    Congressional Directory for the 117th Congress (2021-2022), October 2022.
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                          UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE ARMED FORCES \1\
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         \1\ Prior to October 5, 1994, United States Court of Military
    Appeals.

                   450 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20442-0001

                        phone (202) 761-1448, fax 761-4672

         KEVIN A. OHLSON, chief 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, DC, 1989-97; volunteered to
    return to active duty and served as a legal advisor to the XVIII
    Airborne Corps Command Staff during Operation Desert Storm, 1990-91;
    awarded the Bronze Star; returned to the United States Attorney's Office
    for the District of Columbia and resumed duties as a federal prosecutor;
    Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General, 1997-2001; member of the
    Board of Immigration Appeals, 2001-03; deputy director, and then the
    director, of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2003-09; Chief
    of Staff and Counselor to the Attorney General of the United States,
    2009-2011; chief of the Professional Misconduct Review Unit at the
    Department of Justice, 2011-13; nominated by President Barack Obama 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 19, 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, 2017; confirmed by the
    Senate, February 1, 2018; began service on February 2, 2018.

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         LIAM P. HARDY, judge; born in Champaign, IL; B.S.E., magna cum
    laude, Princeton University, 1995; M.S., Stanford University, 1996;
    J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2008; law clerk to
    the Honorable Margaret A. Ryan, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
    the Armed Forces; law clerk to the Honorable David B. Sentelle, Chief
    Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; law
    clerk to the Honorable Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme
    Court of the United States; litigation partner at the law firm of
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office
    of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; nominated by President
    Donald J. Trump to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed
    Forces on May 21, 2020; confirmed by the Senate on December 3, 2020;
    began service on December 8, 2020.

                                   SENIOR JUDGES

         WALTER THOMPSON COX III, senior judge; born in Anderson, SC; son of
    Walter T. Cox and Mary Johnson Cox; married to Vicki Grubbs of Anderson,
    SC, February 8, 1963; children: Lisa and Walter; B.S., Clemson
    University, 1964; J.D., cum laude, University of South Carolina School
    of Law, 1967; graduated Defense Language Institute (German), 1969;
    graduated basic course, the Judge Advocate General's School,
    Charlottesville, VA, 1967; studied procurement law at that same school,
    1968; active duty, U.S. Army judge advocate general's corps, 1964-72
    (1964-67, excess leave to U.S.C. Law School); private law practice,
    1973-78; elected resident judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, South Carolina,
    1978-84; also served as acting associate justice of South Carolina
    supreme court, on the judicial council, on the circuit court advisory
    committee, and as a hearing officer of the judicial standards
    commission; member: bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; bar
    of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals; South Carolina Bar Association;
    Anderson County Bar Association; the American Bar Association; the South
    Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; the Federal Bar Association; and the
    Bar Association of the District of Columbia; has served as a member of
    the House of Delegates of the South Carolina Bar, and the Board of
    Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline; nominated by President
    Reagan, as judge of U.S. Court of Military Appeals, June 28, 1984, for a
    term of 15 years; confirmed by the Senate, July 26, 1984; sworn-in and
    officially assumed his duties on September 6, 1984; retired on September
    30, 1999 and immediately assumed status of Senior Judge on October 1,
    1999 and returned to full active service until September 19, 2000.

         EUGENE R. SULLIVAN, senior judge; born in St. Louis, MO; son of
    Raymond V. and Rosemary K. Sullivan; married to Lis U. Johansen of Ribe,
    Denmark, June 18, 1966; children: Kim A. and Eugene R. II; B.S., U.S.
    Military Academy, West Point, 1964; J.D., Georgetown Law Center,
    Washington, DC, 1971; active duty with the U.S. Army, 1964-69; service
    included duty with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, and the 4th
    Infantry Division in Vietnam; R&D assignments with the Army Aviation
    Systems Command; one year as an instructor at the Army Ranger School,
    Ft. Benning, GA; decorations include: Bronze Star, Air Medal, Army
    Commendation Medal, Ranger and Parachutist Badges, Air Force Exceptional
    Civilian Service Medal; following graduation from law school, clerked
    with U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), St. Louis, 1971-72; private
    law practice, Washington, DC, 1972-74; assistant special counsel, White
    House, 1974; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-82; deputy
    general counsel, Department of the Air Force, 1982-84; general counsel
    of the Department of Air Force, 1984-86; Governor of Wake Island, 1984-
    86; presently serves on the Board of Governors for the West Point
    Society of the District of Columbia; the American Cancer Society
    (Montgomery County Chapter); nominated by President Reagan, as judge,
    U.S. Court of Military Appeals on February 25, 1986, and confirmed by
    the Senate on May 20, 1986, and assumed his office on May 27, 1986;
    President George H.W. Bush named him the chief judge of the U.S. Court
    of Military Appeals, effective October 1, 1990, a position he held for
    five years; he retired on September 30, 2001 and immediately assumed
    status of Senior Judge and returned to full active service until Sept.
    30, 2002.

         SUSAN J. CRAWFORD, senior judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA; daughter
    of William E. and Joan B. Crawford; married to Roger W. Higgins of
    Geneva, NY, September 8, 1979; one child, Kelley S. Higgins; B.A.,
    Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, 1969; J.D., cum laude, Dean's Award,
    Arthur McClean Founder's Award, New England School of Law, Boston, MA,
    1977; history teacher and coach of women's athletics, Radnor High
    School, Pennsylvania, 1969-74; associate, Burnett and Eiswert, Oakland,
    MD, 1977-79; Assistant State's Attorney, 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

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    of the United States; bar of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals,
    Maryland Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American
    Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and the Edward Bennett
    Williams American Inn of Court; member: board of trustees, 1989-present,
    and Corporation, 1992-present, of New England School of Law; board of
    trustees, 1988-present, Bucknell University; nominated by President Bush
    as judge, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, February 19, 1991, for a term
    of 15 years; confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 1991, sworn in and
    officially assumed her duties on November 19, 1991; on October 1, 1999,
    she became the Chief Judge for a term of five years; retired on
    September 30, 2006 and assumed the status of Senior Judge on October 1,
    2006.

         ANDREW S. EFFRON, senior judge; born in Stamford, CT; A.B., Harvard
    College, 1970; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1975; The Judge Advocate
    General's School, U.S. Army, 1976, 1983; legislative aide to the late
    Representative William A. Steiger, 1970-76 (two years full-time, the
    balance between school semesters); judge advocate, Office of the Staff
    Judge Advocate, Fort McClellan, Alabama, 1976-77; attorney-adviser,
    Office of the General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1977-87; Counsel,
    General Counsel, and Minority Counsel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S.
    Senate, 1987-96; nominated by President Clinton to serve on the U.S.
    Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, June 21, 1996; confirmed by the
    Senate, July 12, 1996; took office on August 1, 1996; assumed his duties
    on August 1, 1996; on October 1, 2006, he became Chief Judge for a five
    year term, and immediately assumed status as Senior Judge on October 1,
    2011.

         JAMES E. BAKER, senior judge; born in New Haven, CT; education:
    BA., Yale University, 1982; J.D., Yale Law School, 1990; Attorney,
    Department of State, 1990-93; Counsel, President's Foreign Intelligence
    Advisory Board / Intelligence Oversight Board, 1993-94; Deputy Legal
    Advisor, National Security Council, 1994-97; Special Assistant to the
    President and Legal Advisor, National Security Council, 1997-2000;
    military service: U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corp Reserve;
    nominated by President Clinton to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for
    the Armed Forces; began service on September 19, 2000, and became Chief
    Judge on October 1, 2011; became a Senior Judge on August 1, 2015.

         CHARLES E. ERDMANN, senior judge; born in Great Falls, MT; B.A.,
    Montana State University, 1972; J.D., University of Montana Law School,
    1975; Air Force Judge Advocate Staff Officers Course, 1981; Air Command
    and Staff College, 1992; Air War College, 1994; Military Service: U.S.
    Marine Corps, 1967-70; Air National Guard, 1981-2002 (retired as a
    Colonel); Assistant Montana Attorney General, 1975-76; Chief Counsel,
    Montana State Auditor's Office, 1976-78; Chief Staff Attorney, Montana
    Attorney General's Office, Antitrust Bureau; Bureau Chief, Montana
    Medicaid Fraud Bureau, 1980-82; General Counsel, Montana School Boards
    Association, 1982-86; private practice of law, 1986-95; Associate
    Justice, Montana Supreme Court, 1995-97; Office of High Representative
    of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Judicial Reform Coordinator, 1998-99; Office
    of High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Head of Human Rights
    and Rule of Law Department, 1999; Chairman and Chief Judge, Bosnian
    Election Court, 2000-01; Judicial Reform and International Law
    Consultant, 2001-02; appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on
    the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on October 9, 2002,
    commenced service on October 15, 2002 and became Chief Judge on August
    1, 2015; became a Senior Judge on August 1, 2017.

         MARGARET A. RYAN, senior 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; became a Senior Judge on
    July 31, 2020.

         SCOTT W. STUCKY, senior 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

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    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 (died November 7, 2020);
    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; became Chief Judge on August
    1, 2017.

            Officers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

         Clerk of the Court.--Vacant.
         Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court.--David A. Anderson.
         Deputy Clerk for Opinions.--Patricia Mariani.
         Court Executive.--Vacant.
         Librarian.--Agnes Kiang.