.--Joseph R. Perlak.
        Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court.--David A. Anderson.
        Deputy Clerk for Opinions.--Patricia Mariani.
        Court Executive.--Keith Roberts.
        Librarian.--Agnes Kiang.