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
FOR THE ARMED FORCES \1\
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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.