Congressional Directory for the 116th Congress (2019-2020), July 2020.
[Pages 863-921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JUDICIAL BRANCH
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
One First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20543
phone (202) 479-3000
JOHN G. ROBERTS, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born
in Buffalo, NY, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996
and they have two children, Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from
Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He
served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979-80 and as a law clerk
for then Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of
the United States during the 1980 term. He was Special Assistant to the
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981-82, Associate
Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel's Office from
1982-86, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of
Justice from 1989-93. From 1986-89 and 1993-2003, he practiced law in
Washington, DC. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush
nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his
seat September 29, 2005.
CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice, was born in the Pin Point
community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. He attended
Conception Seminary from 1967-68 and received an A.B., cum laude, from
Holy Cross College in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He
was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served as an
Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1974-77; an attorney with the
Monsanto Company, 1977-79; and Legislative Assistant to Senator John
Danforth, 1979-81. From 1981-82, he served as Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-90. From 1990-91, he
served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit. President Bush nominated him as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23, 1991. He
married Virginia Lamp on May 30, 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen, by
a previous marriage.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Associate Justice, was born in Brooklyn, NY,
March 15, 1933. She married Martin D. Ginsburg in 1954, and has a
daughter, Jane, and a son, James. She received her B.A. from Cornell
University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from
Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund
L. Palmieri, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, from 1959-61. From 1961-63, she was a research
associate and then Associate Director of the Columbia Law School Project
on International Procedure. She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers
University School of Law from 1963-72, and Columbia Law School from
1972-80, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences in Stanford, CA, from 1977-78. In 1971, she was instrumental in
launching the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties
Union, and served as the ACLU's General Counsel from 1973-80, and on the
National Board of Directors from 1974-80. She was appointed a Judge of
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.
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STEPHEN G. BREYER, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco,
CA, August 15, 1938. He married Joanna Hare in 1967, and has three
children, Chloe, Nell, and Michael. He received an A.B. from Stanford
University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from
Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg
of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 term, as a
Special Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust,
1965-67, as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special
Prosecution Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary
Committee, 1974-75, and as Chief Counsel of the committee, 1979-80. He
was an Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, and Lecturer at Harvard
Law School, 1967-94, a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy
School of Government, 1977-80, and a Visiting Professor at the College
of Law, Sydney, Australia, and at the University of Rome. From 1980-90,
he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit, and as its Chief Judge, 1990-94. He also served as a member of
the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-94, and of the United
States Sentencing Commission, 1985-89. President Clinton nominated him
as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat
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SAMUEL A. ALITO, Jr., Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, NJ,
April 1, 1950. He married Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985, and has two
children, Philip and Laura. He served as a law clerk for Leonard I.
Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from
1976-77. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977-
81, Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice,
1981-85, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice,
1985-87, and U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987-90. He was
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in
1990. President George W. Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, and he took his seat January 31, 2006.
SONIA SOTOMAYOR, Associate Justice, was born in Bronx, NY, June 25,
1954. She earned a B.A. in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating
summa cum laude and receiving the university's highest academic honor.
In 1979, she earned a J.D. from Yale Law School where she served as an
editor of the Yale Law Journal. She served as Assistant District
Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office from 1979-84.
She then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at
Pavia & Harcourt, where she served as an associate and then partner from
1984-92. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S.
District Court Southern District of New York, and she served in that
role from 1992-98. She served as a judge on the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998-2009. President Barack Obama
nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26,
2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009.
ELENA KAGAN, Associate Justice, was born in New York, New York, on
April 28, 1960. She received an A.B. from Princeton in 1981, an M.Phil.
from Oxford in 1983, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986. She
clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit from 1986-87 and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S.
Supreme Court during the 1987 Term. After briefly practicing law at a
Washington, DC, law firm, she became a law professor, first at the
University of Chicago Law School and later at Harvard Law School. She
also served for four years in the Clinton Administration, as Associate
Counsel to the President and then as Deputy Assistant to the President
for Domestic Policy. Between 2003 and 2009, she served as the Dean of
Harvard Law School. In 2009, President Obama nominated her as the
Solicitor General of the United States. A year later, the President
nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 10,
2010. She took her seat on August 7, 2010.
NEIL M. GORSUCH, Associate Justice, was born in Denver, CO, August
29, 1967. He and his wife Louise have two daughters. He received a B.A.
from Columbia University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a D.Phil.
from Oxford University. He served as a law clerk to Judge David B.
Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, and as a law clerk to Justice Byron White and Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. From 1995-
2005, he was in private practice, and from 2005-06 he was Principal
Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He
was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit in 2006. He served on the Standing Committee on Rules for
Practice and Procedure of the U.S. Judicial Conference, and as chairman
of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure. He taught at
the University of Colorado Law School. President Donald J. Trump
nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took
his seat on April 10, 2017.
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BRETT M. KAVANAUGH, Associate Justice, was born in Washington, DC,
on February 12, 1965. He married Ashley Estes in 2004, and they have two
daughters--Margaret and Liza. He received a B.A. from Yale College in
1987 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1990. He served as a law clerk
for Judge Walter Stapleton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit from 1990-91, for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1991-92, and for Justice Anthony M.
Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1993 Term. In 1992-1993, he
was an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United
States. From 1994-97 and for a period in 1998, he was Associate Counsel
in the Office of Independent Counsel. He was a partner at a Washington,
DC, law firm from 1997-98 and again from 1999-2001. From 2001-03, he was
Associate Counsel and then Senior Associate Counsel to President George
W. Bush. From 2003-06, he was Assistant to the President and Staff
Secretary for President Bush. He was appointed a Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2006.
President Donald J. Trump nominated him as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, and he took his seat on October 6, 2018.
RETIRED ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
ANTHONY M. KENNEDY (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in
Sacramento, CA, July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has three
children. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and the London
School of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He was in
private practice in San Francisco, CA, from 1961-63, as well as in
Sacramento, CA, from 1963-75. From 1965-88, he was a Professor of
Constitutional Law at the McGeorge School of Law, University of the
Pacific. He has served in numerous positions during his career,
including a member of the California Army National Guard in 1961, the
board of the Federal Judicial Center from 1987-88, and two committees of
the Judicial Conference of the United States: the Advisory Panel on
Financial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities, subsequently
renamed the Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, from 1979-87, the
Committee on Pacific Territories from 1979-90, which he chaired from
1982-90. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit in 1975. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988.
Justice Kennedy retired from the Supreme Court on July 31, 2018.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in El
Paso, TX, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O'Connor III in 1952 and
has three sons, Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B.
from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San
Mateo County, CA, from 1952-53 and as a civilian attorney for
Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany, from 1954-57. From
1958-60, she practiced law in Maryvale, AZ, and served as Assistant
Attorney General of Arizona from 1965-69. She was appointed to the
Arizona State Senate in 1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-
year terms. In 1975, she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County
Superior Court and served until 1979, when she was appointed to the
Arizona Court of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981.
Justice O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.
DAVID H. SOUTER (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in Melrose,
MA, September 17, 1939. He graduated from Harvard College, from which he
received his A.B. After two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen
College, Oxford, he received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford
University and an M.A. in 1989. After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard
Law School, he was an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord, NH, from
1966 to 1968, when he became an Assistant Attorney General of New
Hampshire. In 1971, he became Deputy Attorney General and in 1976,
Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 1978, he was named an Associate
Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the
Supreme Court of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983. He
became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit on May 25, 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990.
Justice Souter retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2009.
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Officers of the Supreme Court
Counselor to the Chief Justice.--Jeffrey P. Minear.
Clerk.--Scott S. Harris.
Librarian.--Linda Maslow.
Marshal.--Pamela Talkin.
Reporter of Decisions.--Christine L. Fallon.
Court Counsel.--Ethan V. Torrey.
Curator.--Catherine E. Fitts.
Director of Information Technology.--Robert J. Hawkins.
Public Information Officer.--Kathleen L. Arberg.
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UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS
First Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island)
Chief Judge.--Jeffrey R. Howard.
Circuit Judges: Juan R. Torruella, Sandra L. Lynch, O. Rogeriee
Thompson, William J. Kayatta, Jr., David J. Barron.
Senior Circuit Judges: Bruce M. Selya, Michael Boudin, Norman H.
Stahl, Kermit V. Lipez.
Circuit Executive.--Susan J. Goldberg (617) 748-9614.
Clerk.--Maria Hamilton (617) 748-9053, John Joseph Moakley U.S.
Courthouse, One Courthouse Way, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02210.
Second Judicial Circuit (Districts of Connecticut, New York [Eastern,
Northern, Southern, and Western], and Vermont)
Chief Judge: Robert A. Katzmann.
Circuit Judges: Joseph F. Bianco, Jose A. Cabranes, Susan L.
Carney, Denny Chin, Peter W. Hall, Debra A. Livingston, Raymond
J. Lohier, Jr., Michael H. Park, Rosemary S. Pooler, Reena
Raggi, Richard J. Sullivan, William J. Nardini, Steven J.
Menashi.
Senior Circuit Judges: Guido Calabresi, Dennis Jacobs, Amalya L.
Kearse, Pierre N. Leval, Gerard E. Lynch, Jon O. Newman,
Barrington D. Parker, Jr., Robert D. Sack, Chester J. Straub,
John M. Walker, Jr., Richard C. Wesley, Ralph K. Winter.
Circuit Executive.--Karen Greve Milton.
Clerk.--Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe (212) 857-8700, Thurgood Marshall
United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007-
1581.
Third Judicial Circuit (Districts of Delaware, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Virgin Islands)
Chief Judge.--D. Brooks Smith.
Circuit Judges: Theodore A. McKee, Thomas L. Ambro, Michael A.
Chagares, Kent A. Jordan, Thomas M. Hardiman, Joseph A.
Greenaway, Jr., Patty Shwartz, Cheryl Ann Krause, L. Felipe
Restrepo, Stephanos Bibas, David J. Porter, Paul B. Matey, Peter
J. Phipps.
Senior Circuit Judges: Walter K. Stapleton, Morton I. Greenberg,
Anthony J. Scirica, Robert E. Cowen, Richard L. Nygaard, Jane R.
Roth, Marjorie O. Rendell, Julio M. Fuentes, D. Michael Fisher.
Circuit Executive.--Margaret A. Wiegand (215) 597-0718, U.S.
Courthouse, 601 Market Street, Room 22409, Philadelphia, PA
19106.
Clerk.--Patricia S. Dodszuweit (215) 597-2995, U.S. Courthouse, 601
Market Street, Room 21400, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia)
Chief Judge: Roger L. Gregory.
Circuit Judges: J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Paul V. Niemeyer, Diana
Gribbon Motz, Robert B. King, G. Steven Agee, Barbara Milano
Keenan, James A. Wynn, Jr., Albert Diaz, Henry F. Floyd,
Stephanie D. Thacker, Pamela A. Harris, Julius N. Richardson, A.
Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., Allison J. Rushing.
Senior Circuit Judges: William B. Traxler, Jr., Dennis W. Shedd.
Circuit Executive.--James N. Ishida (804) 916-2184.
Clerk.--Patricia S. Connor (804) 916-2700, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.,
U.S. Courthouse Annex, 1100 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Texas)
Chief Judge.--Priscilla R. Owen.
Circuit Judges: Edith H. Jones, Jerry E. Smith, Carl E. Stewart,
James L. Dennis, Jennifer Walker Elrod, Leslie H. Southwick,
Catharina Haynes, James E. Graves, Jr., Stephen
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A. Higginson, Gregg J. Costa, Don R. Willett, James C. Ho, Andew
S. Oldham, Stuart Kyle Duncan, Kurt D. Engelhardt, Cory T.
Wilson.
Senior Circuit Judges: Thomas M. Reavley, Carolyn Dineen King, E.
Grady Jolly, Patrick E. Higginbotham, W. Eugene Davis, John M.
Duhe, Jr., Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., Rhesa H. Barksdale, Fortunato
P. Benavides, Edith Brown Clement.
Circuit Executive.--Ted Cominos (504) 310-7777, John Minor Wisdom
U.S. Court of Appeals Building, 600 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA
70130-3425.
Clerk.--Lyle W. Cayce (504) 310-7700, 600 S. Maestri Place, New
Orleans, LA 70130.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and
Tennessee)
Chief Judge.--R. Guy Cole, Jr.
Circuit Judges: Karen Nelson Moore, Eric Lee Clay, Julia Smith
Gibbons, Jeffrey S. Sutton, Richard Allen Griffin, Raymond M.
Kethledge, Helene N. White, Jane B. Stranch, Bernice Bouie
Donald, Amul R. Thapar, John Kenneth Bush, Joan Louise Larsen,
John B. Nalbandian, Chad A. Readler, Eric E. Murphy.
Senior Circuit Judges: Gilbert S. Merritt, Ralph B. Guy, Danny J.
Boggs, Alan E. Norris, Richard F. Suhrheinrich, Eugene E. Siler,
Jr., Alice M. Batchelder, Martha Craig Daughtrey, Ronald Lee
Gilman*, John M. Rogers, Deborah L. Cook, David W. McKeague.
Circuit Executive.--Clarence Maddox (513) 564-7200.
Clerk.--Deborah Hunt (513) 564-7000, Potter Stewart U.S.
Courthouse, 100 E. Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Seventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin)
Chief Judge.--Diane S. Sykes.
Circuit Judges: Joel M. Flaum, Frank H. Easterbrook, Michael S.
Kanne, Ilana Diamond Rovner, Diane P. Wood, David F. Hamilton,
Amy Coney Barrett, Michael B. Brennan, Michael Y. Scudder, Jr.,
Amy J. St. Eve.
Senior Circuit Judges: William J. Bauer, Kenneth F. Ripple, Daniel
A. Manion.
Circuit Executive.--Collins T. Fitzpatrick (312) 435-5803.
Clerk.--Gino J. Agnello (312) 435-5850, 2722 U.S. Courthouse, 219
S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604.
Eighth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)
Chief Judge.--Lavenski R. Smith.
Circuit Judges: James B. Loken, Steven M. Colloton, Raymond W.
Gruender, Duane Benton, Bobby E. Shepherd, Jane L. Kelly, Ralph
R. Erickson, L. Steven Grasz, David R. Stras, Jonathan A. Kobes.
Senior Circuit Judges: Pasco M. Bowman II, Roger L. Wollman, C.
Arlen Beam, Morris S. Arnold, Michael J. Melloy.
Circuit Executive.--Millie Adams (314) 244-2600.
Clerk.--Michael E. Gans (314) 244-2400, 111 S. Tenth Street, Suite
24.329, St. Louis, MO 63102.
Ninth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alaska, Arizona, California
[Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern], Guam, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Eastern
Washington, Western Washington)
Chief Judge.--Sidney R. Thomas.
Circuit Judges: Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane
Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez,
Marsha L. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Consuelo M. Callahan,
Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta, Mary H. Murguia, Morgan
Christen, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Paul J. Watford, Andrew D.
Hurwitz, John B. Owens, Michelle T. Friedland, Mark J. Bennett,
Ryan Nelson, Eric D. Miller, Bridget S. Bade, Daniel P. Collins,
Kenneth Lee, Daniel A. Bress, Danielle Hunsaker.
Senior Circuit Judges: Alfred T. Goodwin, J. Clifford Wallace, Mary
M. Schroeder, Jerome Farris, Dorothy W. Nelson, William C.
Canby, Jr., Edward Leavy, Stephen S. Trott, Ferdinand F.
Fernandez, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Michael D. Hawkins, A. Wallace
Tashima, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Barry G. Silverman, Richard C.
Tallman, N. Randy Smith, Richard R. Clifton, Jay S. Bybee,
Carlos T. Bea.
Circuit Executive.--Elizabeth A. Smith (415) 355-8800.
Clerk.--Molly C. Dwyer (415) 355-8000, P.O. Box 193939, San
Francisco, CA 94119-3939.
Tenth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming)
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Chief Judge.--Timothy M. Tymkovich.
Circuit Judges: Mary Beck Briscoe, Carlos F. Lucero, Harris L.
Hartz, Jerome A. Holmes, Scott M. Matheson, Jr., Robert E.
Bacharach, Gregory A. Phillips, Carolyn B. McHugh, Nancy L.
Moritz, Allison H. Eid, Joel Carson.
Senior Circuit Judges: Stephanie K. Seymour, John C. Porfilio,
Bobby R. Baldock, David M. Ebel, Paul J. Kelly, Jr., Michael R.
Murphy, Terrence L. O'Brien.
Circuit Executive.--David Tighe (303) 844-2067.
Clerk.--Betsy Shumaker (303) 844-3157, Byron White United States
Courthouse, 1823 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80257.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia)
Chief Judge.--William H. Pryor, Jr.
Circuit Judges: Charles R. Wilson, Beverly B. Martin, Adalberto
Jordan, Robin S. Rosenbaum, Jill A. Pryor, Kevin C. Newsom,
Elizabeth L. Branch, Britt C. Grant, Robert J. Luck, Barbara
Lagoa, Andrew L. Brasher.
Senior Circuit Judges: James C. Hill, Peter T. Fay, Phyllis A.
Kravitch, R. Lanier Anderson III, J. L. Edmondson, Emmett R.
Cox, Joel F. Dubina, Susan H. Black, Ed Carnes, Frank M. Hull,
Julie E. Carnes, Gerald B. Tjoflat, Stanley Marcus.
Circuit Executive.--James P. Gerstenlauer (404) 335-6535.
Clerk.--David J. Smith (404) 335-6100, 56 Forsyth Street, NW.,
Atlanta, GA 30303.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
333 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001
phone (202) 216-7300
MERRICK BRIAN GARLAND, chief circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL,
1952; A.B., Harvard University, 1974, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
Paul Revere Frothingham Award and Richard Perkins Parker Award; J.D.,
Harvard Law School, 1977, magna cum laude, articles editor, Harvard Law
Review; law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 2d Circuit, 1977-78; law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.,
U.S. Supreme Court, 1978-79; Special Assistant to the Attorney General,
1979-81; associate then partner, Arnold and Porter, Washington, DC,
1981-89; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, 1989-92; partner,
Arnold and Porter, 1992-93; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-94; Principal Associate
Deputy Attorney General, 1994-97; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School,
1985-86. Edmund J. Randolph Award, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997.
Admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court;
Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Courts of Appeals
for the 4th, 9th, and 10th Circuits; and U.S. Supreme Court. Author:
Antitrust and State Action, 96 Yale Law Journal 486 (1987); Antitrust
and Federalism, 96 Yale Law Journal 1291 (1987); Deregulation and
Judicial Review, 98 Harvard Law Review 505 (1985); co-chair,
Administrative Law Section, District of Columbia Bar, 1991-94;
President, Board of Overseers, Harvard University, 2009-10, member,
2003-09; American Law Institute; U.S. Judicial Conference Executive
Committee, 2013-present, Committee on Judicial Security, 2008-13,
Committee on the Judicial Branch, 2001-05; appointed to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 9, 1997.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, circuit judge. [Biographical information
not supplied, per Judge Henderson's request.]
JUDITH W. ROGERS, circuit judge; born in New York, NY; A.B. (with
honors), Radcliffe College, 1961; Phi Beta Kappa honors member; LL.B.,
Harvard Law School, 1964; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law,
1988; law clerk, D.C. Juvenile Court, 1964-65; assistant U.S. Attorney
for the District of Columbia, 1965-68; trial attorney, San Francisco
Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1968-69; Attorney, U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of the Associate Deputy Attorney General
and Criminal Division, 1969-71; General Counsel, Congressional
Commission on the Organization of the D.C. Government, 1971-72;
legislative assistant to D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington, 1972-79;
Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, 1979-83; trustee,
Radcliffe College, 1982-90; member of Visiting Committee to Harvard Law
School, 1984-90 and 2006-11; appointed by President Reagan to the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge on September
15, 1983; served as Chief Judge, November 1, 1988 to March 17, 1994;
appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit on March 18, 1994, and entered on duty
March 21, 1994; member of Executive Committee, Conference of Chief
Justices, 1993-94; member, U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on the
Codes of Conduct, 1998-2004.
DAVID S. TATEL, circuit judge; born in Washington, D.C., March 16,
1942; son of Molly and Dr. Howard Tatel (both deceased); married to
Edith Tatel, nee Bassichis, 1965; children: Rebecca, Stephanie, Joshua,
and Emily; grandchildren: Olivia, Maya, Olin, Reuben, Rae, Cameron,
Ozzie, and Daria; B.A., University of Michigan, 1963; J.D., University
of Chicago Law School, 1966; instructor, University of Michigan Law
School, 1966-67; associate, Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, 1967-69,
1970-72; director, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under
Law, 1969-70; director, National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law, 1972-74, and co-chair, 1989-91; director, Office for Civil
Rights, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-79;
associate and partner, Hogan and Hartson, 1974-77, 1979-94; lecturer,
Stanford University Law School, 1991-92; board of directors, Spencer
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Foundation, 1987-97, and chair, 1990-97; board of directors, National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards, 1997-2000; board of
directors, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and
chair, 2005-09; co-chair, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on
Science, Technology and Law, 2014-present; board member, Associated
Universities, Inc., 2019-present; board of advisors, American Society of
International Law; advisory board member, Federal Judicial Center;
member, the American Philosophical Society; member, the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences; admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1966 and
the District Columbia in 1970; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Clinton on October 7,
1994, and entered on duty October 11, 1994.
GREGORY G. KATSAS, circuit judge; born in Boston, MA, 1964; son of
George and Clara Katsas; married to Simone Mele Katsas; two daughters;
A.B., Princeton University, 1986, cum laude; J.D., Harvard Law School,
cum laude, executive editor, Harvard Law Review; law clerk to Judge
Edward Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1989-90; law
clerk to Judge Clarence Thomas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, 1990-91; law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of
the United States, 1991-92; associate then partner, Jones Day, 1992-
2001; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department
of Justice, 2001-06; Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, 2006-
08; Acting Associate Attorney General, 2007-08; Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Division, 2008-09; partner, Jones Day, 2009-17; Deputy
Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President, 2017;
Edmund J. Randolph award, U.S. Department of Justice, 2009; Member,
Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, 2008-09; Member, Advisory Committee
on Appellate Rules, 2013-17. Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the D.C. Circuit on December 8, 2018.
THOMAS B. GRIFFITH, circuit judge; born in Yokohama, Japan, July 5,
1954; B.A., Brigham Young University, 1978; J.D., University of Virginia
School of Law, 1985; editor, Virginia Law Review; associate, Robinson,
Bradshaw and Hinson, Charlotte, NC, 1985-89; associate and then a
partner, Wiley, Rein and Fielding, Washington, DC, 1989-95 and 1999-
2000; Senate Legal Counsel of the United States, 1995-99; Assistant to
the President and General Counsel, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT,
2000-05; appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit on June 14, 2005 and sworn in on July 1,
2005.
NEOMI RAO, circuit judge; was appointed to the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in March 2019. She
graduated from Yale College in 1995 and the University of Chicago Law
School in 1999. Following graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge
J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit and, in the 2001 October Term, as law clerk to Justice Clarence
Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court. Between her clerkships, Judge Rao
served as counsel for nominations and constitutional law to the U.S.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary. In 2002, she joined the international
arbitration group of Clifford Chance LLP in London, England. From 2005
to 2006, she served as Special Assistant and Associate White House
Counsel to President George W. Bush. From 2006 to 2017, Judge Rao was a
professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University,
where she taught constitutional law, legislation and statutory
interpretation, and the history and foundations of the administrative
state. In 2014, she founded the Center for the Study of the
Administrative State, a non-profit Center that promotes academic
scholarship and public policy debates about administrative law. In July
2017, she was appointed to serve as the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management Budget.
She served in this position until her appointment to the D.C. Circuit.
SRI SRINIVASAN, circuit judge; born in Chandigarh, India, February
23, 1967; son of Saroja and T.P. Srinivasan; two children; B.A. Stanford
University, 1989; J.D. Stanford Law School, 1995; M.B.A. Stanford
Graduate School of Business, 1995; law clerk to Judge J. Harvie
Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-
96; Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General of the United
States, 1996-97; law clerk to Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of
the U.S. Supreme Court, 1997-98; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1998-
2002; Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2002-07; partner, O'Melveny &
Myers LLP, 2007-11; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2009-10;
Principal Deputy Solicitor General, 2011-13; Adjunct Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center, 2015-present; member, U.S. Judicial
Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2017-present;
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit on May 24, 2013.
PATRICIA A. MILLETT, circuit judge; born in Dexter, MA, 1963; B.A.,
summa cum laude, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985;
Harvard Law School, 1988, magna
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cum laude; litigation associate, Miller and Chevalier, 1988-90; law
clerk, Judge Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit,
1990-92; appellate staff, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division,
1992-96; Assistant U.S. Solicitor General, 1996-2007; partner, Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer and Feld, 2007-13; appointed by President Obama to the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on
December 10, 2013.
CORNELIA T.L. PILLARD, circuit judge; born in Cambridge, MA, 1961;
B.A. Yale College, magna cum laude, with distinction in History; J.D.,
Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, Editor, Harvard Women's Law
Journal, 1984-85; Book Review and Commentary Editor, Harvard Law Review;
law clerk to Judge Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, 1987-88; Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellowship,
American Civil Liberties Union, 1988-89; member of the Bars of New York
(1989), Massachusetts (1989), D.C. (1990); Assistant Counsel, NAACP
Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 1989-94; Assistant to the
Solicitor General of the United States, 1994-97; Assistant Professor,
then Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-2013; Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, 1998-2000; Chair,
American Bar Association Scholars' Reading Group, Standing Committee on
the Federal Judiciary, 2005-06; Visiting Scholar, Institute for Advanced
Legal Studies (London, U.K.), 2006; Academic Co-Director and Professor,
Center for Transnational Legal Studies (London, U.K.), 2008-09; Advisory
Board (2003-11) and Faculty Co-Director (2011-13) Georgetown Law Supreme
Court Institute; member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration
Association, 2005-13; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, 2012-13; member, American Law Institute; appointed to the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on
December 2013.
ROBERT L. WILKINS, circuit judge; born in Muncie, IN, 1963, B.S.,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1986, cum laude, Herman A. Moench
Distinguished Senior Commendation; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989,
executive editor and comments editor of the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties
Law Review; law clerk to Judge Earl B. Gilliam of the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of California, 1989-90; staff attorney,
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1990-95; chief,
Special Litigation and Programs Division of Public Defender Service for
the District of Columbia, 1995-2000; president, National African
American Museum and Cultural Complex, Inc., 2000-02; partner, Venable
LLP, 2002-11; selected one of the ``90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of
the Last 30 Years'' by the Legal Times in 2008; selected one of the ``40
under 40 most successful young litigators in America'' by the National
Law Journal in 2002; named one of ``Washington's Top Lawyers: Criminal
Defense,'' 2004, Washingtonian magazine; named one of ``Washington's Top
Lawyers: Education,'' 2007, Washingtonian magazine; Honor Alumni Award,
2005, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Henry W. Edgerton Civil
Liberties Award, 2001, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the
National Capital Area; Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2001, American
Civil Liberties Union of Maryland; ``Practitioner of the Year'' Award,
1999, University of Maryland Black Law Students Association; Nominee,
``Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty'' Award, 1999, American Civil Liberties
Union of Maryland; District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission
(2005-08); Board of Trustees, Public Defender Service for the District
of Columbia (2002-08); National Museum of African American History and
Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission (chairman of the Site
and Building Committee) (2002-03); member, District of Columbia Advisory
Commission on Sentencing (1998-2000); member, District of Columbia
Truth-In-Sentencing Commission (1997-98); District of Columbia Juvenile
Justice Advisory Group (1998-2000); Federal Influence on Sentencing
Policy in the District of Columbia: An Oppressive and Dangerous
Experiment, 11 Fed. Sent. Rptr. 143-148 (Nov. / Dec. 1998); The South
African Legal System: Black Lawyer's Views, 7 TransAfrica Forum 9 (Fall
1990); Black Neighborhoods Becoming Black Cities: Group Empowerment,
Local Control and the Implications of Being Darker than Brown, 23 Harv.
C.R.--C.L. L. Rev. 415 (1988) (co-author); admitted to the bars of the
District of Columbia; Massachusetts; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District
Court for the District of Maryland, and U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin; member, Judicial Conference of the United
States, Committee on Judicial Security, 2013-present; appointed to the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 27, 2010;
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit on January 13, 2014.
SENIOR JUDGES
HARRY T. EDWARDS, senior circuit judge; born in New York, NY,
November 3, 1940; son of George H. Edwards and Arline (Ross) Lyle;
married to Pamela Carrington-Edwards;
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children: Brent and Michelle; B.S., Cornell University, 1962; J.D. (with
distinction), University of Michigan Law School, 1965; associate with
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson, 1965-70; professor of law,
University of Michigan, 1970-75 and 1977-80; professor of law, Harvard
University, 1975-77; visiting professor of law, Free University of
Brussels, 1974; arbitrator of labor / management disputes, 1970-80; vice
president, National Academy of Arbitrators, 1978-80; member (1977-79)
and chairman (1979-80), National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak); Executive Committee of the Association of American Law
Schools, 1979-80; public member of the Administrative Conference of the
United States, 1976-80; International Women's Year Commission, 1976-77;
American Bar Association Commission of Law and the Economy; co-author of
five books: Labor Relations Law in the Public Sector, The Lawyer as a
Negotiator, Higher Education and the Law, and Collective Bargaining and
Labor Arbitration; and, most recently, Edwards and Ellliot, Federal
Standards of Review (3rd ed. 2018), recipient of the Judge William B.
Groat Alumni Award, 1978, given by Cornell University; the Society of
American Law Teachers Award (for ``distinguished contributions to
teaching and public service''); the Whitney North Seymour Medal
presented by the American Arbitration Association for outstanding
contributions to the use of arbitration; Recipient of the 2004 Robert J.
Kutak Award, presented by the American Bar Association Section of Legal
Education and Admission to the Bar ``to a person who meets the highest
standards of professional responsibility and demonstrates substantial
achievement toward increased understanding between legal education and
the active practice of law'', and several Honorary Doctor of Laws
degrees; Professor of Law at NYU School of Law (member of faculty since
1990); has also taught part-time at Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, Harvard
Law, Pennsylvania, and University of California Irvine Schools of Law;
co-chair of the Forensics Science Committee established by the National
Academy of Sciences, 2006-09; member of the Committee on Science,
Technology, and Law at the National Academy of Sciences; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals, February 20, 1980; served as chief judge
September 15, 1994 to July 16, 2001.
LAURENCE HIRSCH SILBERMAN, senior circuit judge; recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, June 19, 2008; born in York, PA, October
12, 1935; son of William Silberman and Anna (Hirsch); married to Rosalie
G. Gaull on April 28, 1957 (deceased), married Patricia Winn on January
5, 2008; children: Robert Stephen Silberman, Katherine DeBoer Balaban,
and Anne Gaull Otis; B.A., Dartmouth College, 1957; LL.B., Harvard Law
School, 1961; admitted to Hawaii Bar, 1962; District of Columbia Bar,
1973; associate, Moore, Torkildson and Rice, 1961-64; partner (Moore,
Silberman and Schulze), Honolulu, 1964-67; attorney, National Labor
Relations Board, Office of General Counsel, Appellate Division, 1967-69;
Solicitor, Department of Labor, 1969-70; Under Secretary of Labor, 1970-
73; partner, Steptoe and Johnson, 1973-74; Deputy Attorney General of
the United States, 1974-75; Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77;
President's Special Envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976; senior fellow, American
Enterprise Institute, 1977-78; visiting fellow, 1978-85; managing
partner, Morrison and Foerster, 1978-79 and 1983-85; executive vice
president, Crocker National Bank, 1979-83; lecturer, University of
Hawaii, 1962-63; board of directors, Commission on Present Danger, 1978-
85, Institute for Educational Affairs, New York, NY, 1981-85, member:
General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, 1981-85;
Defense Policy Board, 1981-85; vice chairman, State Department's
Commission on Security and Economic Assistance, 1983-84; American Bar
Association (Labor Law Committee, 1965-72, Corporations and Banking
Committee, 1973, Law and National Security Advisory Committee, 1981-85);
Hawaii Bar Association Ethics Committee, 1965-67; Council on Foreign
Relations, 1977-present; Judicial Conference Committee on Court
Administration and Case Management, 1994; member, U.S. Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act Court of Review, 1996-2003; Adjunct
Professor of Law (Administrative Law and Labor Law) Georgetown Law
Center, 1987-94; 1997; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University Law
School, 1995-96; Distinguished Visitor from the Judiciary, Georgetown
Law Center, 2003-present; co-chairman of the President's Commission on
The Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of
Mass Destruction, 2004-05; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit by President Reagan on October 28,
1985.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, senior circuit judge; born in New York, NY,
September 23, 1936; son of Charles Dickerman Williams and Virginia
(Fain); married to Faith Morrow, 1966; children: Susan, Geoffrey, Sarah,
Timothy, and Nicholas; B.A., Yale, 1958, J.D., Harvard Law School, 1961;
U.S. Army Reserves, 1961-62; associate, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons and
Gates, 1962-66; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York,
1966-69; associate professor and professor of law, University of
Colorado School of Law, 1969-86; visiting professor of law, UCLA, 1975-
76; visiting professor of law and fellow in law and economics,
University Chicago Law School, 1979-80; visiting George W. Hutchison
Professor of Energy Law, SMU, 1983-84; consultant to: Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1974-76; Federal Trade Commission on
energy-related issues, 1983-85; member, American Law
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Institute; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit by President Reagan, June 16, 1986.
DOUGLAS HOWARD GINSBURG, circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL, May
25, 1946; diploma, Latin School of Chicago, 1963; B.S., Cornell
University, 1970 (Phi Kappa Phi, Ives Award); J.D., University of
Chicago, 1973 (Mecham Prize Scholarship 1970-73, Casper Platt Award,
1973, Order of Coif, Articles and Book Rev. Ed., 40 U. Chi. L. Rev.);
bar admissions: Illinois (1973), Massachusetts (1982), U.S. Supreme
Court (1984), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1986);
member: Mont Pelerin Society, American Economic Association, American
Law and Economics Association, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, American
Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Council, 1985-86 (ex officio),
judicial liaison (2000-03 and 2009-12); advisory boards: Competition
Policy International; Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy; Journal
of Competition Law and Economics; Law and Economics Center, George Mason
University School of Law; Supreme Court Economic Review; University of
Chicago Law Review; Board of Directors: Foundation for Research in
Economics and the Environment, 1991-2004; Rappahannock County
Conservation Alliance, 1998-2004; Rappahannock Association for Arts and
Community, 1997-99; Committees: Judicial Conference of the United
States, 2002-08, Budget Committee, 1997-2001, Committee on Judicial
Resources, 1987-96; Boston University Law School, Visiting Committee,
1994-97; University of Chicago Law School, Visiting Committee, 1985-88;
law clerk to: Judge Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit, 1973-74; Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S.
Supreme Court, 1974-75; previous positions: assistant professor, Harvard
University Law School, 1975-81; Professor 1981-83; Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-
84; Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, Executive
Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1984-85;
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1985-86; lecturer in law, Columbia University, New York City,
1987-88, 2009-11; lecturer in law, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
1988-89; distinguished professor of law, George Mason University,
Arlington, VA, 1988-present; senior lecturer, University of Chicago Law
School, 1990-present; lecturer on law, New York Law School, 2005-09;
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College, London, 2010-
15; appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit by President Reagan on October 14, 1986, taking the oath of
office on November 10, 1986, Chief Judge, 2001-08.
DAVID BRYAN SENTELLE, circuit judge, born in Canton, NC, February
12, 1943; son of Horace and Maude Sentelle; married to Jane LaRue
Oldham; three daughters and four granddaughters; B.A., University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965; J.D. with honors, University of
North Carolina School of Law, 1968; associate, Uzzell and Dumont,
Asheville, 1968-70; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charlotte, 1970-74; North
Carolina State District Judge, 1974-77; partner, Tucker, Hicks,
Sentelle, Moon and Hodge, Charlotte, 1977-85; U.S. District Judge for
the Western District of North Carolina, 1985-87. Adjunct professor,
University of North Carolina, Florida State, George Mason University,
and University of Georgia. Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by
President Reagan in October 1987; Chief Judge, 2008-13; assumed senior
status February 12, 2013. Appointed to the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court of Review, May 19, 2018-present; Member, U.S.
Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case
Management, 1992; Presiding Judge, Special Division of the Court for the
Appointment of Independent Counsels, 1992-2006; Member, Judicial
Conference Committee on Code of Conduct, 2004-05; Chair, Judicial
Conference Committee on Judicial Security, 2005-08; Member, Judicial
Conference Executive Committee, 2008-13 (Chair 2010-13); past President,
Edward Bennett Williams Inn of the American Inns of Court. Recipient,
2008 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award in the DC Circuit.
A. RAYMOND RANDOLPH, senior circuit judge; born in Riverside, NJ,
November 1, 1943; son of Arthur Raymond Randolph, Sr. and Marile
(Kelly); two children: John Trevor and Cynthia Lee Randolph; married to
Eileen Janette O'Connor, May 18, 1984. B.S., Drexel University, 1966;
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1969, summa cum laude;
managing editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Order of the
Coif. Admitted to Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of
California; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth,
Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits. Memberships: American Law
Institute. Law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit, 1969-70; Assistant to the Solicitor General,
1970-73; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center,
1974-78; George Mason School of Law, 1992; Deputy Solicitor General,
1975-77; Special Counsel, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
House of Representatives, 1979-80; special assistant attorney general,
State of Montana (honorary), 1983-July 1990; special assistant attorney
general, State of New Mexico, 1985-July 1990; special assistant
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attorney general, State of Utah, 1986-July 1990; advisory panel, Federal
Courts Study Committee, 1989-July 1990; partner, Pepper, Hamilton and
Scheetz, 1987-July 1990; chairman, Committee on Codes of Conduct, U.S.
Judicial Conference, 1995-98; distinguished professor of law, George
Mason Law School, 1999-present; recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2002; appointed to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President George H.W.
Bush on July 16, 1990, and took oath of office on July 20, 1990.
Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
Circuit Executive.--Betsy Paret (202) 216-7340.
Clerk.--Mark J. Langer, 216-7300.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Marilyn R. Sargent, 216-7300.
Director, Legal Division.--Melissa McKenney Ryan, 216-7500.
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SHARON PROST, Chief Judge, was appointed by President George W.
Bush in 2001 and assumed the duties of Chief Circuit Judge on May 31,
2014. Prior to her appointment, Judge Prost served as Minority Chief
Counsel, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Chief Counsel of the Committee on the
Judiciary, United States Senate from 1993 to 2001. She also served as
Chief Labor Counsel (Minority), Senate Committee on Labor and Human
Resources from 1989 to 1993. She was Assistant Solicitor, Associate
Solicitor, and Acting Solicitor of the National Labor Relations Board
from 1984 to 1989. She was an Attorney at the Internal Revenue Service
from 1983 to 1984, and Field Attorney at the Federal Labor Relations
Authority from 1980 to 1983. Judge Prost also served as Labor Relations
Specialist / Auditor at the United States General Accounting Office from
1976 to 1980 and Labor Relations Specialist at the United States Civil
Service Commission from 1973 to 1976. Judge Prost received a B.S. from
Cornell University in 1973, an M.B.A. from George Washington University
in 1975, a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University
in 1979, and an LL.M. from George Washington University School of Law in
1984.
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President Ronald
Reagan in 1984. From 1982 to 1984, Judge Newman was Special Adviser to
the United States Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the
Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property. She served on the advisory committee to the Domestic Policy
Review of Industrial Innovation from 1978 to 1979 and on the State
Department Advisory Committee on International Intellectual Property
from 1974 to 1984. From 1969 to 1984, Judge Newman served as director,
Patent, Trademark and Licensing Department, FMC Corp. From 1961 to 1962
she worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization as a science policy specialist in the Department of Natural
Sciences. She served as patent attorney and house counsel of FMC Corp.
from 1954 to 1969 and as research scientist, American Cyanamid Co. from
1951 to 1954. Judge Newman received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1947,
an M.A. from Columbia University in 1948, a Ph.D. from Yale University
in 1952 and an LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1958.
ALAN D. LOURIE, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 6, 1990, by President
George H.W. Bush. He was formerly Vice President, Corporate Patents and
Trademarks, and Associate General Counsel of SmithKline Beecham
Corporation. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 13, 1935, Judge
Lourie received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard University (1956),
his Master's degree in organic chemistry from the University of
Wisconsin (1958), and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of
Pennsylvania (1965). He received his J.D. degree from Temple University
in 1970. Before being appointed to the court, Judge Lourie had been
President of the Philadelphia Patent Law Association, a member of the
Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
(formerly American Patent Law Association), treasurer of the Association
of Corporate Patent Counsel, and a member of the board of directors of
the Intellectual Property Owners Association. He was also Vice Chairman
of the Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property
Rights for Trade Policy Matters (IFAC 3) for the Department of Commerce
and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. He was a member of the
U.S. delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, held in
Geneva in October and November 1982, and in March 1984. He was chairman
of the Patent Committee of the Law Section of the Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Association from 1980 to 1985. Judge Lourie was awarded
the Jefferson Medal of the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law
Association for extraordinary contributions to the field of intellectual
property law in 1998; was a recipient of the Intellectual Property
Owners Education Foundation Distinguished Intellectual
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Property Professional Award for extraordinary leadership in the
intellectual property community and a lifetime commitment to invention
and innovation in 2008; was a recipient of the Philadelphia Intellectual
Property Law Association's Award for outstanding IP achievement in 2010;
was a recipient of the Boston Patent Law Association's Distinguished
Public Service Award in 2011; was a recipient of a ``lifetime
achievement'' award from The Sedona Conference in 2011; and recently was
a recipient of NYIPLA's 10th Annual Outstanding Public Service Award in
2012. He was a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Financial
Disclosure from 1990 to 1998 and has been a member of the Committee on
Codes of Conduct since 2005. He is a member of the American Intellectual
Property Law Association, the American Chemical Society, the Cosmos
Club, and the Harvard Club of Washington. Judge Lourie is married and
has two daughters and four grandchildren.
TIMOTHY B. DYK, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President William
J. Clinton in 2000. Prior to his appointment, Judge Dyk was Partner and
Chair, Issues and Appeals Practice Area, at Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue
from 1990 to 2000. He was Adjunct Professor at Yale Law School from 1986
to 1987 and 1989, at the University of Virginia Law School in 1984 and
1985, and from 1987 to 1988, and at the Georgetown University Law Center
in 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1991. Judge Dyk was Associate and Partner,
Wilmer Cutler and Pickering from 1964 to 1990. From 1963 to 1964, Judge
Dyk served as Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Louis F.
Oberdorfer. He also served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Warren from
1962 to 1963, and to Justices Reed and Burton (retired) from 1961 to
1962. Judge Dyk received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1958 and an
LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961. He was First President of the
Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court from 2000 to 2001 and President of
the Giles Sutherland Rich Inn of Court from 2006 to 2007. He was the
recipient of the 2012 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for
the Federal Circuit. Judge Dyk is the co-author of the Chapter on
Patents in the Third Edition of the treatise, Business and Commercial
Litigation in Federal Courts.
KIMBERLY A. MOORE, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President George
W. Bush in 2006. Prior to her appointment, Judge Moore was a Professor
of Law from 2004-06 and Associate Professor of Law from 2000 to 2004 at
the George Mason University School of Law. She was an Assistant
Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999
to 2000. She served both as an Assistant Professor of Law from 1997 to
1999 and the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program
from 1998 to 1999 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Judge Moore
clerked from 1995 to 1997 for the Honorable Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Chief
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and
was an Associate at Kirkland and Ellis from 1994 to 1995. From 1988 to
1992, Judge Moore was employed in electrical engineering with the Naval
Surface Warfare Center. Judge Moore received her B.S.E.E. in 1990, M.S.
in 1991, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her
J.D., cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. Judge
Moore has written and presented widely on patent litigation. She co-
authored a legal casebook entitled Patent Litigation and Strategy and
served as the Editor of The Federal Circuit Bar Journal from 1998 to
2006.
KATHLEEN M. O'MALLEY, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack
Obama in 2010. Prior to her elevation to the Federal Circuit, Judge
O'Malley was appointed to the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio by President William J. Clinton on October 12,
1994. Judge O'Malley served as First Assistant Attorney General and
Chief of Staff for Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher from 1992-94, and
Chief Counsel to Attorney General Fisher from 1991-92. From 1985-91, she
worked for Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur, where she became a
partner. From 1983-84, she was an associate at Jones, Day, Reavis and
Pogue. During her sixteen years on the district court bench, Judge
O'Malley presided over in excess of 100 patent and trademark cases and
sat by designation on the United States Circuit Court for the Federal
Circuit. As an educator, Judge O'Malley has regularly taught a course on
Patent Litigation at Case Western Reserve University Law School; she is
a member of the faculty of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology's
program designed to educate Federal Judges regarding the handling of
intellectual property cases. Judge O'Malley serves as a board member of
the Sedona Conference; as the judicial liaison to the Local Patent Rules
Committee for the Northern District of Ohio; and as an advisor to
national organizations publishing treatises on patent litigation
(Anatomy of a Patent Case, Complex Litigation Committee of the American
College of Trial Lawyers; Patent Case Management Judicial Guide,
Berkeley Center for Law and Technology). Judge O'Malley began her legal
career as a law clerk to the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones, Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals in 1982-83. She received her J.D. degree from Case
Western Reserve University School of Law, Order of the Coif, in 1982,
where she served on Law Review and was a member
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of the National Mock Trial Team. Judge O'Malley attended Kenyon College
in Gambier, Ohio where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa
in 1979.
JIMMIE V. REYNA, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in
2011. Prior to his appointment, Judge Reyna was an international trade
attorney and shareholder at Williams Mullen, where, from 1998 to 2011,
he directed the firm's Trade and Customs Practice Group and its Latin
America Task Force, and served on its board of directors (2006-08, 2009-
11). He was an associate and partner at the law firm of Stewart and
Stewart (1986-98). From 1981 to 1986, Judge Reyna was a solo
practitioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, prior to that, an associate
at Shaffer, Butt, Thornton and Baehr, also in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Judge Reyna served on the U.S. roster of dispute settlement panelists
for trade disputes under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement, and the U.S. Indicative List of Non-Governmental Panelists
for the World Trade Organization, Dispute Settlement Mechanism, for both
trade in goods and trade in services. Judge Reyna is the author of two
books, Passport to North American Trade: Rules of Origin and Customs
Procedures Under the NAFTA (Shepards 1995), and The GATT Uruguay Round,
A Negotiating History: Services, 1986-92 (Kluwer 1993) and numerous
articles on international trade and customs issues. He was the founder
and Senior Co-Editor of the Hispanic National Bar Association Journal of
Law and Policy. Judge Reyna is a recipient of the Ohtli Award (the
highest honor bestowed by the Mexican Government for non-Mexican
citizens). Other awards include: 100 Influentials, Hispanic Business
Magazine, 2011; 101 Latino Leaders in America, Latino Leaders Magazine,
2011 and 2012; Minority Business Leader, Washington Business Journal;
Extraordinary Leadership, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA);
Lifetime Honorary Membership, Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers; Distinguished Citizen Award, Military Airlift Command, U.S.
Air Force; Spirit of Excellence Award, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of
Commerce. Judge Reyna served over a decade of leadership in the HNBA,
including as National President (2006-07). He served in various
leadership positions in the ABA Sections on International Law and
Dispute Settlement. He was a founder and member of the board of
directors of the U.S. Mexico Law Institute, and the Community Services
for Autistic Adults and Children Foundation. He currently serves on the
Nationwide Hispanic Advisory Council of Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America. He received a B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1975 and
a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1978.
EVAN J. WALLACH, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in
2011, confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 2011, and assumed the
duties of his office on November 18, 2011. Prior to his appointment, he
served for sixteen years as a judge of the United States Court of
International Trade, having been appointed to that court by President
William J. Clinton in 1995. Judge Wallach worked as a general litigation
partner with an emphasis on media representation at the law firm of
Lionel Sawyer and Collins in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1982 to 1995. He was
an associate at the same firm from 1976 to 1982. While working with the
firm, Judge Wallach took a leave of absence to serve as General Counsel
and Public Policy Advisor to Senator Harry Reid from 1987 to 1988. From
1989 to 1995, he served in the Nevada National Guard as a Judge
Advocate. In 1991, while on leave from his firm, he served as an
Attorney / Advisor in the International Affairs Division of the Judge
Advocate of the Army at the Pentagon. Judge Wallach, a recognized expert
in the law of war, has taught at a number of law schools, including
Brooklyn Law School, New York Law School, George Mason University School
of Law, and the University of Munster in Munster, Germany. Judge Wallach
has received a number of awards, including: the ABA Liberty Bell Award
in 1993; the Nevada Press Association President's Award in 1994; and the
Clark County School Librarians Intellectual Freedom Award in 1995. Judge
Wallach served on active duty in the Army of the United States from 1969
to 1971. During his military career, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the
Air Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the
Nevada Medal of Merit, the Valorous Unit Citation, a Vietnam Campaign
Medal, and the RVN Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Judge Wallach received
his B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arizona in 1973, his J.D.
from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976, and an LLB with
honors in International Law from Cambridge University in 1981.
RICHARD G. TARANTO, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H.
Obama, in 2013, confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 2013 and assumed
the duties of his office on March 15, 2013. Judge Taranto practiced law
with the firm of Farr and Taranto from 1989 to 2013, where he
specialized in appellate litigation. From 1986 to 1989, he served as an
Assistant to the Solicitor General, representing the United States in
the Supreme Court. He was in private
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practice from 1984 to 1986 with the law firm of Onek, Klein and Farr.
Judge Taranto served as a law clerk at all three levels of the federal
court system. He clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme
Court of the United States from 1983 to 1984; for Judge Robert Bork of
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
from 1982 to 1983; and for Judge Abraham Sofaer of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1981 to 1982.
Judge Taranto received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1981 and a B.A.
from Pomona College in 1977.
RAYMOND T. CHEN, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in
2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and assumed his office
on August 5, 2013. Judge Chen served as Deputy General Counsel for
Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office from 2008 to 2013. He was an Associate Solicitor in
that office from 1998 to 2008. From 1996 to 1998, Judge Chen served as a
Technical Assistant at the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit. Before joining the court staff, Judge Chen was an
associate with Knobbe, Martens, Olson and Bear from 1994 to 1996. Before
entering law school, Judge Chen worked as a scientist at the law firm of
Hecker and Harriman from 1989 to 1991. Judge Chen received his J.D. from
the New York University School of Law in 1994 and his B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990.
TODD M. HUGHES, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in
2013, confirmed by the Senate on September 24, 2013 and assumed the
duties of his office on September 30, 2013. Judge Hughes served as
Deputy Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil
Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2007 to 2013.
He was the Assistant Director in that office from 1999 to 2007 and a
Trial Attorney from 1994 to 1999. From 1992 to 1994, Judge Hughes served
as a Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Robert Krupansky of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was an Adjunct Lecturer in
Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law during the Spring, 1994
semester. Judge Hughes received a J.D. from Duke Law School in 1992, an
M.A. from Duke University in 1992, and an A.B. from Harvard College in
1989.
KARA FARNANDEZ STOLL, Circuit Judge, was appointed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H.
Obama on November 12, 2014, was confirmed unanimously by the United
States Senate on July 7, 2015, and assumed her duties on July 17, 2015.
Judge Stoll practiced law with the firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett and Dunner from 1998 to 2015, and became a partner at the firm
in 2006. While in private practice, Judge Stoll specialized in patent
litigation with an emphasis on appeals. Judge Stoll was an adjunct
professor at George Mason University Law School from 2008 to 2015 and at
the Howard University School of Law from 2004 to 2008. From 1997 to
1998, Judge Stoll served as a law clerk to The Honorable Alvin A. Schall
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge
Stoll worked as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office from 1991 to 1997. Judge Stoll received a J.D. from the
Georgetown University School of Law in 1997, where she received the Leon
Robin Patent Award, and a B.S.E.E. from Michigan State University in
1991.
SENIOR JUDGES
HALDANE ROBERT MAYER, Circuit Judge, has been a member of the court
since 1987. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004. Born in Buffalo,
Judge Mayer was educated in the public schools of Lockport, New York,
before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, from
which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1963. He earned
a law degree in 1971 at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of The College
of William and Mary, where he was editor-in-chief of the William and
Mary Law Review as well as a member of Omicron Delta Kappa National
Leadership Society. He has served as a director of the William and Mary
Law School Association. Judge Mayer served on active duty in the Army of
the United States from 1963 until 1975 in the Infantry and the Judge
Advocate General's Corps. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab,
RVN Ranger Combat Badge, and several campaign and service ribbons. He
resigned his Regular Army commission to take an Army Reserve commission,
retiring in 1985 as a lieutenant colonel. In 1971, Judge Mayer served
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as a law clerk for Judge John D. Butzner, Jr., of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, VA. He practiced
law in Charlottesville, VA, in the mid-1970's, simultaneously serving as
an adjunct at the University of Virginia School of Law, as he did again
in the 1990's. He has also been an adjunct at George Washington
University National Law Center. From 1977 through 1980, Judge Mayer was
the Special Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren
E. Burger, after which he returned to private law practice in
Washington, DC, until he became Deputy and Acting Special Counsel (by
designation of the President). President Ronald Reagan appointed Judge
Mayer to what is now the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1982,
and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in
1987. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2010.
S. JAY PLAGER, Circuit Judge, was appointed Judge by President
George H.W. Bush in 1989. Prior to his appointment, Judge Plager served
in the Executive Office of the President from 1987 to 1989, as Associate
Director of OMB and as Administrator, OIRA. He served as Counselor to
the Under Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services from 1986
to 1987. Judge Plager was Dean and Professor, Indiana University School
of Law from 1977 to 1984. He was Professor, Faculty of Law, University
of Illinois from 1964 to 1977, and from 1958 to 1964 was Professor,
Faculty of Law, University of Florida. Judge Plager was Visiting
Scholar, Stanford University Law School from 1984 to 1985, Visiting
Fellow, Trinity College, and Visiting Professor, Cambridge University in
1980, and Visiting Research Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin
from 1967 to 1968. Judge Plager served on active duty in the United
States Navy during the Korean Conflict. Judge Plager grew up in New
Jersey, where he attended public schools. In 1952, he received an A.B.
degree from the University of North Carolina, a J.D. in 1958 from the
University of Florida, with high honors, where he was editor-in-chief of
the Florida Law Review, and in 1961 an LL.M. from Columbia University.
He has three children. Judge Plager assumed senior status in 2000.
RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER III, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President
George H.W. Bush in 1990. Judge Clevenger received a B.A. from Yale
University in 1959. As a Carnegie Teaching Fellow, he taught European
History at Yale College in the 1959-60 academic year. From 1960 to 1963,
he was employed by the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York City.
He received an LL.B. from Yale University in 1966. Judge Clevenger
served as a law clerk to Mr. Justice White in October Term 1966. Judge
Clevenger joined Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering in 1967, serving as a
partner in the firm from 1974 until his appointment to the bench. Judge
Clevenger assumed senior status on February 1, 2006.
ALVIN A. SCHALL, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President George
H.W. Bush in 1992. Prior to his appointment, Judge Schall served as
Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1988 to
1992. He was a member of the Washington, DC law firm of Perlman and
Partners from 1987 to 1988. He served as Trial Attorney and Senior Trial
Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, from 1978
to 1987. Judge Schall was an Assistant United States Attorney, Office of
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, from
1973 to 1978, and served as Chief of the Appeals Division from 1977 to
1978. From 1969 to 1973, Judge Schall was in private practice with the
New York City law firm of Shearman and Sterling. Judge Schall received a
B.A. degree from Princeton University in 1966 and a J.D. degree from
Tulane Law School in 1969. Judge Schall assumed senior status on October
5, 2009.
WILLIAM C. BRYSON, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President
William J. Clinton in 1994. Prior to his appointment, Judge Bryson was
with the United States Department of Justice from 1978 to 1994. During
that period, he served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General [1978-
79], Chief of the Appellate Section of the Criminal Division [1979-83],
Counsel to the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section [1983-86],
Deputy Solicitor General [1986-94], Acting Solicitor General [1989 and
1993], and Acting Associate Attorney General [1994]. He was an Associate
at the Washington, DC law firm of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin
from 1975 to 1978. Judge Bryson served as Law Clerk to the Honorable
Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
from 1973 to 1974, and as Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall,
Supreme Court of the United States, from 1974 to 1975. Judge Bryson
received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1969 and a J.D. from the
University of Texas School of Law in 1973.
RICHARD LINN, Circuit Judge, was appointed by President William J.
Clinton in 1999. Prior to his appointment, Judge Linn was a Partner and
Practice Group Leader at the Washington, DC law firm of Foley and
Lardner from 1997 to 1999. He was a Partner and
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head of the intellectual property department at Marks and Murase, LLP
from 1977 to 1997. Judge Linn served as Patent Advisor, United States
Naval Air Systems Command from 1971 to 1972, was a Patent Agent at the
United States Naval Research Laboratory from 1968 to 1969, and served as
a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent Office from 1965 to 1968.
He was a member of the founding Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar
Section on Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law and served as Chairman
in 1975. In 2000, Judge Linn received the Rensselaer Alumni Association
Fellows Award. He was honored in 2006 for dedication, service, and
devotion to justice by the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association.
Judge Linn was awarded the 2009 New York Intellectual Property Law
Association Leadership Award. He also received the 2009 Jefferson Medal
from the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association ``in
recognition of meritorious and outstanding contributions in support of
the Constitution of the United States of America and furtherance of a
fundamental principle thereof--`to promote the progress of Science and
useful Arts.' '' In 2010, Judge Linn received the Outstanding Public
Service Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
In 2011, he was awarded the inaugural Mark Banner Award by the American
Bar Association for his contributions to intellectual property law and
the A. Sherman Christensen Award by the American Inns of Court
Foundation for distinguished, exceptional and significant leadership to
the American Inns of Court movement. He served as an Adjunct Professor
and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law
School from 2001 to 2003, and currently serves on the Law School's
Intellectual Property Advisory Board. Judge Linn is a past president of
the Giles Sutherland Rich American Inn of Court, a member of the Richard
Linn American Inn of Court, a visiting member of the Hon. William C.
Conner American Inn of Court, and an honorary lifetime member of the
Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court. He received a B.E.E. from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965, and a J.D. from Georgetown
University Law Center in 1969.
Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court.--Peter R. Marksteiner (202)
275-8020.
Deputy Circuit Executive and Operations Officer.--Dale Bosley, 275-
8141.
General Counsel.--J. Douglas Steere, 275-8000.
Circuit Librarian.--John D. Moore, 275-8403.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Jarrett B. Perlow, 275-8021.
Director of Information Technology.--Riley Toussaint, 275-8421.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse
333 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 2002, Washington, DC 20001
phone (202) 354-3320, fax 354-3412
BERYL A. HOWELL, chief judge; born in Fort Benning, GA; daughter of
Col. (Ret.) Leamon and Ruth Howell; Killeen High School, Killeen, TX,
1974; B.A. with honors in philosophy, Bryn Mawr College (President and
Member, Honor Board, 1976-78); J.D., Columbia University School of Law,
1983 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1981-82; International Fellows
Program, 1982-83, Transnational Law Journal, Notes Editor); law clerk to
Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, District of New Jersey, 1983-84; litigation
associate, Schulte, Roth and Zabel, 1985-87; Assistant United States
Attorney, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New
York, 1987-93; Deputy Chief, Narcotics Section, 1990-93; Senior Counsel,
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and
the Law, 1993-94; Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition, 1995-96;
General Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1997-2003;
Executive Managing Director and General Counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-
09; Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission, 2004-11; Member,
Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency, 2008; Adjunct
Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of Law, 2010;
appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Obama on December 27, 2010, took oath of office on January 21,
2011; became Chief Judge in March 2016; appointed by Chief Justice
Roberts to serve on the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Committee on
Information Technology, 2013-16, and to the Judicial Conference, 2016-
present. Awards include U.S. Attorney's Special Achievement Award for
Sustained Superior Performance, 1990, 1991; Drug Enforcement
Administration Commendations, 1990, 1992, 1993; Attorney General's
Director's Award for Superior Performance, 1991; Federal Bureau of
Investigation Award and New York City Department of Investigation Award
for public corruption investigation and prosecution, 1992; Freedom of
Information Hall of Fame, 2001; First Amendment Award, Society of
Professional Journalists, 2004; Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director's Award, 2006; Book chapters and law review article
publications include Seven Weeks: The Making of the USA PATRIOT Act, The
George Washington Law Review, 2004; FISA's Fruits in Criminal Cases: An
Opportunity for Improved Accountability, UCLA Journal of International
Law and Foreign Affairs, 2007; Book Chapters include: Real World
Problems of Virtual Crime, in Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked
Environment, 2007; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Has the
Solution Become the Problem, in Protecting What Matters: Technology,
Security, and Liberty Since 9/11, 2006; and articles in the New York Law
Journal, Journal of Internet Law, Vermont Bar Journal, and Yale Journal
of Law and Technology.
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, judge; son of Emmet A. Sullivan and Eileen G.
Sullivan; born in Washington, DC; graduated McKinley High School, 1964;
B.A., Howard University, 1968; J.D., Howard University Law School, 1971;
recipient of Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship, assigned to the
Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC, 1971-72; law
clerk to Judge James A. Washington, Jr., 1972-73; joined the law firm of
Houston and Gardner, 1973-80, became a partner; thereafter, was a
partner with Houston, Sullivan and Gardner; board of directors of the DC
Law Students in Court Program; DC Judicial Conference Voluntary
Arbitration Committee; Nominating Committee of the Bar Association of
the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court Committee on Grievances;
adjunct professor at Howard University School of Law; adjunct professor
at American University, Washington College of Law; member: National Bar
Association, Washington Bar Association, Bar Association of the District
of Columbia; appointed by President Reagan to the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia as an associate judge, 1984; deputy presiding judge
and presiding judge of the probate and tax division; chairperson of the
rules committees for the probate and
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tax divisions; member: Court Rules Committee and the Jury Plan
Committee; appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve as an
associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1991;
chairperson for the nineteenth annual judicial conference of the
District of Columbia, 1994 (the Conference theme was ``Rejuvenating
Juvenile Justice--Responses to the Problems of Juvenile Violence in the
District of Columbia''); appointed by chief judge Wagner to chair the
``Task Force on Families and Violence for the District of Columbia
Courts''; nominated to the U.S. District Court by President Clinton on
March 22, 1994; and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1994;
appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the Judicial Conference
of the U.S. Committee on Criminal Law 1998-2005; District of Columbia
Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Commission, 1996-2001; chair of the
District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission since 2005;
appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to serve on the Judicial Conference
of the U.S. Committee on Space and Facilities, 2012, re-appointed by the
Chief Justice in 2015; only person in the District of Columbia to have
been appointed to three judicial positions by three different U.S.
Presidents; recipient of the Ollie May Cooper Award, awarded by the
Washington Bar Association; the Thurgood Marshall Award of Excellence,
awarded by the Howard University Alumni Association; the Howard
University Distinguished Alumni Award, awarded by the President and
Board of Trustees of Howard University; American Inns of Court
Professionalism Award for the District of Columbia Circuit for 2015; the
National Bar Association's Gertrude E. Rush Award; the Charles Hamilton
Houston Medallion of Merit, awarded by the Washington Bar Association;
named Judge of the Year for 2017 by the Bar Association of the District
of Columbia; founder and current director of the Frederick B. Abramson
Scholarship Foundation.
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, judge; born in New York, NY; daughter of
Konstantine and Irene Kollar; attended bilingual schools in Mexico,
Ecuador, and Venezuela and Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in
Washington, DC; received B.A. degree in English at Catholic University
(Delta Epsilon Honor Society); received J.D. at Catholic University's
Columbus School of Law (Moot Court Board of Governors); law clerk to
Hon. Catherine B. Kelly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1968-69;
attorney, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division,
Appellate Section, 1969-72; chief legal counsel, Saint Elizabeths
Hospital, Department of Health and Human Services, 1972-84; received
Saint Elizabeths Hospital Certificate of Appreciation, 1981; Meritorious
Achievement Award from Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health
Administration (ADAMHA), Department of Health and Human Services, 1981;
appointed judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President
Reagan, October 3, 1984, took oath of office October 21, 1984; served as
Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, January 1996-April 1997;
received Achievement Recognition Award, Hispanic Heritage CORO Awards
Celebration, 1996; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia by President Clinton on March 26, 1997, took oath of office
May 12, 1997; appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the
Financial Disclosure Committee, 2000-02; presiding judge of the United
States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2002-09; appointed by
Chief Justice John Roberts to the Judicial Resources Committee of the
Judicial Conference, 2009-16; appointed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell
to the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and
Tenure, 2017.
JAMES E. BOASBERG, judge; born in San Francisco, CA, 1963; son of
Emanuel Boasberg III and Sarah Szold Boasberg; graduated St. Albans
School, Washington, DC, 1981; B.A., magna cum laude, in history from
Yale College, 1985; M.St. in modern European history from Oxford
University, 1986; J.D. from Yale Law School, 1990; law clerk to Judge
Dorothy W. Nelson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,
1990-91; associate, Keker and Van Nest in San Francisco, CA, 1991-94;
associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd and Evans in Washington, DC,
1995-96; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,
1996-2002; visiting lecturer, George Washington Law School, 2003;
Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, 2002-11; United
States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 2011-present;
appointed to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, May 2014.
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, judge; appointed March of 2011; prior to
joining the Court, engaged in private practice in Washington, DC, as a
member of Trout Cacheris, specializing in complex criminal and civil
trials and appeals; earlier, partner at Venable, Baetjer, Howard, and
Civiletti; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of
Columbia, 1980-86; received Department of Justice Special Achievement
Awards for work on murder and sexual assault cases; J.D., cum laude,
Harvard Law School, 1979; A.B. cum laude, Harvard College, 1976; law
clerk to the Honorable Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; lectured on corporate criminal
investigations and has been a regular teacher at the National Institute
of Trial Advocacy, the Georgetown University Law Center CLE Intensive
Session in Trial Advocacy Skills, and the Harvard Law School Trial
Advocacy
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workshop; while in private practice, was elected to serve as a DC Bar
delegate to the ABA House of Delegates; active in the ABA Litigation
Section, the ABA Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime Committee,
and DC Bar and Women's Bar Association committee activities; member of
the Parent Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Council on
Developmental and Learning Disorders; served on the Board of the DC Rape
Crisis Center and other educational and community organizations.
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, judge, appointed to the District Court in March
2012. In April 2016, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Contreras to
the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term
starting May 19, 2016. Prior to joining the District Court, Judge
Contreras served from 2006 to 2012 as the Chief of the Civil Division of
the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Columbia. In that
capacity, he supervised 39 Assistant United States Attorneys who defend
and bring civil cases on behalf of the United States. Judge Contreras
was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University
in 1984 and his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School in 1991, where he was a member of the Order of
the Coif and Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Following law school, Judge Contreras joined the law firm of Jones, Day,
Reavis and Pogue, where he was an Associate in the General Litigation
Group. In 1994, Judge Contreras joined the United States Attorney's
Office for the District of Columbia as an Assistant United States
Attorney in the Civil Division, where he was responsible for a wide
array of cases, including employment, Federal Tort Claims Act,
Administrative Procedure Act, Bivens and Affirmative Civil Enforcement
matters. In 2003, Judge Contreras left the DC Office to become the Chief
of the Civil Division for the United States Attorney's Office in
Delaware, where he oversaw that civil program and personally handled a
wide variety of matters, including environmental and health care fraud
cases.
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, judge, received her commission as a United
States District Judge in March 2013. Until December 2014, she also
served as a Vice Chair and Commissioner on the United States Sentencing
Commission, and she taught a seminar on Sentencing Policy at the George
Washington University Law School as an adjunct professor. Prior to her
service on the Commission, Judge Jackson was Of Counsel at Morrison and
Foerster LLP for three years, with a practice that focused on criminal
and civil appellate litigation in both state and federal courts, as well
as cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. From 2005 until
2007, prior to joining Morrison and Foerster LLP, Judge Jackson served
as an assistant federal public defender in the Appeals Division of the
Office of the Federal Public Defender in the District of Columbia.
Before that appointment, Judge Jackson worked as an assistant special
counsel at the United States Sentencing Commission and as an associate
with two law firms: one, specializing in white collar criminal defense;
the other, focusing on the negotiated settlement of mass-tort claims.
Judge Jackson also served as a law clerk to three federal judges:
Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United
States (October Term 1999), Judge Bruce M. Selya of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the First Circuit (1997-98), and Judge Patti B. Saris of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1996-97). In
2017, Chief Justice Roberts appointed Judge Jackson to serve a three-
year term on the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Committee on Defender
Services. Judge Jackson is currently a member of the Board of Overseers
of Harvard University, the American Law Institute's Council, the Supreme
Court Fellows Commission, and the board of the DC Circuit Historical
Society. She received an A.B., magna cum laude, in Government from
Harvard-Radcliffe College in 1992, and, in 1996, a J.D., cum laude, from
Harvard Law School, where she served as a supervising editor of the
Harvard Law Review.
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, judge; born in Mobile, Alabama, 1966; son of
Paulette Reid Cooper and William Madison Cooper; graduated Trinity
Preparatory School, Winter Park, Florida, 1984; B.A., summa cum laude,
in economics and political science, Yale University, 1988, and member of
Phi Beta Kappa; Research Analyst, Strategic Planning Associates,
Washington, DC, 1988-90; J.D., with distinction, Stanford Law School,
1993; President, Volume 45, Stanford Law Review, 1992-93; Board Member,
East Palo Alto Community Law Project, 1992-93; law clerk to then-Chief
Judge Abner J. Mikva, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, 1993-94; United States Department of Justice, Special Assistant
to the Deputy Attorney General, Washington, DC, 1994-96; Associate
(1996-2000) and Partner (2000), Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin LLC,
Washington, DC; Partner, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC (2000-10) and
London (2010-12); Partner, Covington and Burling LLP, London (2012-13)
and Washington, DC (2013-14); appointed to the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia on March 28, 2014.
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TANYA S. CHUTKAN, judge; born in Kingston, Jamaica; daughter of Dr.
Winston Chutkan and Noelle Chutkan, Esq.; B.A., George Washington
University, 1983; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1987
(Associate Editor, Law Review; Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Fellow);
Associate, Hogan and Hartson LLP, 1987-90; Associate, Donovan, Leisure,
Rogovin, Huge and Schiller, 1990-91; Staff Attorney and Supervisor,
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1991-2002; Counsel
and Partner, Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, 2002-14; Steering
Committee, Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section of the District of
Columbia Bar, 2000-03; member of Visiting Faculty, Harvard Law School
Trial Advocacy Workshop; nominated judge, U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Obama; confirmed by the Senate on June
4, 2014; took the oath of office on July 25, 2014.
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, judge, born in Springfield, Ohio 1961; son of Dr.
Howard A. Moss and Adrienne Moss. A.B., summa cum laude, phi beta kappa,
philosophy, from Hamilton College in 1983; J.D., Yale Law School, 1986.
Law clerk to Judge Pierre Leval, United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, 1986-87. Law clerk to Justice John Paul
Stevens, United States Supreme Court, 1988-89. Private practice at
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, first as associate then as partner, 1989-
96. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, 1996-2001; Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, 1996-98; Acting Assistant Attorney General,
1998-2000; Assistant Attorney General, 2000-01. Partner, Wilmer, Cutler,
Pickering Hale and Dorr, 2001-14; chair of the firm's Regulatory and
Government Affairs Department. Confirmed to the bench November 2014.
AMIT MEHTA, judge; born in Patan, India; son of Priyavadan and
Ragini Mehta. B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in political
science and economics from Georgetown University, 1993; J.D., Order of
the Coif, University of Virginia, 1997; Law Clerk to Judge Susan P.
Graber, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-1999;
Associate, Counsel and Partner, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, 1999-2002, 2007-
14; Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of
Columbia, 2002-07; Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia, 2014-present.
TIMOTHY J. KELLY, judge; born in Glen Cove, NY, 1969; son of
Timothy Noel Kelly and Helen Ann Kelly (Stevens); graduated Delbarton
School, Morristown, NJ, 1987; A.B., cum laude, Duke University, 1991;
J.D., Georgetown University, 1997; Senior Associate Editor, American
Criminal Law Review, 1996-97; Associate, Arnold & Porter, Washington,
DC, 1997-2001, 2002-03; Loaned Associate to the Legal Aid Society of the
District of Columbia, 1999-2000; Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald L.
Buckwalter, United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, 2001-02; Assistant United States Attorney for the District
of Columbia, 2003-07; Trial Attorney, Public Integrity Section, Criminal
Division, United States Department of Justice, 2007-13; Recipient of the
Assistant Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service, 2012;
Treasurer, District of Columbia Bar's Criminal Law and Individual Rights
Section Steering Committee, 2013-16; Chief Counsel for National Security
and Senior Crime Counsel to Ranking Member (2013-14) and Chairman (2015-
17) of the Senate Judiciary Committee Charles E. Grassley; Staff
Director to Co-Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics
Control, Charles E. Grassley, 2013-17; appointed to the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia on September 8, 2017.
TREVOR N. McFADDEN, judge; born in Alexandria, VA, 1978; son of
William J. and Carol (Prester) McFadden. Attended the American School in
London and Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA. B.A., magna cum
laude, in English and political science, from Wheaton College, IL, 2001;
J.D., Order of the Coif and Virginia Law Review, University of Virginia,
2006; Law Clerk to Judge Steven M. Colloton, United States Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2006-07; Counsel to the Deputy Attorney
General, United States Department of Justice, 2007-09; Assistant United
States Attorney, District of Columbia, 2009-13; Associate and Partner,
Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Washington, DC, 2013-17; Acting Principal Deputy
Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United
States Department of Justice Criminal Division, 2017. Confirmed to the
bench October 2017.
DABNEY L. FRIEDRICH, judge; B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
economics, from Trinity University, 1988; Diploma in Legal Studies from
University College, Oxford University, 1989; J.D. from Yale Law School,
1992; law clerk to Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia, 1992-94; associate, Latham & Watkins
in San Diego, CA, 1994-95; Assistant United States Attorney for the
Southern District of California, 1995-98; Assistant United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-2002; counsel to
Ranking Member and Chairman Orrin G. Hatch of the United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary, 2002-03; associate counsel to President
George W. Bush, 2003-06; member, United States Sentencing Commission,
2006-17; adjunct
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law professor, George Washington Law School, 2014; United States
District Judge for the District of Columbia, December 2017-present.
CARL J. NICHOLS, judge; B.A., cum laude and with high honors in
Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 1992; J.D., with high honors and Order of
the Coif, The University of Chicago Law School, 1996; law clerk to Judge
Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia, 1996-97; law clerk to Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of
the United States, 1997-98; associate and partner, Boies, Schiller &
Flexner LLP, 1998-2005; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-08; Principal Deputy
Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2008-09;
partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, 2010-19; U.S. District
Judge for the District of Columbia, June 2019-present.
SENIOR JUDGES
THOMAS F. HOGAN, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, 1938; son of
Adm. Bartholomew W. (MC) (USN) Surgeon Gen., USN, 1956-62, and Grace
(Gloninger) Hogan; Georgetown Preparatory School, 1956; A.B., Georgetown
University (classical), 1960; master's program, American and English
literature, George Washington University, 1960-62; J.D., Georgetown
University, 1965-66; Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, Georgetown
University Law Center, May 1999; St. Thomas More Fellow, Georgetown
University Law Center, 1965-66; American Jurisprudence Award:
Corporation Law; member, bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland;
law clerk to Hon. William B. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia, 1966-67; counsel, Federal Commission on Reform of Federal
Criminal Laws, 1967-68; private practice of law in the District of
Columbia and Maryland, 1968-82; adjunct professor of law, Potomac School
of Law, 1977-79; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law
Center, 1986-88; public member, officer evaluation board, U.S. Foreign
Service, 1973; member: American Bar Association, State Chairman,
Maryland Drug Abuse Education Program, Young Lawyers Section (1970-73),
District of Columbia Bar Association, Bar Association of the District of
Columbia, Maryland State Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar
Association, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Defense Research
Institute, The Barristers, The Lawyers Club; chairman, board of
directors, Christ Child Institute for Emotionally Ill Children, 1971-74;
served on many committees; USDC Executive Committee; Conference
Committee on Administration of Federal Magistrates System, 1988-91;
chairman, Inter-Circuit Assignment Committee, 1990-96; appointed judge
of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President
Reagan on October 4, 1982; chief judge, June 19, 2001; member: Judicial
Conference of the United States, 2001-08; Executive Committee, U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia 873 of the Judicial
Conference, July 2001-08, Chair 2005-08; Edward J. Devitt Distinguished
Service to Justice Award, 2011; Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, 2011-13; member, Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, 2009-16, Presiding Judge, 2014-16.
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, senior judge; born in San Antonio, TX, 1943; son
of Nell Elizabeth Synder and Larimore S. Lamberth, Sr.; South San
Antonio High School, 1961; B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1966;
LL.B., University of Texas School of Law, 1967; permanent president,
class of 1967, University of Texas School of Law; U.S. Army (Captain,
Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1968-74; Vietnam Service Medal, Air
Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with
Oak Leaf Cluster); Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1974-
87 (chief, Civil Division, 1978-87); President's Reorganization Project,
Federal Legal Representation Study, 1978-79; honorary faculty, Army
Judge Advocate General's School, 1976; Attorney General's Special
Commendation Award; Attorney General's John Marshall Award, 1982; vice
chairman, Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee, Section on
Administrative Law, American Bar Association, 1979-82, chairman, 1983-
84; chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1989-91; co-chairman,
Committee of Article III Judges, Judiciary Section 1989-present;
chairman, Federal Litigation Section, 1986-87; chairman, Federal Rules
Committee, 1985-86; deputy chairman, Council of the Federal Lawyer,
1980-83; chairman, Career Service Committee, Federal Bar Association,
1978-80; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia by President Reagan, November 16, 1987; appointed by Chief
Justice Rehnquist to be presiding judge of the United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1995-2002.
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, senior judge; born in Buffalo, NY, 1944; son of
Cecil A. and Charlotte Wagner Friedman; B.A., political science, Cornell
University, 1965; J.D., cum laude, School of Law, State University of
New York at Buffalo, 1968; admitted to the bars of the District of
Columbia, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for
the D.C., Federal, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh
Circuits; Law Clerk
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to Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia, 1968-69; Law Clerk to Judge Roger Robb, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-70; Assistant U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1970-74; assistant to the
Solicitor General of the United States, 1974-76; associate independent
counsel, Iran-Contra investigation, 1987-88; private law practice, White
and Case, partner, 1979-94; associate, 1976-79; member: American Bar
Association, Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice 1998-2000,
District of Columbia Bar (president, 1986-87), American Law Institute
(1984) and ALI Council, 1998-present (member of Executive Committee as
Secretary, 2013-present), American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Bar
Association of the District of Columbia, Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, Washington Bar Association, Hispanic Bar
Association, Assistant United States Attorneys Association of the
District of Columbia (president, 1976-77), Civil Justice Reform Act
Advisory Group (chair, 1991-94), District of Columbia Judicial
Nomination Commission (member, 1990-94; chair, 1992-94), Advisory
Committee on Procedures, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
(1982-88), Grievance Committee; U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia (member, 1981-87; chair, 1983-85); fellow, American College of
Trial Lawyers; fellow, American Bar Foundation; board of directors:
Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation (president, 1991-94),
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (1988-92), Washington Legal Clinic
for the Homeless (member, 1987-92; vice-president, 1988-91), Stuart
Stiller Memorial Foundation (1980-94), American Judicature Society
(1990-94); board of trustees, District of Columbia Public Defender
Service (1989-92); member: Cosmos Club, Lawyers Club of Washington;
recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award, the University at Buffalo Law
Alumni Association (1998); Civil Justice Award, Academy of Court
Appointed Masters (2007); Judicial Honoree, the 138th Annual Banquet of
the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2009); Buffalo Law
Review Award, the University at Buffalo Law Review (2016); Judge Charles
R. Richey Equal Justice Award, the George Washington University Law
School (2016); appointed 874 Congressional Directory judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia by President Clinton, June
16, 1994, and took oath of office August 1, 1994; U.S. Judicial
Conference Advisory Committee on Federal Criminal Rules.
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, senior judge; born in Boston, MA, 1948;
daughter of Robert M. Segal, Esq., and Sharlee Segal; B.A., Wellesley
College, 1970; Masters in City Planning, Yale University, 1972; J.D.,
magna cum laude, Boston College Law School, 1975 (Order of the Coif;
Articles Editor of the Law Review); law clerk to Chief Justice Edward F.
Hennessey, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1975-76; associate,
Williams and Connolly, 1976-84; partner, Williams and Connolly, 1984-90;
associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1990-99;
appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Clinton in October 1999, and took oath of office on February
25, 2000. Member: American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar,
Women's Bar Association; Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Master
in the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court and member of the Inn's
Executive Committee; instructor of Trial Advocacy at the University of
Virginia Law School; member of Visiting Faculty at Harvard Law School's
Trial Advocacy Workshop; Boston College Law School Board of Overseers;
seminar instructor at the Peking University School of Transnational Law
in Shenzhen, 2010; faculty, CEELI Institute for training Tunisian
judges, 2012; appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to
Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources, 2002-09, Judicial
Conference Committee on Criminal Law, 2011-17, Judicial Panel on
Multidistrict Litigation, 2013-present; American Inns of Court
Professionalism Award for the District of Columbia Circuit for 2017;
Board Member for the Frederick B. Abramson Scholarship Foundation.
REGGIE B. WALTON, judge; born in Donora, PA, 1949; son of the late
Theodore and Ruth (Garard) Walton; B.A., West Virginia State College,
1971; J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 1974;
admitted to the bars of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1974; United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1975;
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1976; United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1977; Supreme Court of the
United States, 1980; United States District Court for the District of
Columbia; Staff Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, 1974-76;
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1976-80;
Chief, Career Criminal Unit, Assistant United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia, 1979-80; Executive Assistant United States
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1980-81; Associate Judge,
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-89; deputy presiding
judge of the Criminal Division, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, 1986-89; Associate Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1989-91; Senior White House
Advisor for Crime, The White House, 1991; Associate Judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001; Presiding Judge of the
Domestic Violence Unit, Superior Court of the District of Columbia,
2000; Presiding Judge of the Family Division, Superior Court of the
District of Columbia, 2001; Instructor: National Judicial College, Reno,
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Nevada, 1999-present; Harvard University Law School, Trial Advocacy
Workshop, 1994-present; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Georgetown
University Law School, 1983-present; co-author, Pretrial Drug Testing--
An Essential Component of the National Drug Control Strategy, Brigham
Young University Journal of Public Law (1991); co-author, Business and
Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (4th ed. 2016); co-author, Tough
Cases (2018); Distinguished Alumnus Award, American University,
Washington College of Law (1991); The William H. Hastie Award, The
Judicial Council of the National Bar Association (1993); Commissioned as
a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor (1990, 1991); Governor's Proclamation
declaring April 9, 1991, Judge Reggie B. Walton Day in the State of
Louisiana; The West Virginia State College National Alumni Association
James R. Waddy Meritorious Service Award (1990); Secretary's Award,
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (1990); Outstanding Alumnus
Award, Ringgold High School (1987); Director's Award for Superior
Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney (1980); Profiled in
book entitled Black Judges on Justice: Perspectives From The Bench by
Linn Washington (1995); appointed district judge, United States District
Court for the District of Columbia by President George W. Bush,
September 24, 2001, and took oath of office October 29, 2001; appointed
by President Bush in 2004 to serve as the Chairperson of the National
Prison Rape Reduction Commission, a two-year commission created by the
United States Congress tasked with the mission of identifying methods to
curb the incidents of prison rape; appointed by former Chief Justice
Rehnquist to serve on Judicial Conference Criminal Law Committee, 2005-
11; member, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2007-
14; Presiding Judge, 2013-14; appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to
serve on Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and
Management, 2014-present; appointed by Secretary of Defense James Mattis
to serve on Defense Advisory Committee on Investigations, Prosecution
and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces, 2017-present; sitting
by designation, United States District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania, 2016-present; assisted in creation of and presides over
reentry court in United States District Court for the District of
Columbia, 2016-present; serves on American Law Institute Committee on
the Model Penal Code for Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, 2013-
present; active youth mentor and participant in Big Brother program.
JOHN D. BATES, senior judge; born in Elizabeth, NJ, 1946; son of
Richard D. and Sarah (Deacon) Bates; B.A., Wesleyan University, 1968;
J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 1976; U.S. Army (1968-71,
1st Lt., Vietnam Service Medal, Bronze Star); law clerk to Hon. Roszel
Thomsen, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1976-77;
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-97 (Chief, Civil
Division, 1987-97); Director's Award for Superior Performance (1983);
Attorney General's Special commendation Award (1986); Deputy Independent
Counsel, Whitewater Investigation, 1995-97; private practice of law,
Miller and Chevalier (partner, 1998-2001), Chair of Government Contracts
Litigation Department and member of Executive Committee), Steptoe and
Johnson (associate, 1977-80); District of Columbia Circuit Advisory
Committee for Procedures, 1989-93; Civil Justice Reform Committee of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1996-2001; Treasurer,
D.C. Bar, 1992-93; Publications Committee, D.C. Bar (1991-97, Chair
1994-97); D.C. Bar Special Committee on Government Lawyers, 1990-91;
D.C. Bar Task Force on Civility in the Profession, 1994-96; D.C. Bar
Committee on Examination of Rule 49, 1995-96; Chair, Litigation Section,
Federal Bar Association, 1986-89; Board of Directors, Washington Lawyers
Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, 1999-2001; appointed to
the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in December, 2001;
member, Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the
Judicial Conference, 2003-09; member, United States Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, 2006-13, presiding judge, 2009-13; Director,
Administrative Office of United States Courts, 2013-14; Chairman,
Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2015-present.
RICHARD J. LEON, judge; born in South Natick, MA, 1949; son of
Silvano B. Leon and Rita (O'Rorke) Leon; A.B., Holy Cross College, 1971,
J.D., cum laude, Suffolk Law School, 1974; LL.M., Harvard Law School,
1981; Law Clerk to Chief Justice McLaughlin and the Associate Justices,
Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1974-75; Law Clerk to Hon. Thomas F.
Kelleher, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-76; admitted to the bar,
Rhode Island, 1975, and District of Columbia, 1991; Special Assistant
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1977-78; Assistant
Professor of Law, St. John's Law School, New York, 1979-83; Senior Trial
Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
1983-87; Deputy Chief Minority Counsel, U.S. House Select ``Iran-
Contra'' Committee, 1987-88; Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General,
Environment Division, 1988-89; Partner, Baker and Hostetler, Washington,
DC, 1989-99; Commissioner, The White House Fellows Commission, 1990-92;
Chief Minority Counsel, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee ``October
Surprise'' Task Force, 1992-93; Special Counsel, U.S. House Banking
Committee ``Whitewater'' Investigation, 1994; Special Counsel, U.S.
House Ethics Reform Task Force,
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1997; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-present;
Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Washington, DC, 1999-2002;
Commissioner, Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-
01; Master, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court; appointed U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia by President George W. Bush
on February 19, 2002; took oath of office on March 20, 2002.
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, judge; born in White Plains, NY, 1945;
daughter of Thomas C. and Alice Henry Mayers; educated in parochial and
public schools in Stamford, Connecticut; B.A., Trinity College,
Washington, DC, 1968; J.D., University of Denver College of Law, 1977;
practiced with Sherman and Howard, Denver, Colorado, 1977-81; Chairman,
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 1981-84, by
appointment of President Ronald Reagan with Senate confirmation; General
Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1984-89, by appointment of
President Reagan with Senate confirmation; private practice with Crowell
and Moring LLP, Washington, DC, 1989-2003; member and chairman of the
firm's Management Committee; appointed U.S. District Judge for the
District of Columbia by President George W. Bush and took oath of office
on January 2, 2003. Member, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
2013-present. Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
2016-present. Chief Judge, Alien Terrorist Removal Court, 2016-present.
Officers of the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
Bankruptcy Judge.--S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judges: G. Michael Harvey, Robin M.
Meriweather, Deborah A. Robinson.
Clerk of Court.--Angela D. Caesar.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Lisa J. Klem.
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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.
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; represented
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.
JENNIFER CHOE-GROVES, judge; born in Chicago, IL; A.B., Princeton
University; J.D., Rutgers School of Law-Newark; LL.M., Columbia Law
School; Juilliard School, Pre-College Degree (Piano and Composition).
Nominated by the President of the United States on July 30, 2015 and
confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on June 6, 2016. Judge
Choe-Groves served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan
District Attorney's Office, as Senior Director for Intellectual Property
and Innovation and Chair of the Special 301 Committee for the Office of
the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under Presidents George W.
Bush and Barack Obama. Prior to her appointment to the United States
Court of International Trade, Judge Choe-Groves was a partner in private
practice.
GARY S. KATZMANN, judge; born in New York, NY. New York City public
schools; A.B., summa cum laude, Phil Beta Kappa, Columbia, 1973; M.Litt,
Oxford, 1976; J.D., Yale Law School, 1979; Editor, Yale Law Journal;
M.P.P.M., Yale School of Management, 1979. Law Clerk, Judge Leonard B.
Sand, United States District Court for the Southern
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District of New York, 1979-80; Law Clerk, Judge Stephen G. Breyer,
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1980-81. Research
Associate, Center for Criminal Justice, Harvard Law School, 1981-83;
special investigator, Administrative Board, Harvard Law School, 1982-83.
Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1983-2004
(variously trial and appellate litigator in the criminal and civil
divisions, Chief Appellate Attorney, Deputy Chief of the Criminal
Division, Chief Legal Counsel to the United States Attorney). Associate
Deputy Attorney General, Washington, D.C., 1993-94 (on detail from U.S.
Attorney's Office); Office of the Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation (1995) (on detail). Recipient, Director's Awards,
Department of Justice, for excellence in appellate advocacy (1993) and
for successful terrorism prosecution (2003). Associate Justice,
Massachusetts Appeals Court, 2004-16 (appointed by Governor Mitt
Romney). Judge, United States Court of International Trade, 2016-present
(appointed by President Barack Obama, sworn in on September 16, 2016).
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 1990-94, 1997; John F. Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University, 1993-2003; research fellow and
project director, 1997-2001; Fellow, 2002-03. Governance Institute,
Washington, D.C., 1997-2003, research fellow and project director, 1997-
2001; Fellow, 2002-03. Yale Law School, 1999, participant in course on
sentencing. Faculty, Institute for Judicial Administration, NYU Law
School, Seminar for New Appellate Judges, 2013-present. Author, Inside
the Criminal Process (1990) (W.W. Norton, publisher); Editor and
Contributing Author, Securing Our Children's Future: New Approaches to
Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence (2004) (Brookings/Governance,
publisher). Author, various articles.
TIMOTHY M. REIF, judge. From 2017 to 2019, Judge Reif served as
Senior Advisor to the United States Trade Representative. From 2009 to
2017, he was the General Counsel for the Office of the United States
Trade Representative. As General Counsel, Judge Reif was responsible for
compliance with and enforcement of all U.S. trade and investment
agreements, and for providing legal counsel on all U.S. trade
negotiations. From 1998 to 2009, Judge Reif served as Chief
International Trade Counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means in the
U.S. House of Representatives, where he advised on the regulation of all
international trade, investment, regulatory and economic matters, and
related legislation. Prior to this appointment, Judge Reif worked as
Special International Trade Counsel at Dewey Ballantine, LLP. From 1993
to 1995, Judge Reif served as Trade Counsel to the Ways and Means
Committee. From 1989 to 1993, Judge Reif served as Associate General
Counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where he was
lead USTR negotiator for key provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as well as a number
of bilateral agreements such as the U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement
(1991). Judge Reif also litigated or supervised the litigation of
numerous disputes under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT). From 1987 to 1989, Judge Reif served as Attorney-Advisor with
the U.S. International Trade Commission. From 1985 to 1987, he served as
an associate with the Washington office of Milbank Tweed Hadley &
McCloy. Since 2015, Judge Reif has been Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law
School and has also served as Visiting Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
(2017, 2012, 2008, 2004) and at Georgetown Law School (1995-2007). Mr.
Reif received his JD from Columbia Law School and his MPA and AB degrees
from Princeton University. He is married to Desiree Green and they are
the parents of Paul, Anna, Sarah and Clare. They live with their
Airedales, Winston and Clementine.
M. MILLER BAKER, judge. Appointed as a Judge of the United States
Court of International Trade on December 18, 2019, by President Donald
J. Trump. Judge Baker entered on duty on December 20, 2019. A native of
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Judge Baker grew up in Louisiana and
Wyoming and attended Louisiana State University. Judge Baker thereafter
earned his J.D. from Tulane University Law School and was admitted to
the Louisiana bar in 1984 at age 22. After graduating from Tulane, he
served as a law clerk to Judge John Malcolm Duhe, Jr., of the United
States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and then for
Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit. Following his judicial clerkships, from 1986 until the
end of the Reagan Administration on January 20, 1989, Judge Baker served
in the Justice Department under Attorneys General Edwin Meese III and
Richard Thornburgh, first as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal
Policy, and later as a special assistant to the Assistant Attorney
General for Civil Rights. Judge Baker then entered private practice in
Washington, D.C., until 1991. From 1991 to 1993 he served as counsel to
Senator Orrin G. Hatch on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Following his service on the Judiciary Committee staff, Judge Baker
returned to private practice in Washington, D.C., focusing on complex
civil litigation involving a wide range of subjects at the law firms of
Carr Goodson Warner (1993-2000) and McDermott Will & Emery LLP (2000-
19). At McDermott, Judge Baker co-chaired the firm's appellate practice
group. When he was in private practice, Judge Baker
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argued before the Supreme Court, nine of the thirteen federal courts of
appeals, and appellate courts in three states and the District of
Columbia. In 2009, The American Lawyer named Judge Baker as ``Litigator
of the Week'' for one of his Supreme Court wins. In addition to his
appellate practice, Judge Baker litigated in state and federal trial
courts in seventeen states and the District of Columbia. From 1986 to
1995, Judge Baker served as a naval reserve intelligence officer and
received an honorable discharge. His duties included serving with an
anti-terrorist unit, on the battle staff of an admiral commanding a
carrier battle group operating in the North Atlantic during a large NATO
exercise in the Cold War, and as a watch officer in the Navy Command
Center in the Pentagon during the Persian Gulf War. In the aftermath of
9 / 11, Judge Baker testified before the House and Senate Judiciary
Committees on constitutional and policy issues associated with
continuity of government. He also testified before the Continuity of
Government Commission, a bipartisan study commission established by the
American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution. Judge Baker
and his wife Margaret have five children, two of whom are active duty
military officers.
SENIOR JUDGES
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; 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.
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.
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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.
LEO M. GORDON, senior 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.
INACTIVE SENIOR JUDGES
GREGORY W. CARMAN, inactive 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.
R. KENTON MUSGRAVE, inactive 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
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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.
JUDITH M. BARZILAY, inactive 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.
DELISSA A. RIDGWAY, inactive senior 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.
Officer of the United States Court of International Trade
Clerk.--Mario Toscano (212) 264-2814.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
Lafayette Square, 717 Madison Place, NW., Washington, DC 20439
phone (202) 357-6406
MARGARET M. SWEENEY, chief judge; born in Baltimore, MD; B.A. in
history, Notre Dame of Maryland, 1977; J.D., Delaware Law School, 1981;
Delaware Family Court Master, 1981-83; litigation associate, Fedorko,
Gilbert, and Lanctot, Morrisville, PA, 1983-85; law clerk to Hon. Loren
A. Smith, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1985-87;
trial attorney in the General Litigation Section of the Environment and
Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice,
1987-99; president, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, 1999;
attorney advisor, United States Department of Justice Office of
Intelligence Policy and Review, 1999-2003; special master, U.S. Court of
Federal Claims, 2003-05; member of the Bars of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by President George W. Bush on October
24, 2005, and entered duty on December 14, 2005. Designated chief judge
by President Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2018.
THOMAS C. WHEELER, judge; born in Chicago, IL, March 18, 1948;
married; two grown children; B.A., Gettysburg College, 1970; J.D.,
Georgetown University Law School, 1973; private practice in Washington,
DC, 1973-2005; associate and partner, Pettit and Martin until 1995;
partner, Piper and Marbury (later Piper Marbury Rudnick and Wolfe, and
then DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary); member of the District of Columbia
Bar; American Bar Association's Public Contracts and Litigation
Sections; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 24,
2005.
PATRICIA E. CAMPBELL-SMITH, judge; born in Baltimore, MD, 1966;
B.S.E.E., Duke University, 1987; J.D., Tulane Law School, 1992; admitted
to the Bar of Louisiana; judicial extern to Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1991; law clerk to Hon. Martin
L. C. Feldman, U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Louisiana,
1992-93; associate, Liskow and Lewis, 1993-96, 1997-98; law clerk to
Hon. Sarah S. Vance (Chief Judge), U.S. District Court for Eastern
District of Louisiana, 1996-97; senior law clerk to Hon. Emily C. Hewitt
(Chief Judge), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1998-2005; special master,
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2005-11; chief special master, U.S. Court
of Federal Claims, 2011-13; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims by President Obama on September 19, 2013; chief judge from
October 21, 2013-March 13, 2017.
ELAINE D. KAPLAN, judge; born in Brooklyn, New York, December 18,
1955; B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1976; J.D.,
Georgetown University, 1979; Office of the Solicitor General, Department
of Labor, 1979-83; Attorney, State and Local Legal Center, 1983-84;
Attorney and Deputy General Counsel, National Treasury Employees Union,
1984-98; Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, 1998-03; Of
Counsel, Bernabei and Katz, 2003-04; Senior Deputy General Counsel,
National Treasury Employees Union, 2004-09; General Counsel, U.S. Office
of Personnel Management, 2009-13; Acting Director, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 2013; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims by President Barack Obama on September 17, 2013.
LYDIA KAY GRIGGSBY, judge; born in Baltimore, MD, January 16, 1968;
educated at the Park School, Brooklandville, MD, 1980-86; B.A.,
University of Pennsylvania, 1990; J.D., Georgetown University Law
Center, 1993; member, Bar of Maryland and Bar of the District of
Columbia; private practice of law, DLA Piper, 1993-95; Trial Attorney,
United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial
Litigation Branch, 1995-98; Assistant United States Attorney, United
States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, 1998-2004;
Counsel, United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 2004-06;
Privacy Counsel, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2006-
08; Chief Counsel for Privacy and Information Policy, United States
Senate Committee on the Judiciary 2008-14; appointed
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by President Obama to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on December 5,
2014; entered duty on December 15, 2014.
RICHARD A. HERTLING, judge; confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as
a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims in June 2019. Born
and raised in New York City, he graduated from Brown University and
received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He is
admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. Upon
graduating from law school, Judge Hertling clerked for Judge Henry A.
Politz of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in
1985-86. Following his clerkship, he was hired through the Attorney
General's Honors Program and served as a Trial Attorney in the Federal
Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice,
litigating constitutional and regulatory cases, from 1986 until January
1990. In January 1990, Judge Hertling began his Capitol Hill career,
serving on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee as minority chief
counsel of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and the Subcommittee on
Technology and the Law, and as chief counsel of the Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Technology and Government Information, while also serving as
chief counsel to Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA). Subsequently, Judge
Hertling became senior counsel to the Senate Governmental Affairs
Committee, while also handling Judiciary Committee and other legal
issues for its chairman, Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN). Following that
position, he became chief of staff to newly elected Senator Peter
Fitzgerald (R-IL), and then returned to the Governmental Affairs
Committee as minority staff director. Upon the retirement of Senator
Thompson, Judge Hertling served as deputy chief of staff and legislative
director to newly elected Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN). In July 2003,
Judge Hertling was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal
Policy at the Department of Justice and in 2005 was named the Principal
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy. In 2007, he was
appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at
the Department of Justice. Judge Hertling was appointed minority deputy
chief of staff and policy director of the House Judiciary Committee in
2008, becoming the committee's staff director and chief counsel in 2012.
In 2013, Judge Hertling joined a prominent Washington law firm as of
counsel in its public policy group and practiced at the firm until his
appointment to the court.
RYAN T. HOLTE judge; confirmed by the United States Senate in June
2019 and sworn in as a judge on the United States Court of Federal
Claims in July 2019. Prior to confirmation he served as the David L.
Brennan Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual
Property Law and Technology at The University of Akron School of Law
(2017-19) and an assistant professor of law at Southern Illinois
University School of Law (2013-17). He was the recipient of multiple
research fellowships on patent law topics, including awards from the
George Mason University School of Law and Case Western Reserve
University School of Law. As an academic, Judge Holte taught a wide
variety of courses, including all intellectual property subjects and
property law. Judge Holte has written and presented widely on patent law
subjects and empirical legal studies of Federal Circuit and district
court patent law cases. His most recent articles were published in the
Iowa Law Review (2019), George Mason Law Review (2018), and Washington
Law Review (2017). In practice, Judge Holte served for six years as
general counsel and partner of an electrical engineering technology
company and is co-inventor of two patents related to Systems and Methods
for Countering Satellite-Navigated Munitions (originally held under U.S.
Army Secrecy Order until June 2016). Prior to entering academia, Judge
Holte practiced as a litigation attorney at the Federal Trade
Commission, an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at
Jones Day, and a patent prosecutor at Finnegan. Prior to practice, he
served as a law clerk to Judge Stanley F. Birch, Jr. on the United
States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and as a law clerk to
Judge Loren A. Smith on the United States Court of Federal Claims. While
in practice, Judge Holte represented numerous pro bono clients on IP
matters and served as lead court-appointed habeas corpus counsel in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Holte also
served in intellectual property bar leadership positions on the Atlanta
IP Inn of Court (Executive Committee), and the State Bar of Georgia (IP
Section Trademark Committee Chair). Before law practice, Judge Holte
owned a car dealership in the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in
biodiesel vehicles and worked as an engineer for Agilent Technologies /
Hewlett Packard in Sonoma County, California. Judge Holte received his
JD from the University of California Davis School of Law where he served
as a staff editor of the UC Davis Business Law Journal. He received his
BS, magna cum laude, in engineering from the California Maritime Academy
where he was a First Class graduate of the Corps of Cadets Third
Engineering Division and sailed as a U.S. Merchant Marine oiler. Judge
Holte is the recipient of the 2018 California Maritime Academy
Distinguished Alumnus award. Judge Holte is married and the proud father
of two young children. He has been active for many years in various
church and community
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organizations and his outside interests include classic car and truck
restoration, motorcycle riding, and chasing after his kids.
DAVID AUSTIN TAPP, judge; confirmed on November 5, 2019 by the U.S.
Senate as Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Prior to
confirmation, Judge Tapp served 15 years as Judge of the 28th Circuit
and District of the Kentucky Court of Justice. He holds a Juris
Doctorate from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, a
Master of Science from Chaminade University of Honolulu, and a Bachelor
of Arts from Morehead State University. Judge Tapp is a frequent
presenter and author on a wide variety of civil and criminal issues
including court culture, judicial stress, court-targeted acts of
violence, evidence, electronically stored information, and civil and
criminal procedure. He previously served as a law enforcement officer,
prosecutor, private counsel, and adjunct professor of law. Judge Tapp's
efforts on a variety of justice-related issues have been well-
recognized. In 2011, Judge Tapp received the ``All Rise'' Award from the
National Association of Drug Court Professionals for his efforts related
to funding issues for substance abuse treatment courts. Most recently,
Judge Tapp's drug court team became one of only 15 drug courts (out of
2,700 worldwide) to receive the NADCP's Community Transformation Award
for his team's continuing efforts to provide meaningful substance abuse
treatment. Judge Tapp was also the lead judge for Kentucky's efforts to
explore the use of extended-release injectable naltrexone as part of a
comprehensive opiate treatment strategy. Judge Tapp currently serves as
a policy advisor to the 2020 RX Drug and Heroin Abuse Summit, the
nation's largest conference addressing opioid-related issues. Until his
confirmation, he served on the U.S. Coordinating Council on Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention which reports to the President and
Congress through the U.S. Department of Justice and provides advice
regarding programming and intervention strategies for the nation's
justice-involved children. Judge Tapp previously served six years as
Chairperson of Kentucky's Circuit Judges Education Committee where he
directed the continuing education of all general jurisdiction and family
court judges within Kentucky. He also acted as Kentucky's Co-Chairperson
of the Judicial Child Fatality Task Force which focused on awareness
issues surrounding fatal and near-fatal events involving children within
the judicial and child protective system, and as a member of Kentucky's
Criminal Justice Policy Assessment Council, a statewide group tasked
with evaluation of the Commonwealth's justice practices.
MATTHEW H. SOLOMSON judge; confirmed by the U.S. Senate in January
2020, and entered on duty at the court on February 4, 2020. The son of a
retired U.S. Army colonel, Judge Solomson lived in eight states before
starting high school in Maryland, where he currently resides with his
family. He completed a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Brandeis
University. In 2002, Judge Solomson graduated, with honors and Order of
the Coif, from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of
Law, and earned an M.B.A. (with a concentration in accounting) from the
University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Judge
Solomson is the author of Court of Federal Claims: Jurisdiction,
Practice, and Procedure, a legal treatise first published by Bloomberg
BNA in 2016. Prior to joining the court, Judge Solomson served as Chief
Legal & Compliance Officer for an $11B federal contracting business unit
of a Fortune 50 healthcare company. In that role, Judge Solomson managed
a team of attorneys, compliance professionals, and internal auditors. He
also previously led the government contracts practice group within the
in-house law department of Booz Allen Hamilton, while serving as the
principal government contracts counsel to the company's intelligence
business unit. Judge Solomson's private practice experience includes
having served as Counsel in the government contracts and litigation
practice groups of Sidley Austin LLP, and as an Associate with Arnold &
Porter LLP, both in Washington, DC. In addition to his private sector
experience, Judge Solomson was a Trial Attorney with the Commercial
Litigation Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he
represented a variety of military and civilian agencies as counsel of
record in dozens of cases before the National Courts, which include the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Following law school,
Judge Solomson served as a law clerk to Judge Francis M. Allegra of the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Since 2008, Judge Solomson has served as
Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey
School of Law, where he teaches government contracts law. He is a member
of the Maryland and DC bars, and previously was an officer of the Court
of Federal Claims Bar Association. Judge Solomson enjoys studying
Talmud, playing tennis, and spending time at the beach with his family.
ELENI M. ROUMEL, judge; appointed Judge of the United States Court
of Federal Claims on February 24, 2020. She previously served as the
Deputy Counsel to Vice President Mike Pence from 2018-20. Prior to her
tenure at the White House, she served from 2012-18 as Assistant General
Counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives Office of General Counsel.
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While serving in the House Office of General Counsel she advised and
represented the U.S. House of Representatives, Members of Congress, and
congressional staff in federal trial and appellate courts across the
country. Judge Roumel previously was a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough, LLP, in Charleston, South Carolina, and before that
practiced at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP and Skadden Arps
Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP in New York City. She also was an adjunct
professor at the Charleston School of Law, where she taught intellectual
property law. Judge Roumel served as a law clerk to the Honorable
William H. Pauley III, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of New York, from 2002-04. Judge Roumel has practiced before 26
different federal and state courts during her nearly 20 years of law
practice. A native of Maryland, Judge Roumel received her J.D., magna
cum laude, in 2000 from Tulane Law School, where she graduated Order of
the Coif and was an editor of the Tulane Law Review. Judge Roumel also
received her M.B.A. from Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of
Business in 2000. She earned her bachelor of arts degree, cum laude,
from Wake Forest University in 1996.
SENIOR JUDGES
JOHN PAUL WIESE, senior judge; born in Brooklyn, NY, April 19,
1934; son of Gustav and Margaret Wiese; B.A., cum laude, Hobart College,
1962, Phi Beta Kappa; LL.B., University of Virginia School of Law, 1965;
married to Alice Mary Donoghue, June, 1961; one son, John Patrick;
served U.S. Army, 1957-59; law clerk: U.S. Court of Claims, trial
division, 1965-66, and Judge Linton M. Collins, U.S. Court of Claims,
appellate division, 1966-67; private practice in District of Columbia,
1967-74 (specializing in government contract litigation); trial judge,
U.S. Court of Claims, 1974-82; admitted to the Bar of the District of
Columbia, 1966; admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims; member: District of Columbia Bar Association and American Bar
Association; designated in Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 as
judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and reappointed by President Reagan
to 15-year term on October 14, 1986.
LOREN A. SMITH, senior judge; born in Chicago, IL, 1944; married to
Catherine Yore Smith; two sons; attended Northwestern University (BA
1966) and Northwestern University School of Law (JD 1969); admitted to
practice Supreme Court of Illinois, federal courts in Washington, DC;
consultant at Sidley & Austin, Chicago (1972-73); general attorney,
Federal Communications Commission (1973), assistant to the special
counsel to the president (1973-74); special assistant U.S. attorney for
the District of Columbia (1974-75); professor of law, Delaware Law
School (1976-84); deputy director of the Executive Branch Management
Office of Presidential Transition (1980-81); chairman of the
Administrative Conference of the United States (1981-1985); adjunct
professor of law at George Mason University School of Law; Washington
College of Law, American University; Georgetown University Law Center;
Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America; nominated to
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by President Reagan on May 15, 1985;
and assumed duties of the office on July 11, 1985; served as chief judge
from January 14, 1986-July 11, 2000.
MARIAN BLANK HORN, senior judge; born in New York, NY, 1943;
daughter of Werner P. and Mady R. Blank; married to Robert Jack Horn;
three daughters; attended Fieldston School, New York, NY, Barnard
College, Columbia University, and Fordham University School of Law;
admitted to practice U.S. Supreme Court, 1973, Federal and State courts
in New York, 1970, and Washington, DC, 1973; assistant district
attorney, Deputy Chief Appeals Bureau, Bronx County, NY, 1969-72;
attorney, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn, 1972-73; adjunct
professor of law, Washington College of Law, American University, 1973-
76; litigation attorney, Federal Energy Administration, 1975-76; senior
attorney, Office of General Counsel, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Branch,
Department of Energy, 1976-79; deputy assistant general counsel for
procurement and financial incentives, Department of Energy, 1979-81;
deputy associate solicitor, Division of Surface Mining, Department of
the Interior, 1981-83; associate solicitor, Division of General Law,
Department of the Interior, 1983-85; principal deputy solicitor and
acting solicitor, Department of Interior, 1985-86; adjunct professor of
law, George Washington University National Law Center, 1991-present;
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, 1994; assumed duties of judge, U.S.
Court of Federal Claims in 1986 and confirmed for a second term in 2003.
ERIC G. BRUGGINK, senior judge; born in Kalidjati, Indonesia,
September 11, 1949; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1961; married to Melinda
Harris Bruggink; sons: John and David; B.A., cum laude (sociology),
Auburn University, AL, 1971; M.A. (speech), 1972; J.D., University of
Alabama, 1975; Hugo Black Scholar and Note and Comments Editor of
Alabama
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Law Review; member, Alabama State Bar and District of Columbia Bar;
served as law clerk to chief judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern District
of Alabama, 1975-76; associate, Hardwick, Hause and Segrest, Dothan, AL,
1976-77; assistant director, Alabama Law Institute, 1977-79; director,
Office of Energy and Environmental Law, 1977-79; associate, Steiner,
Crum and Baker, Montgomery, AL, 1979-82; Director, Office of Appeals
Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1982-86; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims on April 15, 1986.
LYNN J. BUSH, senior judge; born in Little Rock, AR, December 30,
1948; daughter of John E. Bush III and Alice (Saville) Bush; one son,
Brian Bush Ferguson; B.A., Antioch College, 1970, Thomas J. Watson
Fellow; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1976; admitted to the
Arkansas Bar in 1976 and to the District of Columbia Bar in 1977; trial
attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department
of Justice, 1976-87; senior trial attorney, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Department of the Navy, 1987-89; counsel, Engineering Field
Activity Chesapeake, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of
the Navy, 1989-96; administrative judge, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development Board of Contract Appeals, 1996-98; nominated by
President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, June 22, 1998;
and assumed duties of the office on October 26, 1998.
EDWARD J. DAMICH, senior judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, June 19,
1948; son of John and Josephine (Lovrencic) Damich; A.B., St. Stephen's
College, 1970; J.D., Catholic University, 1976; professor of law at
Delaware School of Law of Widener University, 1976-84; served as a Law
and Economics Fellow at Columbia University School of Law, where he
earned his L.L.M. in 1983 and his J.S.D. in 1991; professor of law at
George Mason University, 1984-98; appointed by President George H.W.
Bush to be a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 1992-93;
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee,
1995-98; admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia; member of the
District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Association, Supreme
Court of the United States, the Federal Circuit and Association
litteraire et artistique internationale; president of the National
Federation of Croatian Americans, 1994-95; appointed by President
Clinton as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, October 22, 1998; served
as chief judge May 13, 2002 to March 11, 2009.
NANCY B. FIRESTONE, senior judge; born in Manchester, NH, October
17, 1951; B.A., Washington University, 1973; J.D., University of
Missouri, Kansas City, 1977; one child; attorney, Appellate Section and
Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, 1977-84; assistant chief, Policy Legislation and Special
Litigation, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, 1984-85; Deputy Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1985-89;
associate deputy administrator, Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC, 1989-92; judge, Environmental Appeals Board,
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1992-95; Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1995-98; adjunct professor,
Georgetown University Law Center, 1985-present; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims by President Clinton on October 22, 1998.
CHARLES F. LETTOW, senior judge; born in Iowa Falls, IA, 1941; son
of Carl F. and Catherine Lettow; B.S.Ch.E., Iowa State University, 1962;
LL.B., Stanford University, 1968, Order of the Coif; M.A., Brown
University, 2001; Note Editor, Stanford Law Review; children: Renee
Burnett, Carl Frederick II, John Stangland, and Paul Vorbeck; served
U.S. Army, 1963-65; law clerk to Judge Ben C. Duniway, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1968-69, and Chief Justice Warren E.
Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1969-70; counsel, Council on
Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President, 1970-73;
associate (1973-76) and partner (1976-2003), Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and
Hamilton, Washington, DC; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme
Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C., Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits, the U.S.
District Courts for the District of Columbia, the Northern District of
California, and the District of Maryland, and the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims; member: American Law Institute, the American Bar Association,
the D.C. Bar, the California State Bar, the Iowa State Bar Association,
and the Maryland State Bar; nominated by President George W. Bush to the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims in 2001 and confirmed and took office in
2003.
MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS, senior judge; born in Flushing, NY,
April 3, 1953; married with two children; B.A. summa cum laude (Greek
and Latin) and M.A. (Latin),
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The Catholic University of America, 1974; J.D., Duke University, 1977;
Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1976-77; admitted to the District of
Columbia Bar; associate, Fulbright and Jaworski, 1977-79; associate,
Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, 1979-83; Assistant U.S. Attorney,
Civil Division, District of Columbia, 1983-87; partner, Janis, Schuelke
and Wechsler, 1987-89; administrative judge, General Services Board of
Contract Appeals, March 1989-July 2003; secretary, District of Columbia
Bar, 1988-89; Fellow, American Bar Foundation, elected 1985; Board of
Directors, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1985-88;
Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, Bar Association of the District of
Columbia, 1985-86; Chair, Public Contract Law Section of the American
Bar Association, 2002-03; Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Council,
1995-2002; Delegate, Section of Public Contract Law, ABA House of
Delegates, 2003-08 and 2014-present; ABA Board of Governors, 2010-13;
Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2006-present; Adjunct
Professor, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law,
2004-06; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 21, 2003.
VICTOR JOHN WOLSKI, senior judge; born in New Brunswick, NJ,
November 14, 1962; son of Vito and Eugenia Wolski; B.A., B.S.,
University of Pennsylvania, 1984; J.D., University of Virginia School of
Law, 1991; married to Lisa Wolski; admitted to Supreme Court of the
United States, 1995; California Supreme Court, 1992; Washington Supreme
Court, 1994; Oregon Supreme Court, 1996; District of Columbia Court of
Appeals, 2001; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993; U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2001; U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of California, 1993; U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California, 1995; U.S. Court of Federal Claims,
2001; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2002; research
assistant, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1984-85;
research associate, Institute for Political Economy, 1985-88;
confidential assistant and speechwriter to the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1988; paralegal specialist, Office of the
general counsel, U.S. Department of Energy, 1989; law clerk to Judge
Vaughn R. Walker, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California, 1991-92; attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, 1992-97;
general counsel, Sacramento County Republican Central Committee, 1995-
97; counsel Senator Connie Mack, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Economic
Committee, U.S. Congress, 1997-98; general counsel and chief tax
adviser, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, 1999-2000; associate,
Cooper, Carvin and Rosenthal, 2000-01; associate, Cooper and Kirk, 2001-
03; associate editor, Public Contract Law Journal, 2006-present;
appointed by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims on July 14, 2003.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT
400 Second Street, NW., Washington, DC 20217
phone (202) 521-0700
MAURICE B. FOLEY, chief judge; Born in Illinois; Received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, a Juris Doctor from
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and a Masters of Law
in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to the
appointment to the Court was an attorney for the Legislation and
Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Counsel for
the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Deputy Tax
Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy.
Appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
April 9, 1995, for a term ending April 8, 2010. Reappointed on November
25, 2011, for a term ending November 24, 2026. Elected as Chief Judge
fora two-year term effective June 1, 2018.
JOSEPH H. GALE, judge; born in Virginia; A.B., Philosophy,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1976; J.D., University of Virginia
School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, Dillard Fellow, 1980; practiced law
as an Associate Attorney, Dewey Ballantine, Washington, DC, and New
York, 1980-83; Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin, Washington, DC, 1983-85;
served as Tax Legislative Counsel for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
(D-NY), 1985-88; Administrative Assistant and Tax Legislative Counsel,
1989; Chief Counsel, 1990-93; Chief Tax Counsel, Committee on Finance,
U.S. Senate, 1993-95; minority Chief Tax Counsel, Senate Finance
Committee, January 1995-July 1995; minority Staff Director and Chief
Counsel, Senate Finance Committee, July 1995-January 1996; admitted to
District of Columbia Bar; member of American Bar Association, Section of
Taxation. Appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax
Court, February 6, 1996, for a term ending February 5, 2011. Reappointed
on October 18, 2011, for a term ending October 17, 2026.
MICHAEL B. THORNTON, judge; born in Mississippi; University of
Southern Mississippi, B.S., in Accounting, summa cum laude, 1976; M.S.,
in Accounting, 1977; M.A., in English Literature, University of
Tennessee, 1979; J.D., with distinction, Duke University School of Law,
1982; Order of the Coif, Duke Law Journal Editorial Board. Admitted to
District of Columbia Bar, 1982. Served as Law Clerk to the Honorable
Charles Clark, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
1983-84. Practiced law as an Associate Attorney, Sutherland, Asbill and
Brennan, Washington, DC, 1982-83, and summer 1981; Miller and Chevalier,
Chartered, Washington, DC, 1985-88. Served as Tax Counsel, U.S. House
Committee on Ways and Means, 1988-94; Chief Minority Tax Counsel, U.S.
House Committee on Ways and Means, January 1995; Attorney-Adviser, U.S.
Treasury Department, February-April 1995; Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel
in the Office of Tax Policy, United States Treasury Department, April
1995-February 1998. Recipient of Treasury Secretary's Annual Award, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1997; Meritorious Service Award, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1998. Appointed by President Clinton as
Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 8, 1998, for a term ending
March 7, 2013. Served as Chief Judge from June 1, 2012, to March 7,
2013. Reappointed by President Obama on August 7, 2013, for a term
ending August 6, 2028, and served again as Chief Judge from August 7,
2013, until May 31, 2016.
DAVID GUSTAFSON, judge; born in Greenville, South Carolina; Bob
Jones University, B.A. summa cum laude, 1978. Duke University School of
Law, J.D. with distinction, 1981. Order of the Coif (1981). Executive
Editor of the Duke Law Journal (1980-81). Admitted to the District of
Columbia Bar, 1981. Associate at the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and
Brennan, in Washington, D.C., 1981-83. Trial Attorney (1983-89),
Assistant Chief (1989-2005), and Chief (2005-08) in the Court of Federal
Claims Section of the Tax Division in the U.S. Department of Justice;
and Coordinator of Tax Shelter Litigation for the entire Tax Division
(2002-06). Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Awards, 1985, 1989, 1997,
2001-05. Federal Bar Association's Younger Attorney Award, 1991.
President of the Court of
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Federal Claims Bar Association (2001). Appointed by President George W.
Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on July 29, 2008, for a term
ending July 29, 2023.
ELIZABETH CREWSON PARIS, judge; born in Oklahoma; B.S., University
of Tulsa, 1980; J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law, 1987; LL.M.,
Taxation, University of Denver College of Law, 1993. Admitted to the
Supreme Court of Oklahoma and U.S. District Court for the District of
Oklahoma, 1988; U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1993; Supreme Court of Colorado, 1994.
Former partner, Brumley Bishop and Paris, 1992; Senior Associate,
McKenna and Cueno, 1994; Tax Partner, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren,
Norris and Rieselbach, 1998. Tax Counsel to the United States Senate
Finance Committee, 2000-08. Member of the American Bar Association,
Section of Taxation and Real Property and Probate Sections, formerly
served as Vice Chair to both Agriculture and Entity Selection
Committees. Member of Colorado and Oklahoma Bar Associations. Recognized
as Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Tulsa School of law.
Author of numerous tax, estate planning, real property, agriculture
articles and chapters. Former Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Law Center, LL.M. Taxation Program, and University of Tulsa College of
Law. Appointed by President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on July 30, 2008, for a term ending July 29, 2023.
RICHARD T. MORRISON, judge; born in Hutchinson, Kansas; B.A., B.S.,
University of Kansas, 1989; visiting student at Mansfield College,
Oxford University, 1987-88; J.D., University of Chicago Law School,
1993; Member, University of Chicago Law Review; Associate Editor,
University of Chicago Legal Forum; M.A., University of Chicago, 1994.
Clerk to Judge Jerry E. Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, 1993-94. Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Illinois,
1994-96. Associate, Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois 1996-2001.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Review and Appellate Matters, Tax
Division, United States Department of Justice, from 2001-08 (except for
term as Acting Assistant Attorney General, from July 2007 to January
2008). Appointed by President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on August 28, 2008, for a term ending August 27, 2023.
KATHLEEN KERRIGAN, judge; born in Springfield, Massachusetts; B.S.,
Boston College 1985; J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School, 1990.
Admitted to Massachusetts Bar, 1991 and District Columbia Bar, 1992.
Legislative Director for Congressman Richard E. Neal, Member of the Ways
and Means Committee, 1990 to 1998. Associate and partner at Baker &
Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C. 1998-2005. Tax Counsel for Senator John
F. Kerry, Member of Senate Finance Committee, 2005-12. Appointed by
President Barack Obama as Judge United States Tax Court, on May 4, 2012,
for a term ending on May 3, 2027.
RONALD L. BUCH, judge; Born in Flint, Michigan. Northwood
Institute, B.B.A., 1987. Detroit College of Law, J.D. with Taxation
Concentration, 1993. Capital University Law School, LL.M. in Taxation,
1994. Research Editor of the Detroit College of Law Review, 1992-93.
Ohio Tax Review Fellow, 1993-94. Admitted to the bars of Michigan,
inactive (1993), Ohio, inactive (1994), Florida (1994), and the District
of Columbia (1995). Consultant at KPMG Washington National Tax (1995-
97). Attorney-Advisor (1997-2000) and Senior Legal Counsel (2000-01) at
the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Associate (2001-05) and Partner (2005-
09) at McKee Nelson LLP. Partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP (2009-13).
James E. Markham Attorney of the Year Award, 1999. Chair of the DC Bar
Tax Audits and Litigation Committee, 2006-08. Chair of the ABA Tax
Section's Administrative Practice Committee, 2008-09. Appointed by
President Barack H. Obama as Judge, United States Tax Court, on January
14, 2013, for a term ending January 13, 2028.
JOSEPH W. NEGA, judge; born in Illinois; DePaul University, B.S.C.
in Accounting, 1981; DePaul University School of Law, J.D., 1984;
Georgetown University School of Law, M.L.T., 1986. Admitted to the
Illinois Bar 1984. On staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the
United States Congress: Legislation Attorney, 1985-89; Legislation
Counsel, 1989-2009; and Senior Legislation Counsel, 2009-13. Appointed
by President Barack H. Obama as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
September 4, 2013, for a term ending September 3, 2028.
CARY DOUGLAS PUGH, judge; born in Virginia; B.A., in Political
Science and Russian, magna cum laude, Duke University, 1987; M.A., in
Russian and East European Studies, Stanford University, 1988; J.D.,
University of Virginia School of Law, 1994; Order of the
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Coif, Virginia Law Review Executive Editor. Admitted to Virginia State
Bar, 1994, District of Columbia Bar, 1995, United States Supreme Court
Bar, 1997. Served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Jackson L. Kiser, Chief
Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1994-95.
Practiced law as an Associate, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, DC,
1995-99. Served as Minority Tax Counsel and Majority Tax Counsel,
Committee on Finance, United States Senate, 1999-2002. Served as Special
Counsel to the Chief Counsel, 2002-05. Recipient of the Chief Counsel's
Award 2003. Practiced law as Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, 2005-14. Member of American Bar Association, Section of
Taxation; named John S. Nolan Tax Law Fellow, 2001-02; served as Chair,
Tax Shelter Committee and Government Relations Committee and as Council
Director. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Former Adjunct
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. Taxation Program.
Appointed by President Obama as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
December 16, 2014, for a term ending December 15, 2029.
TAMARA W. ASHFORD, judge; born in Boston, Massachusetts; B.A., in
public policy studies, Duke University (1991); J.D., Vanderbilt
University Law School (1994); LL.M., Master of Laws in Taxation, with an
honors certificate of specialization in international tax, University of
Miami School of Law (1997). Admitted to the Bars of North Carolina;
District of Columbia; United States Tax Court; United States Courts of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; United States Supreme Court. Served as
Law Clerk to the Honorable John C. Martin, North Carolina Court of
Appeals (1994-96). Practiced law as a Trial Attorney in the Appellate
Section, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice (1997-2001).
Practiced law as a Senior Associate, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered
(2001-04). Served as Assistant to the Commissioner (2004-07) and U.S.
Director for the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre/
Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size Business Division
(2007-08) in the Internal Revenue Service. Recipient of the Sheldon S.
Cohen National Outstanding Support to the Office of Chief Counsel Award
(2006). Practiced law as Counsel, Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP (2008-11).
Recognized for Tax Controversy by the 2010 edition of The Legal 500.
Served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Appellate and Review
(2011-14), Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Deputy
Assistant Attorney General for Policy and Planning (2013-14), and Acting
Assistant Attorney General (June 2014-December 2014) in the Tax
Division, United States Department of Justice. Named a 2012 Person of
the Year by Tax Analysts. Appointed by President Obama as Judge, United
States Tax Court, on December 19, 2014, for a term ending December 18,
2029.
ELIZABETH A. COPELAND, judge; born in Colorado; Bachelor of
Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, cum
laude, and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.
Certified Public Accountant (Texas, 1988); admitted to the State Bar of
Texas (1992). Ernst & Whinney (1986-89); Law Clerk to Justice Cook of
the Texas Supreme Court; Attorney-Adviser to Judge Mary Ann Cohen of the
US Tax Court (1992-93); Adjunct Professor at Our Lady of the Lake
University (1997-99); Partner with Clark Hill PLC. Recipient of the
American Bar Association Section of Taxation's Janet Spragens Pro Bono
Award (2009); Tax Person of the Year by Tax Analysts (2012); San Antonio
Tax Lawyer of the Year (2011, 2017, 2018). Chair, State Bar of Texas Tax
Section for the 2013-14 term. Appointed by President Trump as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on October 12, 2018, for a term ending October
11, 2033.
COURTNEY D. JONES, judge; B.S., Hampton University, magna cum laude
(2000), recipient of the President's Award for Exceptional Achievement;
J.D., Harvard Law School (2004). Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard
BlackLetter Law Journal. Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.
Practiced law as a Senior Attorney, Tax-Exempt and Government Entities
Division, Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (2011-
19); as an Associate with Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.
(2008-11); and as an Associate with Bird, Loechl, Brittain & McCants,
Atlanta, Georgia (2004-08). Served on the Board of Trustees of Hampton
University (2015-18). Appointed by President Trump as Judge, United
States Tax Court, on August 9, 2019, for a term ending in 2034.
EMIN TORO, judge; born in Albania; Received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Palm Beach Atlantic College and a Juris Doctor with highest
honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law (Order of the
Coif). Prior to appointment to the Court served as a Law Clerk to Judge
Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, served as a Law Clerk to Associate Justice Clarence
Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States, and was a Partner at
Covington & Burling
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LLP. Appointed by President Trump as Judge of the United States Tax
Court; sworn in on October 18, 2019 for a term ending October 17, 2034.
PATRICK J. URDA, judge; born in Indiana; Received a Bachelor of
Arts degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and a
Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Prior to appointment to the Court
practiced law with McDermott Will & Emery and with Maciorowski, Sackmann
& Ulrich; served as a Law Clerk to Judge Daniel A. Manion of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and held several positions
with the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division, including details as
Counsel to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Appellate and
Review and to the Criminal Division's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial
Development Assistance and Training. Former Adjunct Professor of Law at
American University Washington College of Law. Appointed by President
Trump as Judge of the United States Tax Court; sworn in on September 27,
2018 for a term ending September 26, 2033.
TRAVIS A. GREAVES, judge; born in Texas. Received a Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of Tennessee; a Juris Doctor, cum laude,
from South Texas College of Law; and a Masters of Law in Taxation, with
distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center. Immediately before
appointment served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Appellate
and Review in the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division. Before
joining the Department of Justice, was an attorney with Greaves Wu LLP;
Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered; and Reed Smith, LLP. Previously served as
Tax & Economic Policy Advisor for the Office of Governor Bobby Jindal of
the State of Louisiana. Appointed by President Trump as Judge of the
United States Tax Court and sworn in on March 9, 2020 for a term ending
March 8, 2035.
SENIOR JUDGES
MARY ANN COHEN, senior judge; born in New Mexico; Attended public
schools in Los Angeles, CA; B.S., University of California, at Los
Angeles, 1964; J.D., University of Southern California School of Law,
1967. Practiced law in Los Angeles, member in law firm of Abbott &
Cohen. American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, and Continuing
Legal Education activities. Received Dana Latham Memorial Award from Los
Angeles County Bar Association Taxation Section, May 30, 1997; Jules
Ritholz Memorial Merit Award from ABA Tax Section Committee on Civil and
Criminal Tax Penalties, 1999; and Joanne M. Garvey Award from California
Bar Taxation Section on November 7, 2008. Appointed by President Reagan
as Judge, United States Tax Court, on September 24, 1982, for a term
ending September 23, 1997. Served as Chief Judge from June 1, 1996 to
September 23, 1997. Reappointed on November 7, 1997, for a term ending
November 6, 2012, and served again as Chief Judge from November 7, 1997,
to May 31, 2000. Assumed senior status on October 1, 2012.
THOMAS B. WELLS, senior judge; born in Ohio; B.S., Miami
University, Oxford, OH, 1967; J.D., Emory University Law School,
Atlanta, GA, 1973; LL.M., Taxation, New York University Law School, New
York, 1978. Supply Corps Officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty 1967-
70, Morocco and Vietnam, received Joint Service Commendation Medal.
Admitted to practice law in Georgia; member of law firm of Graham and
Wells, P.C.; County Attorney for Toombs County, GA; City Attorney,
Vidalia, GA, until 1977; member of law firm of Hurt, Richardson, Garner,
Todd and Cadenhead, Atlanta, until 1981; law firm of Shearer and Wells,
P.C., until 1986; member of American Bar Association, Section of
Taxation; State Bar of Georgia, member of Board of Governors; Board of
Editors, Georgia State Bar Journal; member Atlanta Bar Association;
Editor of the Atlanta Lawyer; active in various tax organizations, such
as Atlanta Tax Forum, presently, Honorary Member; Director, Atlanta
Estate Planning Council; Director, North Atlanta Tax Council; American
College of Tax Counsel, Honorary Fellow; Emory Law Alumni Association's
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2001; Life Member, National Eagle Scout
Association, Eagle Scout, 1960. Member, Metropolitan Club; Chevy Chase
Club, Vidalia Kiwanis Club, President, recipient Distinguished President
Award. Appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court,
on October 13, 1986, for a term ending October 12, 2001. Reappointed by
President Bush on October 10, 2001, for a term ending October 9, 2016.
Served as Chief Judge from September 24, 1997, to November 6, 1997, and
from June 1, 2000, to May 31, 2004. Assumed senior status on January 1,
2011.
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ROBERT PAUL RUWE, senior judge; born in Ohio; Roger Bacon High
School, St. Bernard, OH, 1959; Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1963;
J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law (graduated first in class), 1970;
admitted to Ohio Bar, 1970; Special Agent, Intelligence Division,
Internal Revenue Service, 1963-70; joined Office of Chief Counsel,
Internal Revenue Service in 1970, and held the following positions:
Trial Attorney (Indianapolis), Director, Criminal Tax Division, Deputy
Associate Chief Counsel (Litigation), and Director, Tax Litigation
Division. Appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on November 20, 1987, for a term ending November 19, 2002.
Retired on November 20, 2002, but continues to perform judicial duties
as Senior Judge on recall.
JOHN O. COLVIN, senior judge; born in Ohio; A.B., University of
Missouri, 1968; J.D., 1971; LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law
Center, 1978. During college and law school, employed by Niedner,
Niedner, Nack and Bodeux, St. Charles, MO; Missouri Attorney General
John C. Danforth and Missouri State Representative Richard C. Marshall,
Jefferson City, MO; and U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman
Thomas B. Curtis, Washington, DC. Admitted to practice law in Missouri,
1971, and District of Columbia, 1974. Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S.
Coast Guard, Washington, D.C., 1971-75. Served as Tax Counsel, Senator
Bob Packwood, 1975-84; Chief Counsel, 1985-87, and Chief Minority
Counsel, 1987-88, U.S. Senate Finance Committee; Officer, Tax Section,
Federal Bar Association, since 1978; Adjunct Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center, since 1987. Numerous civic and
community activities. Appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United
States Tax Court, on September 1, 1988, for a term ending August 31,
2003. Reappointed on August 12, 2004, for a term ending August 11, 2019.
Elected as Chief Judge fortwo-year terms effective June 1, 2006, June 1,
2008, and June 1, 2010; and for the interim period March 8 through
August 6, 2013. Retired on November 16, 2016, but continues to perform
judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.
JAMES S. HALPERN, senior judge; born in New York; Hackley School,
Tarrytown, NY, 1963; Wharton School, B.S., University of Pennsylvania,
1967; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1972; LL.M.,
Taxation, New York University Law School, 1975; Associate Attorney,
Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander, New York City, 1972-74; assistant
professor of law, Washington and Lee University, 1975-76; assistant
professor of law, St. John's University, New York City, 1976-78,
visiting professor, Law School, New York University, 1978-79; associate
attorney, Roberts and Holland, New York City, 1979-80; Principal
Technical Advisor, Assistant Commissioner (Technical) and Associate
Chief Counsel (Technical), Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC,
1980-83; partner, Baker and Hostetler, Washington, DC, 1983-90; Adjunct
Professor, Law School, George Washington University, Washington, DC,
1984-present; Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (retired). Appointed by
President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on July 3,
1990, for a term ending July 2, 2005. Reappointed on November 2, 2005,
for a term ending November 1, 2020. Retired on October 16, 2015, but
continues to perform judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.
JOSEPH ROBERT GOEKE, senior judge; born in Kentucky; B.S., cum
laude, Xavier University, 1972; J.D., University of Kentucky, College of
Law, 1975, Order of the Coif. Admitted to Illinois and Kentucky Bar,
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar),
U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Trial Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office,
Internal Revenue Service, New Orleans, LA, 1975-80. Senior Trial
Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office, Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati,
OH, 1980-85. Special International Trial Attorney, Chief Counsel's
Office, Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati, OH, 1985-88. Partner, Law
Firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, 1988 to 2003. Appointed
by President Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 22, 2003,
for a term ending April 21, 2018. Retired on April 21, 2018, but
continues to perform judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.
JUAN F. VASQUEZ, senior judge; born in Texas; Attended Fox Tech
High School and San Antonio Junior College, A.D. (Data Processing);
received B.B.A. (Accounting), University of Texas, Austin, 1972;
attended State University of New York, Buffalo in 1st year law school,
1975; J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1977; LL.M., Taxation, New
York University Law School, 1978. Admitted to Texas Bar, 1977. Certified
in Tax Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984; Certified
Public Accountant Certificate from Texas, 1976, and California, 1974.
Admitted to United States District Court, Southern District of Texas,
1982, and Western District of Texas, 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, 1982; private practice of tax law, in San Antonio, TX,
1987-April 1995; partner, Leighton, Hood and Vasquez, 1982-87, San
Antonio, TX; Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue
Service, Houston, TX, 1978-82; accountant, Coopers and Lybrand,
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Los Angeles, CA., 1972-74. Member of American Bar Association, Tax
Section; Texas State Bar, Tax and Probate Section; Fellow of Texas and
San Antonio Bar Foundations, Mexican American Bar Association (MABA) of
San Antonio (Treasurer); Houston MABA; Texas MABA (Treasurer); National
Association of Hispanic CPA's; San Antonio Chapter (founding member);
College of State Bar of Texas, National Hispanic Bar Association; member
of Greater Austin Tax Litigation Association; served on Austin Internal
Revenue Service District Director's Practitioner Liaison Committee,
1990-91, chairman, 1991. Appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United
States Tax Court, on May 1, 1995, for a term ending April 30, 2010.
Reappointed by President Barack Obama on October 13, 2011, for a term
ending October 12, 2026. Retired on June 24, 2018, but continues to
perform judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.
MARK V. HOLMES, senior judge; born in New York; B.A. Harvard
College, 1979; J.D. University of Chicago Law School, 1983. Admitted to
New York and District of Columbia Bars; U.S. Supreme Court; DC, Second,
Fifth and Ninth Circuits; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York,
Court of Federal Claims. Practiced in New York as an Associate, Cahill
Gordon & Reindel, 1983-85; Sullivan & Cromwell, 1987-91; served as Clerk
to the Hon. Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit, 1985-87; and in Washington as
Counsel to Commissioners, United States International Trade Commission,
1991-96; Counsel, Miller & Chevalier, 1996-2001; Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Tax Division, 2001-03. Member, American Bar
Association (Litigation and Tax Sections). Appointed by President George
W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on June 30, 2003, for a term
ending June 29, 2018.
L. PAIGE MARVEL, judge; born in Maryland; B.A., magna cum laude,
1971; College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD; J.D. with honors, University
of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 1974 (awarded Order of the
Coif). Garbis & Schwait, P.A., associate 1974-76, and shareholder 1976-
85; Garbis, Marvel & Junghans, P.A., shareholder 1985-86; Melnicove,
Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse & Garbis, P.A., shareholder 1986-88; Venable,
Baetjer & Howard L.L.P., partner, 1988-98. Member, American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation, Vice-Chair, Committee Operations,
1993-95; Council Director, 1989-92; Chair, Court Procedure Committee,
1985-87; Maryland State Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1988-90,
and 1996-98; Chair, Taxation Section, 1982-83. Fellow, American Bar
Foundation; Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation; Fellow and former Regent,
1996-98, American College of Tax Counsel; Member, American Law
Institute; Advisor, ALI Restatement of Law Third-The Law Governing
Lawyers 1988-98; University of Maryland Law School Board of Visitors,
1995-2001; Loyola/Notre Dame Library, Inc. Board of Trustees, 1996-2003;
Co-editor, Procedure Department, The Journal of Taxation 1990-98.
Member, Commissioner's Review Panel on IRS Integrity, 1989-91; Member
and Chair, Procedure Subcommittee, Commission to Revise the Annotated
Code of Maryland, (Tax Provisions), 1981-87; Member, Advisory Commission
to the Maryland State Department of Economic and Community Development,
1978-81. Appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on April 6, 1998, for a term ending April 5, 2013. Reappointed by
President Obama on December 3, 2014, for a term ending December 2, 2029.
Served as Chief Judge from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018.
ALBERT G. LAUBER, judge; born in Bronxville, New York; Education:
Yale College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Clare College, Cambridge
University (M.A., Classics, 1974); Yale Law School (J.D., 1977). Phi
Beta Kappa; Woodrow Wilson Fellow; Mellon Fellow; Note Editor, Yale Law
Journal; Moot Court Prize Argument; Cardozo Prize, Best Moot Court
Brief. Employment: Law Clerk to Malcolm R. Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit (1977-78); Law Clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun,
U.S. Supreme Court (1978-79). Associate Attorney, Caplin & Drysdale,
Chtd., Washington D.C. (1979-83); Tax Assistant to the Solicitor
General, U.S. Department of Justice (1983-86); Deputy Solicitor General,
U.S. Department of Justice (1986-87); Partner, Caplin & Drysdale, Chtd.,
Washington, D.C. (1988-2005); Visiting Professor and Director, Graduate
Tax & Securities Programs, Georgetown University Law Center (2006-13).
Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University Law School (1983-
84); Lecturer, University of Virginia Law School (1988-90); Adjunct
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (2013-present); Board of
Trustees, The Studio Theatre (1993-present); Member, District of
Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (2004-08). Admitted to the
Bars of the District of Columbia (1978); U.S. Supreme Court (1983); U.S.
Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit (1983); U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal
Circuit (1994); Connecticut (inactive). Member, American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation. Appointed by President Barack H. Obama
as Judge, United States Tax Court, on January 31, 2013, for a term
ending January 30, 2028.
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SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGES OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Carluzzo (Chief Special Trial Judge), Daniel A. Guy, Diana L.
Leyden, Peter J. Panuthos.
Court Staff
Clerk.--Stephanie A. Servoss.
Deputy Clerk / Case Services Officer.--Jessica F. Marine.
Deputy Clerk / Chief Information Officer.--Michael C. McVicker.
General Counsel.--Patricia L. Levy.
Public Affairs Counsel.--Jennifer E. Siegel.
Legislative Counsel.--Anita Horn Rizek.
Court Administrator.--Fig Ruggieri.
Case Services Director.--Tina Buckler.
Facilities Management Director.--Byron L. Tindall.
Financial Management Director.--Joseph L. Hardy, Jr.
Human Resources Director.--Janet L. Boyer.
Librarian.--Nancy A. Ciliberti.
Reporter of Decisions.--Sheila A. Murphy.
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450 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20442-0001
phone (202) 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
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Review Unit at the Department of Justice, 2011-13; nominated by the
President and confirmed 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.
GREGORY E. MAGGS, judge; born in Cambridge, MA; raised in Urbana,
IL; son of Professor Peter B. Maggs and Dr. Barbara A. Maggs; married to
Janice Calabresi of Barrington, RI, June 5, 1993; B.A. summa cum laude,
Harvard College, 1985; J.D. magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1988;
M.S.S. U.S. Army War College; law clerk to the late Honorable Joseph T.
Sneed, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-
89; law clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, 1989-90, and the
Honorable Clarence Thomas, 1991-92, Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States; faculty member at The George Washington
University Law School, 1993-2018, Interim Dean, 2010-11 and 2013-14,
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 2008-10, Co-director of the
National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations LL.M. program, 2011-18, the
Arthur Selwyn Miller Research Professor of Law, 2017-18; U.S. Army
Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1990-2018 (retired in the rank
of colonel); special master for the Supreme Court of the United States,
2001-04; consultant to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr in the
Whitewater Investigation; assistant professor of law at the University
of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1991-93; assistant to the late Judge
Robert H. Bork in private practice and research, 1990-91; admitted to
practice law in the District of Columbia, New York, and Massachusetts;
nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces on September 28, 2018; confirmed by the
Senate, February 1, 2018; began service on February 2, 2018.
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
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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, 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
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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.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
phone (202) 501-5970
MARGARET BARTLEY, chief judge; was nominated to the United States
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by President Barack Obama on June
22, 2011, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2012,
appointed by the President on June 25, 2012, and took the judicial oath
on June 28, 2012, for a term of fifteen years. She became Chief Judge of
the Veterans Court on December 4, 2019. For over 17 years prior to her
appointment, Chief Judge Bartley served as a veterans advocate, working
as staff attorney and then senior staff attorney for National Veterans
Legal Services Program (NVLSP), a veterans service organization. In that
capacity, she advised and trained staff and service officers for The
American Legion, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Vietnam Veterans of
America, and other veterans service organizations and State departments
of veterans affairs, on issues related to veterans benefits and veterans
preference in Federal employment. She also represented veterans and
survivors of veterans in their pursuit of VA benefits before the USCAVC
and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. From 2004 to
2012, Chief Judge Bartley served as editor of the NVLSP veterans' law
quarterly, The Veterans Advocate. She also testified before Congress
concerning federal agency failure to apply veterans preference laws and
appeared on behalf of amici curiae in several significant veterans
preference cases. From 2005 until her appointment to the bench, Chief
Judge Bartley also served as Director of Outreach and Education for the
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program. In that capacity, she organized
nationwide training classes for lawyers interested in providing pro bono
representation to veterans and their survivors before the USCAVC. Prior
to her career as a veterans advocate, Chief Judge Bartley served as a
judicial law clerk to the late Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg of the
USCAVC. Chief Judge Bartley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude,
from Pennsylvania State University in 1981 and a juris doctor degree,
cum laude, from the American University Washington College of Law in
1993. Aside from her many articles on veterans law published in The
Veterans Advocate, Chief Judge Bartley is co-author, co-editor, or
contributing author of several other articles and publications,
including the Veterans Benefits Manual (LexisNexis) (co-author 1999-
2010, co-editor 2011-12); American Veterans' and Servicemembers'
Survival Guide (Veterans for America, 2008) (contributing author); VA
Benefits for Low-Income Veterans (Clearinghouse Review, Sept-Oct 2006)
(co-author); VA's Obligations Toward Claimants: Analysis of the
Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (Clearinghouse Review, July-
August 2001) (co-author); The Elderlaw Portfolio Series: Veterans
Benefits for the Elderly (Little, Brown and Company, 1996) (co-author);
and Consideration of Pain and Other Factors in Rating Disabilities
(Clearinghouse Review, July-August 1996) (co-author).
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
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Bar Association, law schools, and international rights, women's rights,
and human rights 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.
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 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
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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.
MICHAEL P. ALLEN, judge; Judge Allen was nominated by the President
of the United States in June 2017. He was confirmed by the United States
Senate, and appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in August 2017. United States District Judge Elizabeth
Kovachevich of the Middle District of Florida administered the judicial
oath to Judge Allen on August 11, 2017. For 16 years before his judicial
appointment, Judge Allen was a tenured full professor of law at Stetson
University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. He was also the director
of Stetson's Veterans Law Institute, and he spent four years as the
College of Law's associate dean. Judge Allen also served as a visiting
professor of law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Before
entering teaching, Judge Allen practiced law for nine years in the
litigation department of the Boston-based international law firm Ropes &
Gray. Judge Allen graduated summa cum laude from the University of
Rochester earning bachelor's degrees in American history and political
science. He received his juris doctor from Columbia Law School, where he
was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar during his final two years. As a
professor, Judge Allen taught courses in constitutional law, civil
procedure, federal courts, remedies, and veterans' benefits law. He has
been a prolific author, co-writing two books and more than 25 articles
and essays. Judge Allen also received numerous awards for his
scholarship and teaching including the Stetson University Award for
Excellence in Scholarship, the Brown-Dickerson Award for Excellence in
Scholarship, the Stetson University Award for Excellence in Teaching,
and the Stetson University Award for Excellence in Professionalism and
Career Development. He also received the Stetson's Golden Apple Award
for teaching and was twice named the best all-around professor. Judge
Allen was also a frequent speaker at community and professional groups
while in legal education. Among his speaking engagements were featured
roles at the judicial conferences of the Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
In addition, Judge Allen testified before the Veterans' Affairs
Committees of both the United States Senate and the United States House
of Representatives. Before taking the bench, Judge Allen was active in
professional associations. He served on the Board of Trustees of the
Southeastern Association of Law Schools and was the Chair of the
American Association of Law Schools' sections on Remedies and New Law
Teachers. He is also active in his synagogue where, along with his wife,
he received the Shofar Award for community service. Judge Allen is
married to Debra Brown Allen and has two sons, Ben and Noah.
AMANDA L. MEREDITH, judge; Judge Meredith was nominated by the
President of the United States in June 2017. She subsequently was
confirmed by the United States Senate and appointed a Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in August 2017. For
more than 12 years prior to her appointment, Judge Meredith worked for
the Republican staff of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs. Most recently, she served from 2015 to 2017 as the Deputy Staff
Director and General Counsel for Chairman Johnny Isakson. She served as
General Counsel from 2008 to 2015 and as Benefits Counsel from 2005 to
2008 under Ranking Member Richard Burr and Chairman / Ranking Member
Larry Craig. During this time, she was responsible for legislative and
oversight activities regarding a wide range of veterans' issues and
assisted Members of Congress in enacting numerous laws to help improve
the benefits and services for our nation's veterans. Prior to joining
the staff of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Judge Meredith worked
for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for more than
seven years. While at the Court, she served from 2004 to 2005 as the
Director of the Court's Task Force for Backlog Reduction, a team of
experienced attorneys dedicated to reducing the inventory of pending
appeals. From 2000 to 2004, she was the Executive Attorney to Chief
Judge Kenneth Kramer, serving as the principal legal advisor to the
Chief Judge regarding all judicial functions; supervising the chambers
law clerks; and managing the chambers caseload. She served from 1997 to
2000 as a judicial law clerk to Judge Kramer. Judge Meredith graduated
summa cum laude from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of
Science degree in accounting and graduated magna cum laude from the
University at Buffalo Law School, where she was a member of the Buffalo
Law Review.
JOSEPH L. TOTH, judge; Judge Toth was nominated by the President of
the United States in June 2017. He was subsequently confirmed by the
United States Senate and was
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appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims in August 2017. Judge Toth is a veteran of the Judge Advocate
General (JAG) Corps of the United States Navy, where he served as Senior
Defense Counsel in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and provided legal assistance
to veterans, service members, and their families. In 2011, Judge Toth
was deployed to the Zhari district of Afghanistan where he served as a
Field Officer for the Rule of Law Field Force Afghanistan (ROLFF-A) and
was stationed with the Army's 10th Mountain Division. He received the
Joint Service Commendation Medal for his service in Afghanistan. After
leaving active duty, Judge Toth served as Associate Federal Defender in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a focus on appellate litigation and motions
practice. Judge Toth has served on or appeared before several federal
and military courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for
the Seventh Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit. Judge Toth clerked for Judge Daniel A. Manion of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Robert
J. Conrad of the United States District Court for the Western District
of North Carolina. Additionally, he worked as an Associate Counsel at
Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP in the commercial litigation group. Judge
Toth received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago
and his juris doctor from the Ave Maria School of Law, where he was the
managing editor of the Ave Maria Law Review.
JOSEPH L. FALVEY, Jr., judge; Judge Falvey was nominated by
President Donald J. Trump, confirmed by the Senate, and appointed a
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in May
2018. Before his judicial appointment, Judge Falvey was the District
Counsel, Detroit District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As District
Counsel, Judge Falvey supervised the District legal staff and was
responsible for resolving issues related to statutory and regulatory
compliance, government contracting and fiscal law, labor and employment
law, environmental law, claims, real property, standards of conduct/
ethics, procurement fraud, and litigation. Previously, Judge Falvey
served as an Assistant United States Attorney, in the United States
Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. As a member of
the National Security Unit, he was responsible for investigating and
prosecuting matters involving national security including matters
involving individuals and organizations that engage in foreign counter-
intelligence, espionage, and those who plan, financially support, or
carry out international and domestic terrorist activities. Before
joining the United States Attorney's Office, Judge Falvey was a
Professor of Law at Ave Maria School of Law from 1999 to 2007 and the
University of Detroit School of Law from 1994 to 1998, where he taught
evidence, trial advocacy, military law, national security law, and
criminal law and procedure. Judge Falvey is also a retired Marine Corps
officer who began his military career as an Armor Officer in 1981 and
served as a Tank Platoon Commander, Battalion Adjutant, and Anti-Tank
(TOW) Company Executive Officer. From 1984 to 1987, he attended law
school through the Marine Corps's Funded Legal Education Program.
Certified as a Judge Advocate in 1987, Judge Falvey was initially
assigned to Camp Pendleton, California, where he served as a prosecutor
or defense counsel in more than 250 courts-martial. He also served as
the Senior Judge Advocate for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
(Special Operations Capable). In 1990, Judge Falvey attended The Judge
Advocate General's School of the Army, and he was subsequently assigned
as the Deputy Head, Military Law Branch, Judge Advocate Division,
Headquarters Marine Corps. In 1994, Judge Falvey left active duty and
continued to serve in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve. From 1994 to 1998,
Judge Falvey was a Special Courts-Martial Judge and presided over more
than 100 courts-martial. In 1998, he was assigned as an Assistant Staff
Judge Advocate for Operational Law at U.S. Central Command, and he was
mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in the aftermath of
the 9 / 11 terrorist attacks. In this capacity, he worked closely with
various agencies of the U.S. Government on matters related to the Global
War on Terrorism and he deployed to Afghanistan in 2002. Judge Falvey
subsequently served as an Appellate Judge for the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps
Court of Criminal Appeals. From 2008 to 2010, Judge Falvey served as the
Commanding Officer, Marine Forces Reserve, Legal Services Support
Section. Judge Falvey retired in 2011 having attained the rank of
Colonel. His decorations include the Legion of Merit (with star),
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy-
Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, and
Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Judge Falvey was selected as both
the ABA Outstanding Young Military Lawyer (1990) and the Judge Advocate
Association Outstanding Career Judge Advocate (2011). Judge Falvey holds
a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Notre Dame, a
juris doctor, cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, and a master of
laws, Distinguished Graduate, from The Judge Advocate General's School.
Judge Falvey and his wife, Anne, have nine children and they are
licensed foster parents who have opened their home to more than a dozen
abused and neglected children.
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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.
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UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE., Room G-255, North Lobby, Washington, DC
20002
phone (202) 502-2800, fax 502-2888
(National jurisdiction to centralize related cases pending in multiple
circuits and districts under 28 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1407 & 2112)
Chairman.--Karen K. Caldwell, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of
Kentucky.
Judges:
Ellen Segal Huvelle, U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia.
R. David Proctor, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of
Alabama.
Catherine D. Perry, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of
Missouri.
Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge, District of
Massachusetts.
Matthew F. Kennelly, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of
Illinois.
David C. Norton, U.S. District Judge, District of South
Carolina.
Panel Executive.--Thomasenia P. Duncan.
Clerk.--John W. Nichols.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE., Washington, DC 20544
phone (202) 502-2600
Director.--James C. Duff, 502-3000.
Deputy Director.--Lee Ann Bennett, 502-3015.
Chief of Staff.--Brian Lynch, 502-1300.
Judicial Integrity Officer, Office of Judicial Integrity.--Jill B.
Langley (303) 335-2962.
Audit Officer, Office of Audit.--Veleda T. Henderson, 502-1000.
Fair Employment Practices Officer, Office of Fair Employment
Practices.--Amaal Scroggins (acting), 502-3080.
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel.--Sheryl L. Walter,
502-1100.
Deputy General Counsel.--William E. Meyers, 502-1100.
Ethics Staff.--Sheryl L. Walter, 502-1100.
Chief, Rules Committee Support Staff.--Rebecca Womeldorf, 502-1820.
Judicial Conference Secretariat Officer, Judicial Conference
Secretariat.--Katherine Hord Simon, 502-2400.
Public Affairs Officer, Office of Public Affairs.--David A.
Sellers, 502-2600.
Legislative Affairs Officer, Office of Legislative Affairs.--David
Best, 502-1700.
Deputy Legislative Affairs Officer.--Peter Owen, 502-1700.
Chief, Defender Services Office.--Cait T. Clarke, 502-3030.
Associate Director, Department of Administrative Services.--James
R. Baugher, 502-2000.
Chief of Staff.--Michael Culver, 502-2000.
Chief:
Administrative Systems Office.--Joseph W. Bossi, 502-2200.
Facilities and Security Office.--Melanie F. Gilbert, 502-1200.
Finance and Procurement Office.--Michael Milby, 502-2000.
Financial Liaison and Analysis Staff.--Edward O'Kane, 502-
2000.
Judiciary Budget Officer, Budget Division.--Kevin A. Lee (acting),
502-2100.
Judiciary Procurement Executive, Procurement Division.--Francis
Sullivan, 502-1330.
Human Resources Officer, Human Resources Office.--Cindy Roth, 502-
1170.
Associate Director, Department of Program Services.--Mary Louise
Mitterhoff, 502-3500.
Chief of Staff.--Leeann Yufanyi, 502-3500.
Chief:
Case Management Systems Office.--Ronald E. Blankenship, 502-
2500.
Court Services Office.--Robert Lowney, 502-1500.
Judiciary Data and Analysis Office.--Gary Yakimov, 502-3900.
Judicial Services Office.--Michele E. Reed, 502-1800.
Probation and Pretrial Services Office.--John J. Fitzgerald,
502-1600.
Associate Director, Department of Technology Services.--Joseph R.
Peters, Jr., 502-2300.
Chief of Staff.--Elena Simms, 502-2300.
Chief:
AO Technology Office.--John C. Chang, 502-2830.
Cloud Hosting and Networks Office.--Roch J. Turco (acting),
502-2377.
Enterprise Operations Office.--Joann H. Swanson (acting), 502-
2640.
IT Security Office.--Bethany De Lude, 502-2350.
Systems and Development and Support Office.--Constance P.
Porzucek (acting), 502-2700.
Technology Solutions Office.--Prabhjot Bajwa, 502-2730.
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FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
One Columbus Circle, NE., Washington, DC 20002-8003
phone (202) 502-4160
Director.--John S. Cooke, 502-4060, fax 502-4099.
Deputy Director.--Clara Altman, 502-4162, fax 502-4099.
Director of:
Editorial and Information Services Office.--Michelle Slavin,
502-4263, fax 502-4077.
Education Division.--Dana Chapman, 502-4257, fax 502-4099.
Federal Judicial History Office.--Vacant, 502-4181, fax 502-
4099.
Information Technology Office.--Esther DeVries, 502-4195, fax
502-4288.
International Judicial Relations Office.--Mira Gur-Arie, 502-
4191, fax 502-4099.
Research Division.--James B. Eaglin, 502-4071, fax 502-4199.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
500 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Executive Officer.--Cheryl R. Bailey (acting), 879-1700.
Deputy Executive Officer.--Herb Rouson (acting), 879-1700.
Director, Media and Public Relations.--Leah Gurowitz, 879-1700.
Manager, Government Relations.--Callie Coffman, 879-1700.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
Historic Courthouse, 430 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Anna Blackburne-Rigsby.
Associate Judges:
Stephen H. Glickman.
John R. Fisher.
Phyllis D. Thompson.
Corinne Beckwith.
Catharine F. Easterly.
Roy W. McLeese.
Senior Judges:
Frank Q. Nebeker.
John M. Steadman.
John M. Ferren.
Vanessa Ruiz.
Eric T. Washington.
Clerk.--Julio Castillo, 879-2725.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Marie Robertson (acting), 879-1717.
Director of:
Administration.--Reginald Turner, 879-2755.
Admissions.--Shela Shanks, 879-2710.
Public Office Operations.--Terry Lambert, 879-2702.
Staff Counsel.--Rosanna Mason, 879-2718.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Robert E. Morin.
Associate Judges:
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Jennifer M. Anderson.
Ronna L. Beck.
Julie Becker.
Steven Berk.
Patricia A. Broderick.
John M. Campbell.
Erik P. Christian.
Laura A. Cordero.
Carol Dalton.
Danya A. Dayson.
Marisa Demeo.
Jennifer A. DiToro.
Todd E. Edelman.
Anthony Epstein.
Gerald I. Fisher.
Wendell P. Gardner, Jr.
Alfred S. Irving.
Craig Iscoe.
Kelly Higashi.
William M. Jackson.
Anita Josey-Herring.
Kimberley S. Knowles.
Peter Krauthamer.
Neal E. Kravitz.
Milton C. Lee.
Lynn Leibowitz.
Jose M. Lopez.
John McCabe.
Juliet J. McKenna.
Carmen McLean.
William Nooter.
Michael R. O'Keefe.
Robert D. Okun.
Florence Y. Pan.
Heidi Pasichow.
Jonathan Pittman.
Hiram E. Puig-Lugo.
Maribeth Raffinan.
Robert Rigsby.
Maurice Ross.
Michael J. Ryan.
Fern Flanagan Saddler.
Robert Salerno.
Judith Smith.
Darlene M. Soltys.
Steven Wellner.
Yvonne Williams.
Elizabeth Wingo.
Magistrate Judges:
Janet Albert.
Errol Arthur.
Joseph E. Beshouri.
Tanya Jones Bosier.
Rahkel Bouchet.
Rainey R. Brandt.
Diane M. Brenneman.
Julie Breslow.
Tyrona DeWitt.
Tara Fentress.
Heide Herrmann.
Noel Johnson.
Diane Lepley.
Kenia Seoane Lopez.
Shana Frost Matini.
Shelly A. Mulkey.
Lloyd U. Nolan.
Adrienne Noti.
Renee Raymond.
Mary Grace Rook.
Sean Staples.
Sherry Trafford.
Jorge Vila.
Katherine M. Wiedmann.
Senior Judges:
Geoffrey M. Alprin.
John H. Bayly.
Zoe Bush.
Russell F. Canan.
Kaye R. Christian.
Jeanette Clark.
Natalia Combs-Greene.
Harold Cushenberry, Jr.
Linda Kay Davis.
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
Stephanie Duncan-Peters.
Stephen F. Eilperin.
Henry F. Greene.
Gregory Jackson.
Ann O'Regan Keary.
Cheryl M. Long.
Judith N. Macaluso.
Bruce S. Mencher.
Zinora Mitchell-Rankin.
Gregory E. Mize.
Truman A. Morrison III.
Thomas Motley.
John Mott.
Robert I. Richter.
Lee F. Satterfield.
Nan R. Shuker.
Robert S. Tignor.
Linda D. Turner.
Curtis Von Kann.
Frederick H. Weisberg.
Ronald P. Wertheim.
Rhonda Reid Winston.
Peter H. Wolf.
Melvin R. Wright.
Patricia A. Wynn.
Joan Zeldon.
Clerk of the Court.--Zabrina Dempson, 879-1400.
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