    Congressional Directory for the 117th Congress (2021-2022), October 2022.
    [Pages 877-883]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                       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.

         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

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    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 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 B.S. from Florida State University in 1984 and his J.D.,
    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.

         CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, judge; born in Mobile, AL, 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

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    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.

         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; 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, OH, 1961; son of Dr.
    Howard A. Moss and Adrienne Moss. A.B., summa cum laude and Phi Beta
    Kappa, philosophy, 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, 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) Charles E. Grassley of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary;
    United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 2017-present.

          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, Trinity University, 1988; diploma in legal studies from
    University College, Oxford University, 1989; J.D., 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 U.S. Senate Committee
    on the Judiciary, 2002-03; associate counsel to President George W.
    Bush, 2003-

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    06; member, United States Sentencing Commission, 2006-17; adjunct 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 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

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    for the D.C., Federal, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh
    Circuits; law clerk 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 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.

         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,
    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

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    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, 2014-20; 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, 2017-21; 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,
    DC Bar, 1992-93; Publications Committee, DC Bar, 1991-97 (chair, 1994-
    97); DC Bar Special Committee on Government Lawyers, 1990-91; DC Bar
    Task Force on Civility in the Profession, 1994-96; DC 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, 2015-2019;
    Chair, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure; 2019-
    present; adjunct professor, Georgetown Law Center, 2013-2017; adjunct
    professor, James Rogers School of Law, University of Arizona, 2017-
    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, 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.

         EMMET G. SULLIVAN, senior 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 Associa

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    tion 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 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.

                   Officers of the United States District Court
                          for the District of Columbia

         Bankruptcy Judge.--Elizabeth L. Gunn.
         United States Magistrate Judges: G. Michael Harvey, Robin M.
            Meriweather, Zia M. Faruqui.
         Clerk of Court.--Angela D. Caesar.
         Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Lisa J. Klem.