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.