Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), October 2018 Revision
[Pages 879-882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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, LLP, 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
Rules Negotiating Group, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership; rep
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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.