    Congressional Directory for the 117th Congress (2021-2022), October 2022.
    [Pages 906-910]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                          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 U.S. 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
    Bar Association, law schools, and international rights, women's rights,
    and human rights

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    organizations. She evaluated and sought funding for numerous projects
    aimed at building capacity within the Iraqi legal community to include
    the establishment, in close collaboration with the Iraqi Bar
    Association, of a Legal Aid Clinic at one of Iraq's largest detention
    facilities. In 2006 Judge Pietsch was appointed by the Governor of
    Hawaii to the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission where she served for seven
    years. Shortly after the appointment, the Governor selected Judge
    Pietsch as its Chair. Earlier in her civilian legal career, Judge
    Pietsch had been appointed a Deputy Attorney General for the State of
    Hawaii, advising the State Department of Health, State Department of
    Agriculture, and the State Criminal History Records Division. Judge
    Pietsch's academic degrees include a bachelor of arts, master of arts,
    and a juris doctor degree. She was also a Senior Executive Fellow at the
    Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, is a graduate of the
    Defense Leadership and Management Program, and a graduate of the Army
    War College. Her awards and decorations include the Distinguished
    Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service
    Commendation Medal, Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, the
    Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, Superior Civilian Performance Medal,
    and the Global War on Terrorism Medal. She has been the recipient of the
    Organization of Chinese Americans Pioneer Award, the Hawaii Women
    Lawyers Attorney of the Year Award, the Honolulu YWCA Achievement in
    Leadership Award, the Catholic University Alumni Achievement Award, the
    Federal Executive Board Award for Excellence, the U.S. Army Pacific
    Community Service Award and recognized for lifetime accomplishments by
    the Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship. Judge
    Pietsch is admitted to the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the
    Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court of the District of
    Hawaii, State Bar of Hawaii, State Bar of Iowa, and the United States
    Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; nominated by President Barack
    Obama and subsequently appointed a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
    for Veterans Claims on May 24, 2012 and sworn in June 2012.

         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 the bar of the Supreme Court of the United
    States, and of the Third, Fourth, and Federal

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    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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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
    U.S. Senate and was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of
    Appeals for Veterans Claims in August 2017. Judge

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    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, WI,
    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, CA, 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.

         SCOTT J. LAURER, judge; Judge Lauer was nominated by President
    Donald J. Trump, confirmed by the Senate, and in August 2020 he received
    his judicial commission, becoming a Judge of the United States Court of
    Appeals for Veterans Claims. Before his judicial

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    appointment, Judge Laurer served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the National
    Security Council at the White House. There he advised the President,
    Vice President, Assistant to the President for National Security
    Affairs, and the staffs of the National Security Council and Homeland
    Security Council. Judge Laurer served in the United States Navy for 30
    years, retiring from active duty as a Captain in the Judge Advocate
    General's Corps. He supported combat operations as senior legal advisor
    for the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group during its historic 10-
    month deployment for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Southern
    Watch, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a senior officer, Judge Laurer
    held various distinguished positions including the following: Special
    Counsel to the Chief of Naval Operations; Commanding Officer, U.S.
    Region Legal Service Office Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia; Special
    Legal Advisor to Commander, International Security Assistance Force and
    U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; Senior Legal Advisor to Commander, North
    American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command; and Deputy
    Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A Woodbury,
    NJ, native, Judge Laurer graduated from Rutgers University. He earned
    his juris doctor from Temple University School of Law and his master of
    laws (international law) from The George Washington University Law
    School.

          GRANT C. JAQUITH, judge; Judge Jaquith was nominated to the United
    States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by President Donald J. Trump
    on September 19, 2019, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 23, 2020,
    appointed by President Donald Trump on September 1, 2020, and took the
    judicial oath the next day. Until his judicial appointment, Judge
    Jaquith had served as the United States Attorney for the Northern
    District of New York since July 1, 2017, leading the work of 50 lawyers
    in four offices who prosecuted federal criminal cases and represented
    the United States in civil litigation, from investigation through trial
    or other resolution and appeal. While United States Attorney, Judge
    Jaquith served as Vice Chair and then Chair of the Servicemembers' and
    Veterans' Rights Subcommittee of the Attorney General's Advisory
    Committee. Judge Jaquith became an Assistant U.S. Attorney on August 6,
    1989; he served as the NDNY's Narcotics Chief and Chief of the Albany
    Office from 1998 to 2006, Chief of the Criminal Division from 2006 to
    2010, and First Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2010 to 2017. In 2016,
    Judge Jaquith was honored by the Department of Justice with a national
    Director's Award for Executive Achievement. Judge Jaquith was
    commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1979 and served in the Army Judge
    Advocate General's Corps from 1982 to 2011, rising to the rank of
    Colonel in 2004. His military awards include the Legion of Merit. Judge
    Jaquith was an Army circuit judge from 2001 to 2010, presiding over
    courts-martial at forts throughout the continental United States and in
    Alaska, Germany, and Korea. In 2006, he was activated to serve as the
    trial judge at Fort Bragg, NC. Judge Jaquith's other military
    assignments, including active duty from 1982 to 1988, involved advising
    commanders and staff on legal aspects of disciplinary actions and
    command administration and operations; providing legal assistance to
    soldiers, veterans, and their families; settling civil claims; providing
    instruction on legal issues; litigating at administrative boards; and
    prosecuting criminal cases. Judge Jaquith was in private practice with
    Bond Schoeneck & King in Syracuse from 1988 to 1989 and taught Juvenile
    Law and Federal Income Taxation at Drury College, Fort Leonard Wood, MO,
    in 1984. In 1982, he interned at the Public Defender's Office in
    Gainesville, FL, where he represented defendants in misdemeanor trials.
    Judge Jaquith received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida
    College of Law in 1982 and a Bachelor of Science,  cum laude, in
    business administration and accounting from Presbyterian College,
    Clinton, SC, in 1979, from which he was a Distinguished Military
    Graduate. He is married to Rosemarie Perez Jaquith, who is also a
    lawyer, and has six children (Amanda, Larene, Gordon, Olivia, Isabelle,
    and Colton) and six grandchildren.

                       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.