Congressional Directory for the 117th Congress (2021-2022), October 2022.
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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.

     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 
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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.