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 
Appeals.

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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.