Congressional Directory for the 113th Congress (2013-2014), February 2014.
[Pages 851-902]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
One First Street, NE., 20543, phone (202) 479-3000
JOHN G. ROBERTS, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born
in Buffalo, NY, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996
and they have two children, Josephine and John. He received an A.B. from
Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He
served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979-80 and as a law clerk
for then Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of
the United States during the 1980 term. He was Special Assistant to the
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981-82, Associate
Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel's Office from
1982-86, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of
Justice from 1989-93. From 1986-89 and 1993-2003, he practiced law in
Washington, DC. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush
nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his
seat September 29, 2005.
ANTONIN SCALIA, Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, NJ, March
11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children, Ann
Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul
David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. He received his
A.B. from Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg,
Switzerland, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and was a Sheldon
Fellow of Harvard University from 1960-61. He was in private practice in
Cleveland, OH from 1961-67, a Professor of Law at the University of
Virginia from 1967-71, and a Professor of Law at the University of
Chicago from 1977-82, and a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown
University and Stanford University. He was chairman of the American Bar
Association's Section of Administrative Law, 1981-82, and its Conference
of Section Chairmen, 1982-83. He served the Federal Government as
General Counsel of the Office of Telecommunications Policy from 1971-72,
Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States from
1972-74, and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
from 1974-77. He was appointed Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1982. President Reagan
nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took
his seat September 26, 1986.
ANTHONY M. KENNEDY, Associate Justice, was born in Sacramento, CA,
July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has three children. He received
his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics,
and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He was in private practice in San
Francisco, CA from 1961-63, as well as in Sacramento, CA from 1963-75.
From 1965 to 1988, he was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. He has served in
numerous positions during his career, including a member of the
California Army National Guard in 1961, the board of the Federal
Judicial Center from 1987-88, and two committees of the Judicial
Conference of the United States: the Advisory Panel on Financial
Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities, subsequently renamed the
Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, from 1979-87, and the Committee
on Pacific Territories from 1979-90, which he chaired from 1982-90. He
was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit in 1975. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988.
CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice, was born in the Pin Point
community of Georgia near Savannah June 23, 1948. He married Virginia
Lamp in 1987 and has one child, Jamal
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Adeen, by a previous marriage. He attended Conception Seminary and
received an A.B., cum laude, from Holy Cross College, and a J.D. from
Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in
1974, and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri from 1974-
77, an attorney with the Monsanto Company from 1977-79, and Legislative
Assistant to Senator John Danforth from 1979-81. From 1981-82, he served
as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education,
and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from
1982-90. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit in 1990. President George W. Bush nominated
him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat
October 23, 1991.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Associate Justice, was born in Brooklyn, NY,
March 15, 1933. She married Martin D. Ginsburg in 1954, and has a
daughter, Jane, and a son, James. She received her B.A. from Cornell
University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from
Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund
L. Palmieri, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, from 1959-61. From 1961-63, she was a research
associate and then associate director of the Columbia Law School Project
on International Procedure. She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers
University School of Law from 1963-72, and Columbia Law School from
1972-80, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences in Stanford, CA from 1977-78. In 1971, she was instrumental in
launching the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties
Union, and served as the ACLU's General Counsel from 1973-80, and on the
National Board of Directors from 1974-80. She was appointed a Judge of
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.
STEPHEN G. BREYER, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, CA,
August 15, 1938. He married Joanna Hare in 1967, and has three children,
Chloe, Nell, and Michael. He received an A.B. from Stanford University,
a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law
School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the
Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 term, as a Special
Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust, 1965-67,
as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution
Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee,
1974-75, and as Chief Counsel of the committee, 1979-80. He was an
Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, and Lecturer at Harvard Law
School, 1967-94, a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of
Government, 1977-80, and a Visiting Professor at the College of Law,
Sydney, Australia and at the University of Rome. From 1980-90, he served
as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit,
and as its Chief Judge, 1990-94. He also served as a member of the
Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-94, and of the United
States Sentencing Commission, 1985-89. President Clinton nominated him
as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat
August 3, 1994.
SAMUEL ANTHONY ALITO, Jr., Associate Justice, was born in Trenton,
NJ, April 1, 1950. He married Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985, and has two
children, Philip and Laura. He served as a law clerk for Leonard I.
Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from
1976-77. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977-
81, Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice,
1981-85, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice,
1985-87, and U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987-90. He was
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in
1990. President George W. Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, and he took his seat January 31, 2006.
SONIA SOTOMAYOR, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, was born in Bronx, NY, June 25, 1954. She earned a B.A. in 1976
from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the
university's highest academic honor. In 1979, she earned a J.D. from
Yale Law School where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
She served as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County
District Attorney's Office from 1979-84. She then litigated
international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia & Harcourt,
where she served as an associate and then partner from 1984-92. In 1991,
President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. District Court
Southern District of New York, and she served in that role from 1992-98.
She served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit from 1998-2009. President Barack Obama nominated her as
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she
assumed this role August 8, 2009.
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ELENA KAGAN, Associate Justice, was born in New York, NY, on April
28, 1960. She received an A.B., summa cum laude, in 1981 from Princeton
University. She attended Worcester College, Oxford University, as
Princeton's Daniel M. Sachs Graduating Fellow, and received an M.Phil.
in 1983. In 1986, she earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, graduating
magna cum laude, where she was supervising editor of the Harvard Law
Review. She served as a law clerk to Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986-87. She served
as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court of the
United States during the 1987 term. She worked as an associate in the
Washington, DC, law firm of Williams & Connolly, LLP, from 1989-91. She
became an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School in
1991 and a tenured professor of law in 1995. From 1995-99, she was
associate counsel to President Clinton and then served as deputy
assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of
the Domestic Policy Council. She joined Harvard Law School as a visiting
professor in 1999 and became professor of law in 2001. She was the
Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law and was appointed the 11th
Dean of Harvard Law School in 2003. President Obama nominated her to
serve as the 45th Solicitor General of the United States and she was
confirmed on March 19, 2009. President Obama nominated her as an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 10, 2010, and she assumed
this role on August 7, 2010.
RETIRED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in El
Paso, TX, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O'Connor III in 1952 and
has three sons, Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B.
from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San
Mateo County, CA from 1952-53 and as a civilian attorney for
Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954-57. From 1958-
60, she practiced law in Maryvale, AZ, and served as Assistant Attorney
General of Arizona from 1965-69. She was appointed to the Arizona State
Senate in 1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In
1975 she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and
served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of
Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice
O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.
DAVID H. SOUTER (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in Melrose,
MA, September 17, 1939. He graduated from Harvard College, from which he
received his A.B. After two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen
College, Oxford, he received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford
University and an M.A. in 1989. After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard
Law School, he was an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord, NH from 1966
to 1968, when he became an Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire.
In 1971 he became Deputy Attorney General and in 1976, Attorney General
of New Hampshire. In 1978 he was named an Associate Justice of the
Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the Supreme Court
of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983. He became a Judge of
the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 25,
1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990. Justice Souter
retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2009.
JOHN PAUL STEVENS (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in Chicago,
IL, April 20, 1920. He married Maryan Mulholland, and has four children,
John Joseph (deceased), Kathryn, Elizabeth Jane, and Susan Roberta. He
received an A.B. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from
Northwestern University School of Law. He served in the United States
Navy from 1942-45, and was a law clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge of the
Supreme Court of the United States during the 1947 term. He was admitted
to law practice in Illinois in 1949. He was Associate Counsel to the
Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power of the Judiciary Committee
of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1951-52, and a member of the
Attorney General's National Committee to Study Antitrust Law, 1953-55.
He was Second Vice President of the Chicago Bar Association in 1970.
From 1970-75, he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit. President Ford nominated him as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat December 19, 1975.
Justice Stevens retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2010.
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Officers of the Supreme Court
Counselor to the Chief Justice.--Jeffrey P. Minear.
Clerk.--William K. Suter.
Librarian.--Judith A. Gaskell.
Marshal.--Pamela Talkin.
Reporter of Decisions.--Christine L. Fallon.
Court Counsel.--Scott Harris.
Curator.--Catherine E. Fitts.
Director of Information Technology.--Robert J. Hawkins.
Public Information Officer.--Kathleen L. Arberg.
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UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS
First Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island).--Chief Judge: Sandra L.
Lynch. Circuit Judges: Juan R. Torruella; Jeffrey R. Howard; O.
Rogeriee Thompson; William J. Kayatta, Jr. Senior Circuit Judges:
Bruce M. Selya; Michael Boudin; Norman H. Stahl; Kermit V. Lipez.
Circuit Executive: Gary H. Wente (617) 748-9613. Clerk: Margaret
Carter (617) 748-9057, John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, One
Courthouse Way, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02210.
Second Judicial Circuit (Districts of Connecticut, New York, and
Vermont).--Chief Judge: Robert A. Katzmann. Circuit Judges: Jose A.
Cabranes; Susan L. Carney; Denny Chin; Christopher F. Droney; Peter
W. Hall; Dennis Jacobs; Robert A. Katzmann; Debra A. Livingston;
Raymond J. Lohier; Gerard E. Lynch; Rosemary S. Pooler; Reena Raggi;
Richard C. Wesley. Senior Judges: Giudo Calabresi; Amalya L. Kearse;
Pierre N. Leval; Jon O. Newman; Barrington D. Parker, Jr.; Robert D.
Sack; Chester J. Straub; John M. Walker, Jr.; Ralph K. Winter.
Circuit Executive: Karen Greve Milton. Clerk: Catherine O'Hagan
Wolfe (212) 857-8700, Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40
Foley Square, New York, NY 10007-1581.
Third Judicial Circuit (Districts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Virgin Islands).--Chief Judge: Theodore A. McKee. Circuit
Judges: Marjorie O. Rendell; Thomas L. Ambro; Julio M. Fuentes; D.
Brooks Smith; D. Michael Fisher; Michael A. Chagares; Kent A.
Jordan; Thomas M. Hardiman; Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.; Thomas I.
Vanaskie; Patty Shwartz. Senior Circuit Judges: Ruggero J. Aldisert;
Maryanne Trump Barry; Joseph F. Weis, Jr.; Leonard I. Garth; Dolores
K. Sloviter; Walter K. Stapleton; Morton I. Greenberg; Anthony J.
Scirica; Robert E. Cowen; Richard L. Nygaard; Jane R. Roth; Franklin
S. VanAntwerpen. Circuit Executive: Margaret A. Wiegand (215) 597-
0718. Clerk: Marcia M. Waldron (215) 597-2995, U.S. Courthouse, 601
Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia).--Chief Judge: William B.
Traxler, Jr. Circuit Judges: J. Harvie Wilkinson III; Paul V.
Niemeyer; Diana Gribbon Motz; Robert B. King; Roger L. Gregory;
Dennis W. Shedd; Allyson K. Duncan; G. Steven Agee; Andre M. Davis;
Barbara Milano Keenan; James A. Wynn, Jr.; Albert Diaz; Henry F.
Floyd; Stephanie D. Thacker. Senior Circuit Judge: Clyde H.
Hamilton. Circuit Executive: Samuel W. Phillips (804) 916-2184.
Clerk: Patricia S. Connor (804) 916-2700, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. U.S.
Courthouse Annex, 1100 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Texas).--Chief Judge: Carl E. Stewart. Circuit Judges: Carolyn
Dineen King; E. Grady Jolly; W. Eugene Davis; Edith H. Jones; Jerry
E. Smith; James L. Dennis; Edith Brown Clement; Edward C. Prado;
Priscilla R. Owen; Jennifer Walker Elrod; Leslie H. Southwick;
Catharina Haynes; James E. Graves, Jr.; Stephen A. Higginson. Senior
Circuit Judges: Thomas M. Reavley; Patrick E. Higginbotham; John M.
Duhe, Jr.; Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.; Rhesa H. Barksdale; Emilio M.
Garza; Harold R. DeMoss, Jr.; Fortunato P. Benavides. Circuit
Executive: Gregory A. Nussel (504) 310-7777. Clerk: Lyle W. Cayce
(504) 310-7700, John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals Building,
600 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-3425.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and
Tennessee).--Chief Judge: Alice M. Batchelder. Circuit Judges: Danny
J. Boggs; Karen Nelson Moore; R. Guy Cole, Jr.; Eric Lee Clay; Julia
Smith Gibbons; John M. Rogers; Jeffrey S. Sutton; Deborah L. Cook;
David W. McKeague; Richard Allen Griffin; Raymond M. Kethledge;
Helene N. White; Jane B. Stranch; Bernice Bouie Donal. Senior
Circuit Judges: Damon J. Keith; Gilbert S. Merritt; Cornelius G.
Kennedy; Ralph B. Guy; Alan E. Norris; Richard F. Suhrheinrich;
Eugene E. Siler, Jr.; Martha Craig Daughtrey; Ronald Lee Gilman.
Circuit Executive: Clarence Maddox (513) 564-7200. Clerk: Deborah
Hunt (513) 564-7000, Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, 100 E. Fifth
Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Seventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin).--Chief Judge: Frank H. Easterbrook. Circuit Judges:
Richard A. Posner; Joel M. Flaum; Michael S. Kanne; Ilana Diamond
Rovner; Diane P. Wood; Ann Claire Williams; Diane S. Sykes; John
Daniel Tinder; David F. Hamilton. Senior Circuit Judges: William J.
Bauer; Richard D. Cudahy; Kenneth F. Ripple; Daniel A. Manion.
Circuit Executive: Collins T. Fitzpatrick (312) 435-
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5803. Clerk: Gino J. Agnello (312) 435-5850, 2722 U.S. Courthouse,
219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604.
Eighth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota).--Chief Judge:
William Jay Riley. Circuit Judges: Roger L. Wollman; James B. Loken;
Diana E. Murphy; Kermit E. Bye; Lavenski R. Smith; Steven M.
Colloton; Raymond W. Gruender; Duane Benton; Bobby E. Shepherd; Jane
L. Kelly. Senior Circuit Judges: Myron H. Bright; Pasco M. Bowman
II; C. Arlen Beam; Michael J. Melloy. Circuit Executive: Millie
Adams (314) 244-2600. Clerk: Michael E. Gans (314) 244-2400, 111 S.
Tenth Street, Suite 24.329, St. Louis, MO 63102.
Ninth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alaska, Arizona, Central
California, Eastern California, Northern California, Southern
California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana
Islands, Oregon, Eastern Washington, Western Washington).--Chief
Judge: Alex Kozinski. Circuit Judges: Harry Pregerson; Stephen R.
Reinhardt; Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain; Pamela A. Rymer; Sidney R.
Thomas; Barry G. Silverman; Susan P. Graber; M. Margaret McKeown;
Kim McLane Wardlaw; William A. Fletcher; Ronald M. Gould; Richard A.
Paez; Marsha L. Berzon; Richard C. Tallman; Johnnie B. Rawlinson;
Richard R. Clifton; Consuelo M. Callahan; Carlos T. Bea; Milan D.
Smith, Jr.; Sandra S. Ikuta; N. Randy Smith; Mary H. Murguia; Morgan
Christen; Jacqueline H. Nguyen; Paul J. Watford; Andrew D. Hurwitz.
Senior Circuit Judges: Alfred T. Goodwin; J. Clifford Wallace;
Procter R. Hug, Jr.; Mary M. Schroeder; J. Jerome Farris; Arthur L.
Alarcon; Dorothy W. Nelson; William C. Canby, Jr.; John T. Noonan,
Jr.; Edward Leavy; Stephen S. Trott; Ferdinand F. Fernandez; Andrew
J. Kleinfeld; Michael D. Hawkins; A. Wallace Tashima; Raymond C.
Fisher. Circuit and Court of Appeals Executive: Cathy A. Catterson
(415) 355-8800. Clerk: Molly C. Dwyer (415) 355-8000. P.O. Box
193939, San Francisco, CA 94119-3939.
Tenth Judicial Circuit (Districts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming).--Chief Judge: Mary Beck Briscoe.
Circuit Judges: Paul J. Kelly, Jr.; Carlos F. Lucero; Harris L.
Hartz; Timothy M. Tymkovich; Neil M. Gorsuch; Jerome A. Holmes;
Scott M. Matheson, Jr.; Robert E. Bacharach; Gregory A. Phillips.
Senior Circuit Judges: William J. Holloway, Jr.; Monroe G. McKay;
Stephanie K. Seymour; John C. Porfilio; Stephen H. Anderson; Bobby
R. Baldock; Wade Brorby; David M. Ebel; Michael R. Murphy; Terrence
L. O'Brien. Circuit Executive: David Tighe (303) 844-2067. Clerk:
Betsy Shumaker (303) 844-3157, Byron White United States Courthouse,
1823 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80257.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Districts of Alabama, Florida, and
Georgia).--Chief Judge: Joel F. Dubina. Circuit Judges: Gerald Bard
Tjoflat; Ed Carnes; Rosemary Barkett; Frank M. Hull; Stanley Marcus;
Charles R. Wilson; William H. Pryor Jr.; Beverly B. Martin;
Adalberto Jordan. Senior Circuit Judges: James C. Hill; Peter T.
Fay; Phyllis A. Kravitch; Emmett R. Cox; R. Lanier Anderson III;
Susan H. Black; J. L. Edmondson. Circuit Executive: James P.
Gerstenlauer (404) 335-6535. Clerk: John P. Ley (404) 335-6100, 56
Forsyth Street, NW., Atlanta, GA 30303.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
333 Constitution Avenue, NW., 20001, phone (202) 216-7300
MERRICK BRIAN GARLAND, chief circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL,
1952; A.B., Harvard University, 1974, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
Paul Revere Frothingham and Richard Perkins Parker Award; J.D., Harvard
Law School, 1977, magna cum laude, articles editor, Harvard Law Review;
law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2d
Circuit, 1977-78; law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., U.S.
Supreme Court, 1978-79; Special Assistant to the Attorney General, 1979-
81; associate then partner, Arnold and Porter, Washington, DC, 1981-89;
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, 1989-92; partner, Arnold and
Porter, 1992-93; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-94; Principal Associate Deputy Attorney
General, 1994-97; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 1985-86;
Associate Independent Counsel, 1987-88. Edmund J. Randolph Award, U.S.
Department of Justice, 1997. Admitted to the bars of the District of
Columbia; U.S. District Court; Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
Circuit; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 4th, 9th, and 10th Circuits; and
U.S. Supreme Court. Author: Antitrust and State Action, 96 Yale Law
Journal 486 (1987); Antitrust and Federalism, 96 Yale Law Journal 1291
(1987); Deregulation and Judicial Review, 98 Harvard Law Review 505
(1985); co-chair, Administrative Law Section, District of Columbia Bar,
1991-94; President, Board of Overseers, Harvard University, 2009-10,
member, 2003-09; American Law Institute; U.S. Judiciary Conference
Committee on Judicial Security, 2008-present, Committee on the Judicial
Branch, 2001-05; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit on April 9, 1997.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, circuit judge. [Biographical information
not supplied, per Judge Henderson's request.]
JUDITH W. ROGERS, circuit judge; born in New York, NY; A.B. (with
honors), Radcliffe College, 1961; Phi Beta Kappa honors member; LL.B.,
Harvard Law School, 1964; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law,
1988; law clerk, D.C. Juvenile Court, 1964-65; assistant U.S. Attorney
for the District of Columbia, 1965-68; trial attorney, San Francisco
Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1968-69; Attorney, U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of the Associate Deputy Attorney General
and Criminal Division, 1969-71; General Counsel, Congressional
Commission on the Organization of the D.C. Government, 1971-72;
legislative assistant to D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington, 1972-79;
Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, 1979-83; trustee,
Radcliffe College, 1982-90; member of Visiting Committee to Harvard Law
School, 1984-90 and 2006-11; appointed by President Reagan to the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge on September
15, 1983; served as Chief Judge, November 1, 1988 to March 17, 1994;
appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit on March 18, 1994, and entered on duty
March 21, 1994; member of Executive Committee, Conference of Chief
Justices, 1993-94; member, U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on the
Codes of Conduct, 1998-2004.
DAVID S. TATEL, circuit judge; born in Washington, DC, March 16,
1942; son of Molly and Dr. Howard Tatel (both deceased); married to the
former Edith Bassichis, 1965; children: Rebecca, Stephanie, Joshua, and
Emily; grandchildren: Olivia, Maya, Olin, Reuben, Rae, Cameron, Ozzie,
and Daria; B.A., University of Michigan, 1963; J.D., University of
Chicago Law School, 1966; instructor, University of Michigan Law School,
1966-67; associate, Sidley and Austin, 1967-69, 1970-72; director,
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1969-70;
director, National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1972-
74; director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, 1977-79; associate and partner, Hogan and
Hartson, 1974-77, 1979-94; lecturer, Stanford University Law School,
1991-92; board of directors, Spencer Foundation, 1987-97 (chair, 1990-
97); board of directors, National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards, 1997-
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2000; National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, co-chair,
1989-91; board of directors, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, (chair, 2005-09); member of the American Philosophical
Society, the National Academy of Education, and the National Academy of
Sciences Committee on Science, Technology and Law; admitted to practice
law in Illinois in 1966 and the District Columbia in 1970; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by
President Clinton on October 7, 1994, and entered on duty October 11,
1994.
JANICE ROGERS BROWN, circuit judge; born in Greenville, AL; B.A.,
California State University, 1974; J.D., University of California School
of Law, 1977; LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law, 2004; Deputy
Legislative Counsel, Legislative Counsel Bureau, 1977-79; Deputy
Attorney General, California Department of Justice, 1979-87; Deputy
Secretary and General Counsel, California Business, Transportation, and
Housing Agency, 1987-90; Senior Associate, Nielsen, Merksamer,
Parinello, Mueller and Naylor, 1990-91; Legal Affairs Secretary for
Governor Pete Wilson, 1991-94; Associate Justice, California Court of
Appeals for the Third District, 1994-96; Associate Justice, California
Supreme Court, 1996-2005; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit by President George W. Bush on June 10,
2005 and sworn in on July 1, 2005.
THOMAS B. GRIFFITH, circuit judge; born in Yokohama, Japan, July 5,
1954; B.A., Brigham Young University, 1978; J.D., University of Virginia
School of Law, 1985; editor, Virginia Law Review; associate, Robinson,
Bradshaw and Hinson, Charlotte, NC, 1985-89; associate and then a
partner, Wiley, Rein and Fielding, Washington, DC, 1989-95 and 1999-
2000; Senate Legal Counsel of the United States, 1995-99; Assistant to
the President and General Counsel, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT,
2000-05; member, Executive Committee of the American Bar Association's
Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative; appointed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 14,
2005 and sworn in on June 29, 2005.
BRETT M. KAVANAUGH, circuit judge; born in Washington, DC, February
12, 1965; son of Edward and Martha Kavanaugh; married to Ashley Estes;
two daughters; B.A., cum laude, Yale College, 1987; J.D., Yale Law
School, 1990; law clerk to Judge Walter Stapleton of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-91; law clerk for Judge Alex
Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1991-92;
attorney, Office of the Solicitor General of the United States, 1992-93;
law clerk to Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme
Court, 1993-94; Associate Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1994-
97; partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 1997-98, 1999-2001; Associate Counsel
and then Senior Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush, 2001-03;
Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary to President Bush, 2003-
06; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007;
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2008-14; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 30, 2006.
SRI SRINIVASAN, circuit judge; born in Chandigarh, India, February
23, 1967; son of Saroja and T.P. Srinivasan; two children; B.A. Stanford
University, 1989; J.D. Stanford Law School, 1995; M.B.A. Stanford
Graduate School of Business, 1995; law clerk to Judge J. Harvie
Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-
96; Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General of the United
States, 1996-97; law clerk to Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of
the U.S. Supreme Court, 1997-98; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1998-
2002; Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2002-07; partner, O'Melveny &
Myers LLP, 2007-11; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2009-10;
Principal Deputy Solicitor General, 2011-13; appointed to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 24, 2013.
SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGES
HARRY T. EDWARDS, senior circuit judge; born in New York, NY,
November 3, 1940; son of George H. Edwards and Arline (Ross) Lyle;
married to Pamela Carrington-Edwards; children: Brent and Michelle;
B.S., Cornell University, 1962; J.D. (with distinction), University of
Michigan Law School, 1965; associate with Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather
and Geraldson, 1965-70; professor of law, University of Michigan, 1970-
75 and 1977-80; professor of law, Harvard University, 1975-77; visiting
professor of law, Free University of Brussels, 1974; arbitrator of labor
/ management disputes, 1970-80; vice president, National Academy of
Arbitrators, 1978-80; member (1977-79) and chairman (1979-80), National
Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); Executive Committee of the
Association of American Law Schools, 1979-80; public member of the
Administrative Conference of the United States, 1976-80;
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International Women's Year Commission, 1976-77; American Bar Association
Commission of Law and the Economy; co-author of five books: Labor
Relations Law in the Public Sector, The Lawyer as a Negotiator, Higher
Education and the Law, and Collective Bargaining and Labor Arbitration;
and, most recently, Edwards, Ellliot, & Levy, Federal Standards of
Review, recipient of the Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award, 1978,
given by Cornell University; the Society of American Law Teachers Award
(for ``distinguished contributions to teaching and public service'');
the Whitney North Seymour Medal presented by the American Arbitration
Association for outstanding contributions to the use of arbitration;
Recipient of the 2004 Robert J. Kutak Award, presented by the American
Bar Association Selection of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
``to a person who meets the highest standards of professional
responsibility and demonstrates substantial achievement toward increased
understanding between legal education and the active practice of law'',
and several Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees; Professor of Law at NYU
School of Law (member of faculty since 1990); has also taught part-time
at Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, and Harvard Law Schools; co-chair of the
Forensics Science Committee established by the National Academy of
Sciences, 2006-09; member of the Committee on Science, Technology, and
Law at the National Academy of Sciences; appointed to the U.S. Court of
Appeals, February 20, 1980; served as chief judge September 15, 1994 to
July 16, 2001.
LAURENCE HIRSCH SILBERMAN, senior circuit judge; recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, June 19, 2008; born in York, PA, October
12, 1935; son of William Silberman and Anna (Hirsch); married to Rosalie
G. Gaull on April 28, 1957 (deceased), married Patricia Winn on January
5, 2008; children: Robert Stephen Silberman, Katherine DeBoer Balaban,
and Anne Gaull Otis; B.A., Dartmouth College, 1957; LL.B., Harvard Law
School, 1961; admitted to Hawaii Bar, 1962; District of Columbia Bar,
1973; associate, Moore, Torkildson and Rice, 1961-64; partner (Moore,
Silberman and Schulze), Honolulu, 1964-67; attorney, National Labor
Relations Board, Office of General Counsel, Appellate Division, 1967-69;
Solicitor, Department of Labor, 1969-70; Under Secretary of Labor, 1970-
73; partner, Steptoe and Johnson, 1973-74; Deputy Attorney General of
the United States, 1974-75; Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77;
President's Special Envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976; senior fellow, American
Enterprise Institute, 1977-78; visiting fellow, 1978-85; managing
partner, Morrison and Foerster, 1978-79 and 1983-85; executive vice
president, Crocker National Bank, 1979-83; lecturer, University of
Hawaii, 1962-63; board of directors, Commission on Present Danger, 1978-
85, Institute for Educational Affairs, New York, NY, 1981-85, member:
General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, 1981-85;
Defense Policy Board, 1981-85; vice chairman, State Department's
Commission on Security and Economic Assistance, 1983-84; American Bar
Association (Labor Law Committee, 1965-72, Corporations and Banking
Committee, 1973, Law and National Security Advisory Committee, 1981-85);
Hawaii Bar Association Ethics Committee, 1965-67; Council on Foreign
Relations, 1977-present; Judicial Conference Committee on Court
Administration and Case Management, 1994; member, U.S. Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act Court of Review, 1996-2003; Adjunct
Professor of Law (Administrative Law and Labor Law) Georgetown Law
Center, 1987-94; 1997; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University Law
School, 1995-96; Distinguished Visitor from the Judiciary, Georgetown
Law Center, 2003-present; co-chairman of the President's Commission on
The Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of
Mass Destruction, 2004-05; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit by President Reagan on October 28,
1985.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, senior circuit judge; born in New York, NY,
September 23, 1936; son of Charles Dickerman Williams and Virginia
(Fain); married to Faith Morrow, 1966; children: Susan, Geoffrey, Sarah,
Timothy, and Nicholas; B.A., Yale, 1958, J.D., Harvard Law School, 1961;
U.S. Army Reserves, 1961-62; associate, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons and
Gates, 1962-66; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York,
1966-69; associate professor and professor of law, University of
Colorado School of Law, 1969-86; visiting professor of law, UCLA, 1975-
76; visiting professor of law and fellow in law and economics,
University Chicago Law School, 1979-80; visiting George W. Hutchison
Professor of Energy Law, SMU, 1983-84; consultant to: Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1974-76; Federal Trade Commission on
energy-related issues, 1983-85; member, American Law Institute;
appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit by President Reagan, June 16, 1986.
DAVID BRYAN SENTELLE, circuit judge, born in Canton, NC, February
12, 1943; son of Horace and Maude Sentelle; married to Jane LaRue
Oldham; three daughters and four granddaughters; B.A., University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965; J.D. with honors, University of
North Carolina School of Law, 1968; associate, Uzzell and Dumont,
Charlotte, 1968-79; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charlotte, 1970-74; North
Carolina State District Judge, 1974-77; partner, Tucker, Hicks,
Sentelle, Moon and Hodge, Charlotte, 1977-85; U.S. District
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Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, 1985-87; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Reagan in October 1987; assumed
the position of Chief Judge on February 11, 2008.
DOUGLAS HOWARD GINSBURG, circuit judge; born in Chicago, IL, May 25,
1946; diploma, Latin School of Chicago, 1963; B.S., Cornell University,
1970 (Phi Kappa Phi, Ives Award); J.D., University of Chicago, 1973
(Mecham Prize Scholarship 1970-73, Casper Platt Award, 1973, Order of
Coif, Articles and Book Rev. Ed., 40 U. Chi. L. Rev.); bar admissions:
Illinois (1973), Massachusetts (1982), U.S. Supreme Court (1984), U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1986); member: Mont Pelerin
Society, American Economic Association, American Law and Economics
Association, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, American Bar Association,
Antitrust Section, Council, 1985-86 (ex officio), judicial liaison
(2000-03 and 2009-12); advisory boards: Competition Policy
International; Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy; Journal of
Competition Law and Economics; Law and Economics Center, George Mason
University School of Law; Supreme Court Economic Review; University of
Chicago Law Review; Board of Directors: Foundation for Research in
Economics and the Environment, 1991-2004; Rappahannock County
Conservation Alliance, 1998-2004; Rappahannock Association for Arts and
Community, 1997-99; Committees: Judicial Conference of the United
States, 2002-08, Budget Committee, 1997-2001, Committee on Judicial
Resources, 1987-96; Boston University Law School, Visiting Committee,
1994-97; University of Chicago Law School, Visiting Committee, 1985-88;
law clerk to: Judge Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit, 1973-74; Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S.
Supreme Court, 1974-75; previous positions: assistant professor, Harvard
University Law School, 1975-81; Professor 1981-83; Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-
84; Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, Executive
Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1984-85;
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1985-86; lecturer in law, Columbia University, New York City,
1987-88, 2009-11; lecturer in law, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
1988-89; distinguished professor of law, George Mason University,
Arlington, VA, 1988-present; senior lecturer, University of Chicago Law
School, 1990-present; lecturer on law, New York Law School, 2005-09;
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College, London, 2010-
15; appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit by President Reagan on October 14, 1986, taking the oath of
office on November 10, 1986, Chief Judge, 2001-08.
A. RAYMOND RANDOLPH, senior circuit judge; born in Riverside, NJ,
November 1, 1943; son of Arthur Raymond Randolph, Sr. and Marile
(Kelly); two children: John Trevor and Cynthia Lee Randolph; married to
Eileen Janette O'Connor, May 18, 1984. B.S., Drexel University, 1966;
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1969, summa cum laude;
managing editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Order of the
Coif. Admitted to Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of
California; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth,
Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits. Memberships: American Law
Institute. Law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit, 1969-70; Assistant to the Solicitor General,
1970-73; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center,
1974-78; George Mason School of Law, 1992; Deputy Solicitor General,
1975-77; Special Counsel, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
House of Representatives, 1979-80; special assistant attorney general,
State of Montana (honorary), 1983-July 1990; special assistant attorney
general, State of New Mexico, 1985-July 1990; special assistant attorney
general, State of Utah, 1986-July 1990; advisory panel, Federal Courts
Study Committee, 1989-July 1990; partner, Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz,
1987-July 1990; chairman, Committee on Codes of Conduct, U.S. Judicial
Conference, 1995-98; distinguished professor of law, George Mason Law
School, 1999-present; recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, University
of Pennsylvania Law School, 2002; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on
July 16, 1990, and took oath of office on July 20, 1990.
Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
Circuit Executive.--Betsy Paret (202) 216-7340.
Clerk.--Mark J. Langer, 216-7000.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Marilyn R. Sargent, 216-7000.
Chief, Legal Division.--Martha Tomich, 216-7500.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
717 Madison Place, NW., 20439, phone (202) 275-8000
RANDALL R. RADER, chief circuit judge; born in Hastings, NE, April
21, 1949; son of Raymond A. and Gloria R. Rader; B.A., Brigham Young
University, 1971-74, (magna cum laude), Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., George
Washington University Law Center, 1974-78; legislative assistant to
Representative Virginia Smith; legislative director, counsel, House
Committee on Ways and Means to Representative Philip M. Crane, 1978-81;
General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 1981-
86; Minority Chief Counsel, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights, Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1987-88;
Judge, U.S. Claims Court, 1988-90, nominated by President Ronald Reagan;
recipient: Outstanding Young Federal Lawyer Award by Federal Bar
Association, 1983; Jefferson Medal Award, 2003; bar member: District of
Columbia, 1978; Supreme Court of the United States, 1984; nominated to
the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President George
H.W. Bush on June 12, 1990; confirmed by Senate August 3, 1990, sworn in
August 14, 1990.
PAULINE NEWMAN, circuit judge; born in New York, NY, June 20, 1927;
daughter of Maxwell H. and Rosella G. Newman; B.A., Vassar College,
1947; M.A. in pure science, Columbia University, 1948; Ph.D. degree in
chemistry, Yale University, 1952; LL.B., New York University School of
Law, 1958; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Franklin Pierce School of Law,
1991; admitted to the New York bar in 1958 and to the Pennsylvania bar
in 1979; worked as research scientist for the American Cyanamid Co. from
1951-54; worked for the FMC Corp. from 1954-84 as patent attorney and
house counsel and, since 1969, as director of the Patent, Trademark, and
Licensing Department; on leave from FMC Corp. worked for the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a science
policy specialist in the Department of Natural Sciences, 1961-62;
offices in scientific and professional organizations include: member of
Council of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section of the American
Bar Association, 1982-84; board of directors of the American Patent Law
Association, 1981-84; vice president of the United States Trademark
Association, 1978-79, and member of the board of directors, 1975-76,
1977-79; board of governors of the New York Patent Law Association,
1970-74; president of the Pacific Industrial Property Association, 1978-
80; executive committee of the International Patent and Trademark
Association, 1982-84; board of directors: the American Chemical Society,
1973-75, 1976-78, 1979-81; American Institute of Chemists, 1960-66,
1970-76; Research Corp., 1982-84; member: board of trustees of
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1983-84; patent policy
board of State University of New York, 1983-84; national board of
Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1975-84; governmental committees
include: State Department Advisory
Committee on International Intellectual Property, 1974-84; advisory
committee to the Domestic Policy Review of Industrial Innovation, 1978-
79; special advisory committee on Patent Office Procedure and Practice,
1972-74; member of the U.S. Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on
the Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, 1982-84; awarded Wilbur Cross Medal of Yale University
Graduate School, 1989, the Jefferson Medal of the New Jersey
Intellectual Property Law Association, 1988; the Eli Whitney Award of
the Connecticut Patent Law Association, 1999; Lifetime Achievement
Award; Managing Intellectual Property, 2008; AIPLA Present's Outstanding
Service Award, 2007; Outstanding Public Service Award; New York
Intellectual Property Law Association, 2005; Lifetime Achievement Award;
Sedona Conference, 2006; the Award for Outstanding Contributions in the
Intellectual Property Field of the Pacific Industrial Property
Association, 1987; Vanderbilt Medal of New York University School of
Law, 1995; Vasser College Distinguished Achievement Award, 2002;
Distinguished Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
(adjunct faculty); Council on Foreign Relations; appointed judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Reagan and
entered upon duties of that office on May 7, 1984.
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ALAN D. LOURIE, circuit judge; born in Boston, MA, January 13, 1935;
son of Joseph Lourie and Rose; educated in public schools in Brookline,
MA; A.B., Harvard University, 1956; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1958;
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1965; J.D., Temple University, 1970;
married; two children; four grandchildren; employed at Monsanto Company
(chemist, 1957-59); Wyeth Laboratories (chemist, literature scientist,
patent liaison specialist, 1959-64); SmithKline Beecham Corporation,
(Patent Agent, 1964-70; assistant director, Corporate Patents, 1970-76;
director, Corporate Patents, 1976-77; vice president, Corporate Patents
and Trademarks and Associate General Counsel, 1977-90); vice chairman of
the Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property
Rights for Trade Policy Matters (IFAC 3) for the Department of Commerce
and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 1987-90; Treasurer of
the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel, 1987-89; President of the
Philadelphia Patent Law Association, 1984-85; member of the board of
directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
(formerly American Patent Law Association), 1982-85; member of the U.S.
delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, October-November
1982, March 1984; chairman of the Patent Committee of the Law Section of
the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 1980-85; member of the
Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure, 1990-98; member
of the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct, 2005; member
of the American Bar Association, the American Chemical Society, the
Cosmos Club, and the Harvard Club of Washington; recipient of the
Jefferson Medal of the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association
for outstanding contributions to intellectual property law, 1998;
recipient of the first Distinguished Intellectual Property Professional
Award of the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation, 2008;
admitted to: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Supreme
Court; nominated January 25, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush to be
circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, confirmed
by the Senate on April 5, 1990, and assumed duties of the office on
April 11, 1990.
TIMOTHY B. DYK, circuit judge; A.B., Harvard College (cum laude),
1958; LL.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard Law School, 1961; law clerk to
Justices Reed and Burton (retired), 1961-62; law clerk to Chief Justice
Warren, 1962-63; special assistant to Assistant Attorney General, Louis
F. Oberdorfer, 1963-64; associate and partner, Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering, 1964-90; partner, and chair, of Issues & Appeals Practice
area (until nomination) with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, 1990-2000;
and Adjunct Professor at Yale, University of Virginia and Georgetown Law
Schools; nominated for appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit on April 1, 1998 by President Clinton; confirmed by the
Senate on May 24, 2000; entered on duty June 9, 2000.
SHARON PROST, circuit judge; born in Newburyport, MA; daughter of
Zyskind and Ester Prost; two sons, Matthew and Jeffrey; educated in
Hartford, CT; B.S., Cornell University, 1973; M.B.A., George Washington
University, 1975; J.D., Washington College of Law, American University,
1979; admitted to practice in Washington, DC, 1979; LL.M., George
Washington University School of Law, 1984; Labor Relations Specialist,
U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1973-76; Labor Relations Specialist /
Auditor, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1976-79; Trial Attorney,
Federal Labor Relations Authority, 1979-82; Chief Counsel's Office,
Department of Treasury, 1982-84; Assistant Solicitor, Associate
Solicitor, and then Acting Solicitor, National Labor Relations Board,
1984-89; Adjunct Professor of Labor Law, George Mason University School
of Law, 1986-87; Chief Labor Counsel, Senate Labor Committee--minority,
1989-93; Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee--minority, 1993-95;
Deputy Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee--majority, 1995-2001;
Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee--majority, 2001; appointed by
President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, September 21, 2001; assumed duties of the office on October 3,
2001.
KIMBERLY A. MOORE, circuit judge; born in Baltimore, MD; married to
Matthew J. Moore; four children; B.S.E.E., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1990; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991;
J.D. (cum laude), Georgetown University Law Center, 1994; Electrical
Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 1988-92; Associate, Kirkland &
Ellis, 1994-95; Judicial Clerk, Hon. Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Chief Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1995-97;
Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1997-99;
Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program, Chicago-
Kent College of Law, 1998-99; Assistant Professor of Law, University of
Maryland School of Law, 1999-2000; Associate Professor of Law, George
Mason University School of Law, 2000-04; Professor of Law, George Mason
University School of Law, 2004-06; nominated to the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President George W. Bush
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on May 18, 2006; confirmed by the Senate on September 5, 2006 and
assumed the duties of office on September 8, 2006.
KATHLEEN M. O'MALLEY, prior to her elevation to the Federal Circuit,
Judge O'Malley was appointed to the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio by President William J. Clinton on October 12,
1994. Judge O'Malley served as First Assistant Attorney General and
Chief of Staff for Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher from 1992-94, and
Chief Counsel to Attorney General Fisher from 1991-92. From 1985-91, she
worked for Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, where she became a partner.
From 1983-84, she was an associate at Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue.
During her sixteen years on the district court bench, Judge O'Malley
presided over in excess of 100 patent and trademark cases and sat by
designation on the United States Circuit Court for the Federal Circuit.
As an educator, Judge O'Malley has regularly taught a course on Patent
Litigation at Case Western Reserve University Law School; she is a
member of the faculty of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology's
program designed to educate Federal Judges regarding the handling of
intellectual property cases. Judge O'Malley serves as a board member of
the Sedona Conference; as the judicial liaison to the Local Patent Rules
Committee for the Northern District of Ohio; and as an advisor to
national organizations publishing treatises on patent litigation
(Anatomy of a Patent Case, Complex Litigation Committee of the American
College of Trial Lawyers; Patent Case Management Judicial Guide,
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology). Judge O'Malley began her legal
career as a law clerk to the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones, Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals in 1982-83. She received her J.D. degree from Case
Western Reserve University School of Law, Order of the Coif, in 1982,
where she served on Law Review and was a member of the National Mock
Trial Team. Judge O'Malley attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio
where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1979; was
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
by President Barack Obama in 2010.
JIMMIE V. REYNA, prior to his appointment, Judge Reyna was an
international trade attorney and shareholder at Williams Mullen, where,
from 1998 to 2011, he directed the firm's Trade and Customs Practice
Group and its Latin America Task Force, and served on its board of
directors (2006-08, 2009-11). He was an associate and partner at the law
firm of Stewart and Stewart (1986-98). From 1981 to 1986, Judge Reyna
was a solo practitioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, prior to that,
an associate at Shaffer, Butt, Thornton & Baehr, also in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Judge Reyna served on the U.S. roster of dispute settlement
panelists for trade disputes under Chapter 19 of the North American Free
Trade Agreement, and the U.S. Indicative List of Non-Governmental
Panelists for the World Trade Organization, Dispute Settlement
Mechanism, for both trade in goods and trade in services. Judge Reyna is
the author of two books, Passport to North American Trade: Rules of
Origin and Customs Procedures Under the NAFTA (Shepards 1995), and The
GATT Uruguay Round, A Negotiating History: Services, 1986-92 (Kluwer
1993) and numerous articles on international trade and customs issues.
He was the founder and Senior Co-Editor of the Hispanic National Bar
Association Journal of Law and Policy. Judge Reyna is a recipient of the
Ohtli Award (the highest honor bestowed by the Mexican Government for
non-Mexican citizens). Other awards include: 100 Influentials, Hispanic
Business Magazine (2011); 101 Latino Leaders in America, Latino Leaders
Magazine 2011, 2012, and 2013; Minority Business Leader, Washington
Business Journal; Extraordinary Leadership, Hispanic National Bar
Association (HNBA); Lifetime Honorary Membership, Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers; Distinguished Citizen Award, Military Airlift
Command, U.S. Air Force; Spirit of Excellence Award, Albuquerque Hispano
Chamber of Commerce. Judge Reyna served over a decade of leadership in
the HNBA, including as National President (2006-07). He served in
various leadership positions in the ABA Sections on International Law
and Dispute Settlement. He was a founder and member of the board of
directors of the U.S.-Mexico Law Institute, and the Community Services
for Autistic Adults and Children Foundation. He currently serves on the
Nationwide Hispanic Advisory Council of Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America. He received a B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1975 and
a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1978; was
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
by President Barack Obama in 2011.
EVAN J. WALLACH, prior to his appointment, he served for 16 years as
a judge of the United States Court of International Trade, having been
appointed to that court by President William J. Clinton in 1995. Judge
Wallach worked as a general litigation partner with an emphasis on media
representation at the law firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas,
Nevada from 1982 to 1995. He was an associate at the same firm from 1976
to 1982. While working with the firm, Judge Wallach took a leave of
absence to serve as General Counsel and Public Policy Advisor to Senator
Harry Reid from 1987 to 1988. From 1989
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to 1995, he served in the Nevada National Guard as a Judge Advocate. In
1991, while on leave from his firm, he served as an Attorney/Advisor in
the International Affairs Division of the Judge Advocate of the Army at
the Pentagon. Judge Wallach, a recognized expert in the law of war, has
taught at a number of law schools, including Brooklyn Law School, New
York Law School, George Mason University School of Law, and the
University of Muenster in Munster, Germany. Judge Wallach has received a
number of awards, including: the ABA Liberty Bell Award in 1993; the
Nevada Press Association President's Award in 1994; and the Clark County
School Librarians Intellectual Freedom Award in 1995. Judge Wallach
served on active duty in the Army of the United States from 1969 to
1971. During his military career, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the
Air Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the
Nevada Medal of Merit, the Valorous Unit Citation, a Vietnam Campaign
Medal, and the RVN Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Judge Wallach received
his B.A. in journalism from the University of Arizona in 1973, his J.D.
from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976, and an LLB with
honors in International Law from Cambridge University in 1981; was
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
by President Barack Obama in 2011, confirmed by the Senate on November
9, 2011, and assumed the duties of his office on November 18, 2011.
RICHARD G. TARANTO, practiced law with the firm of Farr & Taranto
from 1989 to 2013, where he specialized in appellate litigation. From
1986 to 1989, he served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General,
representing the United States in the Supreme Court. He was in private
practice from 1984 to 1986 with the law firm of Onek, Klein & Farr.
Judge Taranto served as a law clerk at all three levels of the federal
court system. He clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme
Court of the United States from 1983 to 1984; for Judge Robert Bork of
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
from 1982 to 1983; and for Judge Abraham Sofaer of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1981 to 1982.
Judge Taranto received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1981 and a B.A.
from Pomona College in 1977; was appointed to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama, in 2013,
confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 2013 and assumed the duties of his
office on March 15, 2013.
RAYMOND T. CHEN, served as Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual
Property Law and Solicitor at the United States Patent and Trademark
Office from 2008 to 2013. He was an Associate Solicitor in that office
from 1998 to 2008. From 1996 to 1998, Judge Chen served as a Technical
Assistant at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Before joining the court staff, Judge Chen was an associate with Knobbe,
Martens, Olson & Bear from 1994 to 1996. Before entering law school,
Judge Chen worked as a scientist at the law firm of Hecker & Harriman
from 1989 to 1991. Judge Chen received his J.D. from the New York
University School of Law in 1994 and his B.S. in electrical engineering
from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990; was appointed to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President
Barack H. Obama in 2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and
assumed his office on August 5, 2013.
TODD M. HUGHES, served as Deputy Director of the Commercial
Litigation Branch of the Civil Division of the United States Department
of Justice from 2007 to 2013. He was the Assistant Director in that
office from 1999 to 2007 and a Trial Attorney from 1994 to 1999. From
1992 to 1994, Judge Hughes served as a Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Robert
Krupansky of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
He was an Adjunct Lecturer in Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
during the Spring, 1994 semester. Judge Hughes received a J.D. from Duke
Law School in 1992, an M.A. from Duke University in 1992, and an A.B.
from Harvard College in 1989; was appointed to the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in 2013,
confirmed by the Senate on September 24, 2013 and assumed the duties of
his office on September 30, 2013.
SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGES
HALDANE ROBERT MAYER, senior circuit judge; born in Buffalo, NY,
February 21, 1941; educated in the public schools of Lockport, NY; B.S.,
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1963; J.D., Marshall-Wythe School
of Law, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1971; editor-in-
chief, William and Mary Law Review, Omicron Delta Kappa; admitted to
practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia; board of directors,
William
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and Mary Law School Association, 1979-85; served in the U.S. Army, 1963-
75, in the Infantry and the Judge Advocate General's Corps; awarded the
Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal
with Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge,
Ranger Tab, Ranger Combat Badge (RVN), Campaign and Service Ribbons;
resigned from Regular Army and was commissioned in the U.S. Army
Reserve, currently Lieutenant Colonel, retired; law clerk for Judge John
D. Butzner, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1971-72;
private practice with McGuire, Woods and Battle in Charlottesville, VA,
1975-77; adjunct professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 1975-
77, 1992-94, George Washington University National Law Center, 1992-96;
Special Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E.
Burger, 1977-80; private practice with Baker and McKenzie in Washington,
DC, 1980-81; Deputy and Acting Special Counsel (by designation of the
President), 1981-82; appointed by President Reagan to the U.S. Claims
Court, 1982; appointed by President Reagan to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, June 15, 1987; assumed duties of the office,
June 19, 1987; elevated to the position of Chief Judge on December 25,
1997; relinquished that position on December 24, 2004, after having held
it for seven years; Judicial Conference of the U.S. Committee on the
International Appellate Judges Conference, 1988-91, Committee on
Judicial Resources, 1990-97 and 2007-present; member of the Judicial
Conference of the United States, 1997-2004.
S. JAY PLAGER, senior circuit judge; born May 16, 1931; son of A.L.
and Clara Plager; three children; educated public schools, Long Branch,
NJ; A.B., University of North Carolina, 1952; J.D., University of
Florida, with high honors, 1958; LL.M., Columbia University, 1961; Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Order of the Coif, Holloway Fellow,
University of North Carolina; Editor-in-Chief, University of Florida Law
Review; Charles Evans Hughes Fellow, Columbia University; commissioned,
Ensign U.S. Navy, 1952; active duty Korean conflict; honorable discharge
as Commander, USNR, 1971; professor, Faculty of Law, University of
Florida, 1958-64; University of Illinois, 1964-77; Indiana University
School of Law, Bloomington, 1977-89; visiting research professor of law,
University of Wisconsin, 1967-68; visiting fellow, Trinity College and
visiting professor, Cambridge University, 1980; visiting scholar,
Stanford University Law School, 1984-85; dean, Indiana University School
of Law, Bloomington, 1977-84; counselor to the Under Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, 1986-87; Associate Director,
Office of Management and Budget; Executive Office of the President of
the United States, 1987-88; Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs; Office of Management and Budget; Executive Office of
the President of the United States, 1988-89; appointed by President
George H.W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in
November 1989; assumed senior status November 2000.
RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER III, senior circuit judge; born in Topeka, KS,
August 27, 1937; son of R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger; educated
in the public schools in Topeka, Kansas, and at Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA; B.A., Yale University, 1959; LL.B., Yale University, 1966;
law clerk to Justice White, October term, 1966; practice of law at
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Washington, DC, 1967-90; nominated to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President George H.W.
Bush on January 24, 1990, confirmed on April 27, 1990 and assumed duties
on May 3, 1990.
ALVIN A. SCHALL, senior circuit judge; born in New York City, NY,
April 4, 1944; son of Gordon W. Schall and Helen D. Schall; preparatory
education: St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, 1956-62, graduated cum laude;
higher education: B.A., Princeton University, 1962-66; J.D., Tulane Law
School, 1966-69; married to the former Sharon Frances LeBlanc, children:
Amanda and Anthony; associate with the law firm of Shearman and Sterling
in New York City, 1969-73; Assistant United States Attorney, Office of
the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1973-
78; Chief of the Appeals Division, 1977-78; Trial Attorney, Senior Trial
Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, 1978-87; member of the Washington, DC law firm of
Perlman and Partners, 1987-88; Assistant to the Attorney General of the
United States, 1988-92; author, Federal Contract Disputes and Forums,
Chapter 9 in Construction Litigation: Strategies and Techniques,
published by John Wiley and Sons (Wiley Law Publications), 1989; bar
memberships: State of New York (1970), U.S. District Courts for the
Eastern and Southern Districts of New York (1973), U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit (1974), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, formerly
the U.S. Claims Court (1978), District of Columbia (1980), U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1982), Supreme Court of the United
States (1989), U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (1991), and United States District Court for the District of
Columbia (1991); appointed U.S. Court of Appeals for
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the Federal Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on August 17, 1992,
sworn in on August 19, 1992.
WILLIAM CURTIS BRYSON, senior circuit judge; born in Houston, TX,
August 19, 1945; A.B., Harvard University, 1969; J.D., University of
Texas School of Law, 1973; married with two children; law clerk to Hon.
Henry J. Friendly, circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit, 1973-74, and Hon. Thurgood Marshall, associate justice, U.S.
Supreme Court, 1974-75; associate, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin,
Washington, DC, 1975-78; Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 1979-
86, Office of Solicitor General, 1978-79 and 1986-94; Office of the
Associate Attorney General, 1994; nominated in June 1994 by President
Clinton to be circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, and assumed duties of the office on October 7, 1994.
RICHARD LINN, senior circuit judge; Polytechnic Preparatory County
Day School, Brooklyn, NY, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; J.D., Georgetown University Law
Center; served as patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, 1965-68; member of the founding Board of Governors of the
Virginia State Bar Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law,
chairman, 1975; member of the American Intellectual Property Law
Association; the Virginia Bar Intellectual Property Law Section; and the
Federal Circuit Bar Association; admitted to the Virginia bar in 1969,
the District of Columbia bar in 1970, and the New York bar in 1994;
admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, District of Columbia, and Federal
Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of
Virginia and the District of Columbia; partner, Marks and Murase,
L.L.P., 1977-97, and member of the Executive Committee, 1987-97;
partner, Foley and Lardner, 1997-99, Practice Group Leader, Electronics
Practice Group, and Intellectual Property Department, 1997-99;
recipient, Rensselaer Alumni Association Fellows Award for 2000; adjunct
professor of law and professional lecturer, George Washington University
Law School, 2001-03; member, Advisory Board of the George Washington
University Law School, 2001-present; Master, Giles S. Rich American Inn
of Court, 2000-present, president, 2004-05; member, Richard Linn
American Inn of Court, 2007-present; visiting member, Hon. William C.
Conner American Inn of Court, 2008-present; nominated to be Circuit
Judge by President Clinton on September 28, 1999, and confirmed by the
Senate on November 19, 1999; assumed duties of the office on January 1,
2000.
RETIRED CIRCUIT JUDGE
ARTHUR J. GAJARSA (Retired), circuit judge; born in Norcia (Pro.
Perugia), Italy, March 1, 1941; married to Melanie Gajarsa; five
children; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1958-62, B.S.E.E.,
Bausch and Lomb Medal, 1958, Benjamin Franklin Award, 1958; Catholic
University of America, Washington, DC, 1968; M.A. in economics, graduate
studies; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 1967;
patent examiner, U.S. Patent Office, Department of Commerce, 1962-63;
patent adviser, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, 1963-64; patent
adviser, Cushman, Darby and Cushman, 1964-67; law clerk to Judge Joseph
McGarraghy, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
Washington, DC, 1967-68; attorney, Office of General Counsel, Aetna Life
and Casualty Co., 1968-69; special counsel and assistant to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of
Interior, 1969-71; associate, Duncan and Brown, 1971-72; partner,
Gajarsa, Liss and Sterenbuch, 1972-78; partner, Garjarsa, Liss and
Conroy, 1978-80; partner, Wender, Murase and White, 1980-86; partner and
officer, Joseph Gajarsa, McDermott and Reiner, P.C., 1987-97; registered
patent agent, registered patent attorney, 1963; admitted to the D.C.
bar, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1968; Connecticut State Bar, 1969;
U.S. Supreme Court, 1971; Superior Court for D.C., Court of Appeals for
D.C., 1972; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits,
1974; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1980;
awards: Sun and Balance Medal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1990;
Gigi Pieri Award, Camp Hale Association, Boston, MA, 1992; Rensselaer
Key Alumni Award, 1992; 125th Anniversary Medal, Georgetown University
Law Center, 1995; Order of Commendatore, Republic of Italy, 1995; Alumni
Fellow Award, Rensselaer Alumni Association, 1996; Board of Directors,
National Italian American Foundation, 1976-97, serving as general
counsel, 1976-89, president, 1989-92, and vice chair, 1993-96;
Rensselaer Neuman Foundation, trustee, 1973-present; Foundation for
Improving Understanding of the Arts, trustee, 1982-96; Outward Bound,
U.S.A., trustee, 1987-2002; John Carroll Society, Board of Governors,
1992-96; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, trustee, 1994-present;
Georgetown University, regent, 1995-2001; Georgetown University Board of
Directors, 2001-present; member: Federal, American, Federal Circuit, and
D.C. Bar Associations; American Judicature Association; nominated
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for appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on
April 18, 1996 by President Clinton; confirmed by the Senate on July 31,
1997; entered service September 12, 1997.
Officers of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court.--Daniel E. O'Toole (202) 275-
8020.
Senior Staff Attorney.--J. Douglas Steere, 275-8061.
Circuit Librarian.--Patricia M. McDermott, 275-8400.
Information Technology Office.--Mona Harrington, 275-8422.
Administrative Services Office.--Dale Bosley, 275-8141.
Mediation Office.--James Amend, 275-8120.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
20001
room 2002, phone (202) 354-3320, fax 354-3412
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, chief judge; born in New York, NY; son of
Beverly N. Roberts and Angeline T. Roberts; graduate of the High School
of Music and Art, 1970; A.B. Vassar College, 1974; M.I.A. School for
International Training, 1978; J.D., Columbia Law School, 1978; Honors
Program Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1978-82; Associate, Covington and
Burling, Washington, DC, 1982-86; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern
District of NY, 1986-88; Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1988-93, then
Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1993-95; Chief,
Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, 1995-98; adjunct professor of trial practice, Georgetown
University Law Center, Washington, DC, 1983-84; Guest faculty, Harvard
Law School, Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1984-present; admitted to bars of
NY (1979) and DC (1983); U.S. District Court for District of Columbia,
1983; U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1984; U.S. Supreme
Court, 1985; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY and
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1986; past or present
member or officer of National Black Prosecutors Association; Washington
Bar Association; National Conference of Black Lawyers; Department of
Justice Association of Black Attorneys; Department of Justice
Association of Hispanic Employees for Advancement and Development; DC
Bar, Committee on Professionalism and Public Understanding About the
Law; American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Committees on
Continuing Legal Education, and Race and Racism in the Criminal Justice
System; ABA Task Force on the Judiciary; DC Circuit Judicial Conference
Arrangements Committee; D.C. Judicial Conference Planning Committee;
Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, Washington, DC, master; board of
directors, Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College; African American Alumni
of Vassar College; Vassar Club of Washington, DC; Concerned Black Men,
Inc., Washington, DC Chapter; Sigma Pi Phi, Epsilon Boule; Council on
Foreign Relations; DC Coalition Against Drugs and Violence; Murch
Elementary School Restructuring Team; nominated as U.S. District Judge
for the District of Columbia by President Clinton on January 27, 1998
and confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 1998; took oath of office on July
31, 1998.
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, judge; born in Washington, DC; graduated McKinley
High School, 1964; B.A., Howard University, 1968; J.D., Howard
University Law School, 1971; law clerk to Judge James A. Washington,
Jr.; 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 D.C. Law Students in Court Program; D.C.
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; member: National Bar Association, Washington
Bar Association, Bar Association of the District of Columbia; appointed
by President Reagan to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as
an associate judge, 1984; deputy presiding judge and presiding judge of
the probate and tax division; chairperson of the rules committees for
the probate and 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 Federal Judicial
Conference Committee on Criminal Law, 1998; District of Columbia
Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Commission, 1996-2001; presently
serving on the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission;
first person in the District of Columbia to have been appointed to three
judicial positions by three different U.S. Presidents.
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, judge; born in New York, NY; daughter of
Konstantine and Irene Kollar; attended bilingual schools in Mexico,
Ecuador and Venezuela, and George
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town Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, DC; received B.A.
degree in English at Catholic University (Delta Epsilon Honor Society);
received J.D. at Catholic University's Columbus School of Law (Moot
Court Board of Governors); law clerk to Hon. Catherine B. Kelly,
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1968-69; attorney, United States
Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, 1969-72;
chief legal counsel, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Department of Health and
Human Services, 1972-84; received Saint Elizabeths Hospital Certificate
of Appreciation, 1981; Meritorious Achievement Award from Alcohol, Drug
Abuse and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), Department of Health
and Human Services, 1981; appointed judge, Superior Court of the
District of Columbia by President Reagan, October 3, 1984, took oath of
office October 21, 1984; served as Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal
Division, January 1996-April 1997; received Achievement Recognition
Award, Hispanic Heritage CORO Awards Celebration, 1996; appointed judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Clinton on
March 26, 1997, took oath of office May 12, 1997; appointed by Chief
Justice Rehnquist to serve on the Financial Disclosure Committee, 2000-
02; presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, 2002-09.
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, judge; born in Boston, MA, 1948; daughter of
Robert M. Segal, Esq. and Sharlee Segal; B.A., Wellesley College, 1970;
Masters in City Planning, Yale University, 1972; J.D., magna cum laude,
Boston College Law School, 1975 (Order of the Coif; Articles Editor of
the law review); law clerk to Chief Justice Edward F. Hennessey,
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1975-76; associate, Williams &
Connolly, 1976-84; partner, Williams & Connolly, 1984-90; associate
judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1990-99; member:
American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Women's Bar
Association; Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Master in the Edward
Bennett Williams Inn of Court and member of the Inn's Executive
Committee; instructor of Trial Advocacy at the University of Virginia
Law School; member of Visiting Faculty at Harvard Law School's Trial
Advocacy Workshop; Boston College Law School Board of Overseers;
appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Clinton in October 1999, and took oath of office on February
25, 2000.
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 Law Journal of Public Law (1991); 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:
Prospectives 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 June of 2004
to serve as the Chairperson of the National Prison Rape Reduction
Commission, a two-year commission created by the United States Congress
that is tasked with the mission of identifying methods to curb the
incidents of prison rape; member, United States Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, 2007-present; Presiding Judge, 2013-present.
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JOHN D. BATES, 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 &
Chevalier (partner, 1998-2001), Chair of Government Contracts Litigation
Department and member of Executive Committee), Steptoe & Johnson
(associate, 1977-80); District of Columbia Circuit Advisory Committee
for Procedures, 1989-93; Civil Justice Reform Committee of the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia, 1996-2001; Treasurer, D.C.
Bar, 1992-93; Publications Committee, D.C. Bar (1991-97, Chair 1994-97);
D.C. Bar Special Committee on Government Lawyers, 1990-91; D.C. Bar Task
Force on Civility in the Profession, 1994-96; D.C. Bar Committee on
Examination of Rule 49, 1995-96; Chairman, 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;
presiding judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
2009-2013.
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 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 & Hostetler, Washington, DC, 1989-99;
Commissioner, The White House Fellows Commission, 1990-92; Chief
Minority Counsel, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee ``October
Suprise'' 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, Seymourand
Pease, Washington, DC, 1999-2002; Commissioner, Judicial Review
Commission on For-eign Asset Control, 2000-01; Master, Edward Bennett
Williams Inn of Court; appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of
Columbia by President George W. Bush on February 19, 2002; took oath of
office on March 20, 2002.
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, judge; born in White Plains, NY, 1945; daughter
of Thomas C. and Alice Henry Mayers; educated in parochial and public
schools in Stamford, Connecticut; B.A., Trinity College, Washington, DC,
1968; J.D., University of Denver College of Law, 1977; practiced with
Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colorado, 1977-81; Chairman, Federal Mine
Safety and Health Review Commission, 1981-84 by appointment of President
Reagan with Senate confirmation; General Counsel, National Labor
Relations Board, 1984-89 by appointment of President Reagan with Senate
confirmation; private practice with Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC
1989-2003; member and chairman of the firm's Management Committee;
appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia by President
George W. Bush and took oath of office on January 2, 2003. Member,
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2013-Present.
BERYL A. HOWELL, judge; born in Fort Benning, GA; daughter of Col.
(Ret.) Leamon and Ruth Howell; Killeen High School, 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 & Zabel, 1985-87; Assistant United States Attorney, United
States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1987-93;
Deputy Chief, Narcotics Section, 1987-93; 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 Competi-tion, 1995-96; General
Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1997-2003; Executive
Managing Director and General Counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-09; Member,
Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency, 2008; Adjunct
Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of Law, 2010;
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 Perform
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ance, 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, the Vermont Bar Journal, and Yale
Journal of Law and Technology; Appointed Commissioner, United States
Sentencing Commission, 2004-11; 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.
ROBERT L. WILKINS, judge; born Muncie, Indiana; graduated cum laude
from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1986 with a B.S. in chemical
engineering; received J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1989 (Executive
Editor and Comments Editor of the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law
Review); law clerk to the Honorable Earl B. Gilliam of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of California 1989-90; Staff
Attorney for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service (PDS)
1990-95; PDS Chief of Special Litigation and Programs Division 1995-99;
PDS Staff Attorney for special litigation and projects 1999-2000;
President National African American Museum & Cultural Complex, Inc.
(played key role in congressional legislation which authorized creation
of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and
Culture slated to open on the National Mall in 2015) 2000-02; private
law practice-partner, Venable LLP 2002-11; lead plaintiff in Wilkins, et
al. v. State of Maryland, a civil rights lawsuit against the Maryland
State Police which resulted in two landmark settlements that were the
first to require statewide systematic compilation and publication by a
police agency of data for all highway drug and weapons searches,
including data regarding the race of the motorist involved, the
justification for the search and the outcome of the search-these
settlements inspired a June 1999 Executive Order by President Clinton,
Congressional hearings and legislation that has been enacted in over
half of the fifty states; named one of the 40 Under 40 Most Successful
Young Litigators in America by the National Law Journal, 2002; Named one
of the 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years by the Legal
Times, 2008; appointed judge, United States District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Barack Obama December 27, 2010; took
oath of office March 1, 2011.
JAMES E. BOASBERG, judge; born 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 & Van Nest in San Francisco, CA, 1991-94; associate,
Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & 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.
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, 1880-86;
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.
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RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, judge, appointed to the District Court in March
2012. Prior to joining the District Court, Judge Contreras served from
2006 to 2012 as the Chief of the Civil Division of the United States
Attorney's Office of the District of Columbia. In that capacity, he
supervised 39 Assistant United States Attorneys who defend and bring
civil cases on behalf of the United States. Judge Contreras was awarded
his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1984 and
his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania
Law School in 1991, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and
Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Following law
school, Judge Contreras joined the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis &
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 D.C. Office to become the Chief of the Civil Division
for the United States Attorney's Office in Delaware, where he oversaw
that civil program and personally handled a wide variety of matters,
including environmental and health care fraud cases.
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, judge, received her commission as a United
States District Judge in March 2013. She also serves as a Vice Chair and
Commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission. Prior to her
service on the Commission, Judge Jackson worked for three years as Of
Counsel at Morrison & Foerster LLP, with a practice that focused on
criminal and civil appellate litigation in both state and federal
courts, as well as cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. From
2005 until 2007, prior to joining Morrison & Foerster LLP, Judge Jackson
served as an assistant federal public defender in the Appeals Division
of the Office of the Federal Public Defender in the District of
Columbia. Before that appointment, Judge Jackson worked as an assistant
special counsel at the United States Sentencing Commission and as an
associate with two law firms, one specializing in white-collar criminal
defense, the other focusing on the negotiated settlement of mass-tort
claims. She also served as a law clerk to three federal judges:
Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United
States (October Term 1999), Judge Bruce M. Selya of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the First Circuit (1997-1998), and Judge Patti B. Saris of
the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1996-1997).
Received an A.B., magna cum laude, in Government from Harvard-Radcliffe
College in 1992, and, in 1996, a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law
School, where she served as a supervising editor of the Harvard Law
Review.
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-present; 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-present; Executive
Committee of the Judicial Conference, July 2001-08; member, Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2009-present.
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;
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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, May 1995-2002.
GLADYS KESSLER, senior judge; born in New York, NY, 1938; B.A.,
Cornell University, 1959; LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1962; member:
American Judicature Society (board of directors, 1985-89); National
Center for State Courts (board of directors, 1984-87); National
Association of Women Judges (president, 1983-84); Women Judges' Fund for
Justice, (president, 1980-82); Fellows of the American Bar Foundation;
President's Council of Cornell Women; American Law Institute; American
Bar Association-committees: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bioethics
and AIDS; Executive Committee, Conference of Federal Trial Judges;
private law practice-partner, Roisman, Kessler and Cashdan, 1969-77;
associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1977-94;
court administrative activities: District of Columbia Courts Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration, 1989-94; Domestic Violence
Coordinating Council (chairperson, 1993-94); Multi-Door Dispute
Resolution Program (supervising judge, 1985-90); family division, D.C.
Superior Court (presiding judge, 1981-85); Einshac Institute Board of
Directors; U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration
and Court Management; Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation Board of
Directors; Our Place Board of Directors; Vice Chair, District of
Columbia Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Commission; appointed judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Clinton,
June 16, 1994, and took oath of office, July 18, 1994.
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, senior judge; born in Buffalo, NY, 1944; son of
Cecil A. and Charlotte Wagner Friedman; B.A. (political science),
Cornell University, 1965; J.D., cum laude, School of Law, State
University of New York at Buffalo, 1968; admitted to the bars of the
District of Columbia, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the D.C., Federal, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and
Eleventh Circuits; Law Clerk 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, 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), District of Columbia Public Defender Service (1989-92);
member: Cosmos Club, Lawyers Club of Washington; 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.
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Officers of the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
Bankruptcy Judge.--S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judges: Alan Kay; John M. Facciola; Deborah
A. Robinson.
Clerk of Court.--Angela Caesar.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Sheldon L. Snook.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
One Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0001, phone (212) 264-2800
DONALD C. POGUE, chief judge; graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa from Dartmouth College; did graduate work at the University of
Essex, England; J.D., Yale Law School and a Masters of Philosophy, Yale
University; married 1971; served as judge in Connecticut's Superior
Court; appointed to the bench in 1994; served as chairman of
Connecticut's Commission on Hospitals and Health Care; practiced law in
Hartford for 15 years; lectured on labor law at the University of
Connecticut School of Law; assisted in teaching the Harvard Law School's
program on negotiations and dispute resolution for lawyers; chaired the
Connecticut Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section;
appointed a judge of the United States Court of International Trade in
1995; prior to becoming chief judge, he chaired the Court's Long Range
Planning Committee and Budget Committee; he also chaired the Judicial
Conference's Committee on the Administrative Office; service by
designation in the 2d, 3d, 5th, 9th, 11th and Federal Circuits and in
the D.C. and New York Southern district courts. Chief Judge Pogue also
serves as a member of the Judicial Conference.
GREGORY W. CARMAN, judge; born in Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; son
of Nassau County District Court Judge Willis B. and Marjorie Sosa
Carman; B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1958; J.D., St.
John's University School of Law (honors program), 1961; University of
Virginia Law School, JAG (with honors), 1962; admitted to New York Bar,
1961; practiced law with firm of Carman, Callahan and Sabino,
Farmingdale, NY; admitted to practice: U.S. Court of Military Appeals
1962, U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
1965, Second Circuit Court of Appeals 1966, Supreme Court of the United
States 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia 1982;
Councilman Town of Oyster Bay 1972-80; member U.S. House of
Representatives, 97th Congress; member Banking, Finance and Urban
Affairs Committee and Select Committee on Aging; member International
Trade, Investment, and Monetary Policy Subcommittee; U.S. Congressional
Delegate to International I.M.F. Conference; nominated by President
Reagan, confirmed and appointed Judge of the U.S. Court of International
Trade, March 2, 1983; Acting Chief Judge 1991; Chief Judge 1996-2003;
Statutory Member, Judicial Conference of United States; member Executive
Committee, Judicial Branch Committee, and Subcommittees on Long Range
Planning, Benefits, Civic Education, and Seminars; Captain, U.S. Army,
1958-64; awarded Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service 1964;
Member Rotary International 1964-present; named Paul Harris Fellow of
the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International; member Holland Society,
and recipient of its 1999 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in
Jurisprudence; member Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association,
Fellow of American Bar Foundation, member New York State Bar
Association, member and former chair New York State Bar Association's
Committee on Courts and the Community, and recipient of its 1996 Special
Recognition Award; Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Nova Southeastern
University, 1999; Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Touro College Law
Center, 2000; Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, St. John's University,
2002; Inaugural Lecturer, DiCarlo U.S. Court of International Trade
Lecture, John Marshall Law School 2003; Distinguished Alumni Citation,
St. Lawrence University 2003; Italian Board of Guardians Public Service
Award 2003; director and member Respect For Law Alliance, Inc.;
Recipient of Respect For Law Alliance 2010 Judiciary Leader Award;
Executive Committee member and past president Theodore Roosevelt
American Inn of Court; past president Protestant Lawyers Association of
Long Island; member Vestry, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Farmingdale,
NY; married to Nancy Endruschat (deceased); children: Gregory Wright,
Jr., John Frederick, James Matthew, and Mira Catherine; married to
Judith L. Dennehy.
JANE A. RESTANI, judge; born in San Francisco, CA, 1948; parents:
Emilia C. and Roy J. Restani; husband: Ira Bloom; B.A., University of
California at Berkeley, 1969; J.D., University of California at Davis,
1973; law review staff writer, 1971-72; articles editor, 1972-73;
member, Order of the Coif; elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society;
admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the State of California,
1973; joined the civil division of the Department of Justice under the
Attorney General's Honor Program in 1973 as a trial attorney; assistant
chief commercial litigation section, civil division, 1976-80; director,
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commercial litigation branch, civil division,1980-83; recipient of the
John Marshall Award of outstanding legal achievement in 1983; Judicial
Improvements Committee (now Committee on Court Administration and Case
Management) of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1987-94;
Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of
Bankruptcy Procedure, and liaison to the Advisory Committee on the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 1994-96; member Judicial Conference of
the United States, 2003-10; Executive Committee of the Judicial
Conference, 2010; ABA Standing Committee on Customs Laws, 1990-93; and
the Board of Directors, New York State Association of Women Judges,
1992-present; nominated to the United States Court of International
Trade on November 2, 1983 by President Reagan; entered upon the duties
of that office on November 25, 1983; Chief Judge, 2003-10.
DELISSA A. RIDGWAY, judge; born in Kirksville, MO, June 28, 1955;
B.A. (honors), University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975; graduate work,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975-76; J.D., Northeastern University
School of Law, 1979; Duke University School of Law, LL.M. in Judicial
Studies (expected 2014); Shaw Pittman Potts and Trowbridge (Washington,
DC), 1979-94; Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the U.S.,
1994-98; Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, 1999-present;
Adjunct Professor of Law/Lecturer, Washington College of Law / The
American University, 1992-94; District of Columbia Bar, Secretary, 1991-
92; Board of Governors, 1992-98; President, Women's Bar Association,
1992-93; American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Federal
Judicial Improvements (2008-11); Co-Chair, Section of Litigation Task
Force on Implicit Bias (2010-13); Commission on Women in the Profession,
2002-05; Federal Bar Association, National Council, 1993-2002, 2003-
present; Government Relations Committee, 1996-2008, Public Relations
Committee Chair, 1998-99; Board of Directors, Federal Bar Building
Corporation; Executive Committee, National Conference of Federal Trial
Judges, 2004-11; chair, National Conference of Federal Trial Judges,
2009-10; Board of Directors, American Judicature Society (2010-present);
Founding Member of Board, D.C. Conference on Opportunities for
Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1992-93; Chair, D.C. Bar Summit on
Women in the Legal Profession, 1995-98; Fellow, American Bar Foundation;
Member, American Law Institute; Fellow, Federal Bar Foundation; Earl W.
Kintner Award of the Federal Bar Association (2000); Woman Lawyer of the
Year, Washington, DC (2001); Distinguished Visiting Scholar-in-
Residence, University of Missouri-Columbia (2003); sworn in as a judge
to the U.S. Court of International Trade in May 1998.
RICHARD K. EATON, judge; born in Walton, NY; married to Susan
Henshaw Jones; two children: Alice and Elizabeth; attended Walton public
schools; B.A., Ithaca College, J.D., Union University Albany Law School,
1974; professional experience: Eaton & Eaton, partner; Mudge Rose
Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York, NY, associate and partner; Stroock
& Stroock & Lavan, partner served on the staff of Senator Daniel Patrick
Moynihan; confirmed by the United States Senate to the U.S. Court of
International Trade on October 22, 1999.
TIMOTHY C. STANCEU, judge; born in Canton, OH; A.B., Colgate
University, 1973; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1979;
appointed to the U.S. Court of International Trade by President George
W. Bush and began serving on April 15, 2003; prior to appointment,
private practice for 13 years in Washington, DC, with the law firm Hogan
& Hartson, L.L.P., during which he represented clients in a variety of
matters involving customs and international trade law; Deputy Director,
Office of Trade and Tariff Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury;
where his responsibilities involved the regulatory and enforcement
matters of the U.S. Customs Service and other agencies; Special
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Enforcement, U.S.
Department of the Treasury; Program Analyst and Environmental Protection
Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he concentrated
on the development and review of regulations on various environmental
subjects.
LEO M. GORDON, judge; graduate of Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ;
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973; J.D.,
Emory University School of Law, 1977; member of the Bars of New Jersey,
Georgia and the District of Columbia; Assistant Counsel at the
Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, Committee on the
Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 1977-81; in that capacity,
Judge Gordon was the principal attorney responsible for the Customs
Courts Act of 1980 that created the U.S. Court of International Trade;
for 25 years, Judge Gordon was on the staff at the Court, serving first
as Assistant Clerk from 1981-99, and then Clerk of the Court from 1999-
2006; appointed to the U.S. Court of International Trade in March 2006.
MARK A. BARNETT, judge; graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
from Dickinson College; studied at the Dickinson Center for European
Studies; J.D., cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School;
member of the Bars of Pennsylvania and the District
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of Columbia and admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of
International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit; practiced in the international trade group at Steptoe &
Johnson; joined the Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration at
the U.S. Department of Commerce as a staff attorney, served as a senior
counsel, and subsequently served as the Deputy Chief Counsel for Import
Administration; member of the U.S. negotiating teams for the U.S.-
Morocco Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization's Doha Round
Rules Negotiating Group, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership; represented
the United States before dispute settlement panels and the Appellate
Body of the World Trade Organization and binational panels composed
under the North American Free Trade Agreement; detailed to the U.S.
House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on
Trade as a Trade Counsel; served two terms as a member of the board of
directors of the International Model United Nations Association, Inc.,
including Vice-Chairman and Chairman; nominated to the U.S. Court of
International Trade by President Obama on July 12, 2012, and confirmed
by the U.S. Senate on May 23, 2013.
CLAIRE R. KELLY, judge; born in New York, NY. Married to Joseph A
DiBartolo. Child: Joseph J. DiBartolo. Attended Sacred Heart Academy,
Hempstead NY; Barnard College, B.A. 1987 (cum laude); and Brooklyn Law
School, J.D., 1993 (magna cum laude). Professional experience: Coudert
Brothers (1993-97) associated; Brooklyn Law School (1997-2013), Legal
Writing Instructor, Associate Professor of Law and Professor of Law and
Co-Director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International
Business Law. Elected Member of the American Law Institute 2011;
nominated to the U.S. Court of International Trade by President Obama on
November 14, 2012, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 23, 2013.
SENIOR JUDGES
THOMAS J. AQUILINO, Jr., senior judge; born in Mount Kisco, NY,
December 7, 1939; son of Thomas J. and Virginia B. (Doughty) Aquilino;
married to Edith Berndt Aquilino; children: Christopher Thomas, Philip
Andrew, Alexander Berndt; attended Cornell University, 1957-59; B.A.,
Drew University, 1959-60, 1961-62; University of Munich, Germany, 1960-
61; Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1965-66; J.D., Rutgers
University School of Law, 1966-69; research assistant, Prof. L.F.E.
Goldie (Resources for the Future-Ford Foundation), 1967-69;
administrator, Northern Region, 1969 Jessup International Law Moot Court
Competition; served in the U.S. Army, 1962-65; law clerk, Hon. John M.
Cannella, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,
1969-71; attorney with Davis Polk and Wardwell, New York, NY, 1971-85;
admitted to practice New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals
for Second and Third Circuits, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S.
Court of Claims, U.S. District Courts for Eastern, Southern and Northern
Districts of New York, Interstate Commerce Commission; adjunct professor
of law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984-95; Mem., Drew
University Board of Visitors, 1997-present; appointed to the U.S. Court
of International Trade by President Reagan on February 22, 1985;
confirmed by U.S. Senate, April 3, 1985.
NICHOLAS TSOUCALAS, senior judge; born in New York, NY, August 24,
1926; one of five children of George M. and Maria (Monogenis) Tsoucalas;
married to Catherine Aravantinos; two daughters: Stephanie and Georgia;
five grandchildren; B.S., Kent State University, 1949; LL.B., New York
Law School, 1951; attended New York University Law School; entered U.S.
Navy, 1944-46; served in the American and European Theaters of War on
board the USS Oden, the USS Monticello and USS Europa; reentered Navy,
1951-52 and served on the carrier, USS Wasp; admitted to New York Bar,
1953; appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New
York, 1955-59; appointed in 1959 as supervisor of 1960 census for the
17th and 18th Congressional Districts; appointed chairman, Board of
Commissioners of Appraisal; appointed judge of Criminal Court of the
City of New York, 1968; designated acting Supreme Court Justice, Kings
and Queens Counties, 1975-82; resumed service as judge of the Criminal
Court of the City of New York until June 1986; former chairman:
Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, Federal Bar Association, and the
Subcommittee on Public Order and Responsibility of the American
Citizenship Committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association;
member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association;
founder of Eastern Orthodox Lawyers' Association; former president:
Greek-American Lawyers' Association, and Board of Directors of Greek
Orthodox Church of ``Evangelismos'', St. John's Theologos Society, and
Parthenon Foundation; member, Order of Ahepa, Parthenon Lodge, F.A.M.;
appointed judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade by President
Reagan on September 9, 1985, and confirmed by U.S. Senate on June 6,
1986; assumed senior status on September 30, 1996.
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R. KENTON MUSGRAVE, senior judge; born in Clearwater, FL, September
7, 1927; married May 7, 1949 to former Ruth Shippen Hoppe, of Atlanta,
GA; three children: Laura Marie Musgrave (deceased), Ruth Shippen
Musgrave, Esq., and Forest Kenton Musgrave; attended Augusta Academy
(Virginia); B.A., University of Washington, 1948; editorial staff,
Journal of International Law, Emory University; J.D., with distinction,
Emory University, 1953; assistant general counsel, Lockheed Aircraft and
Lockheed International, 1953-62; vice president and general counsel,
Mattel, Inc., 1963-71; director, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey
Combined Shows, Inc., 1968-72; commissioner, BSA (Atlanta), 1952-55;
partner, Musgrave, Welbourn and Fertman, 1972-75; assistant general
counsel, Pacific Enterprises, 1975-81; vice president, general counsel
and secretary, Vivitar Corporation, 1981-85; vice president and
director, Santa Barbara Applied Research Corp., 1982-87; trustee, Morris
Animal Foundation, 1981-94; director Emeritus, Pet Protection Society,
1981-present; director, Dolphins of Shark Bay (Australia) Foundation,
1985-present; trustee, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, 1987-present;
trustee, The Ocean Conservancy, 2000-present; vice president and
director, South Bay Social Services Group, 1963-70; director, Palos
Verdes Community Arts Association, 1973-79; member, Governor of
Florida's Council of 100, 1970-73; director, Orlando Bank and Trust,
1970-73; counsel, League of Women Voters, 1964-66; member, State Bar of
Georgia, 1953-present; State Bar of California, 1962-present; Los
Angeles County Bar Association, 1962-87 and chairman, Corporate Law
Departments Section, 1965-66; admitted to practice before the U.S.
Supreme Court, 1962; Supreme Court of Georgia, 1953; California Supreme
Court, 1962; U.S. Customs Court, 1967; U.S. Court of International
Trade, 1980; nominated to the U.S. Court of International Trade by
President Reagan on July 1, 1987; confirmed by the Senate on November 9,
and took oath of office on November 13, 1987.
RICHARD W. GOLDBERG, senior judge; born in Fargo, ND, September 23,
1927; married; two children, a daughter and a son; J.D., University of
Miami, 1952; served on active duty as an Air Force Judge Advocate, 1953-
56; admitted to Washington, DC Bar, Florida Bar and North Dakota Bar;
from 1959 to 1983, owned and operated a regional grain processing firm
in North Dakota; served as State Senator from North Dakota for eight
years; taught military law for the Army and Air Force ROTC at North
Dakota State University; was vice-chairman of the board of Minneapolis
Grain Exchange; joined the Reagan Administration in 1983 in Washington
at the U.S. Department of Agriculture; served as Deputy Under Secretary
for International Affairs and Commodity Programs and later as Acting
Under Secretary; in 1990 joined the Washington, DC law firm of Anderson,
Hibey and Blair; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of International
Trade in 1991; assumed senior status in 2001.
JUDITH M. BARZILAY, senior judge; born in Russell, KS, January 3,
1944; husband, Sal (Doron) Barzilay; children, Ilan and Michael;
parents, Arthur and Hilda Morgenstern; B.A., Wichita State University,
1965; M.L.S., Rutgers University School of Library and Information
Science, 1971; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 1981, Moot Court
Board, 1980-81; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
(International Trade Field Office), 1983-86; litigation associate,
Siegel, Mandell and Davidson, New York, NY, 1986-88; Sony Corporation of
America, 1988-98; customs and international trade counsel, 1988-89;
vice-president for import and export operations, 1989-96; vice-president
for government affairs, 1996-98; executive board of the American
Association of Exporters and Importers, 1993-98; appointed by Treasury
Secretary Robert Rubin to the Advisory Committee on Commercial
Operations of the United States Customs Service, 1995-98; nominated for
appointment on January 27, 1998 by President Clinton; sworn in as judge
June 3, 1998.
Officers of the United States Court of International Trade
Clerk.--Tina Potuto Kimble (212) 264-2814.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
Lafayette Square, 717 Madison Place, NW., 20005, phone (202) 357-6406
EMILY CLARK HEWITT, chief judge; born in Baltimore, MD, May 26,
1944; educated at the Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, MD, 1949-
62; A.B., Cornell University, 1966; M. Phil., Union Theological
Seminary, 1975; J.D. c.1., Harvard Law School, 1978; D. Min., Chicago
Theological Seminary, 2011; ordained minister in the Episcopal Church
(diaconate, 1972; priesthood, 1974); member, Bar of the Supreme Judicial
Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1978; administrator, Cornell
/ Hofstra Upward Bound Program, 1967-69; lecturer, Union Theological
Seminary, 1972-73 and 1974-75; assistant professor, Andover Newton
Theological School, 1973-75; private practice of law, Hill & Barlow,
1978-93; council member, Real Property Section, Massachusetts Bar
Association, 1983-86; member, Executive Committee and chair, Practice
Standards Committee, Massachusetts Conveyancers Association, 1990-92;
General Counsel, U.S. General Services Administration, 1993-98; member,
Administrative Conference of the United States, 1993-95; member,
President's Interagency Council on Women, 1995-98; appointed by
President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22,
1998; entered duty on November 10, 1998; appointed by Chief Justice of
the United States to serve on the Financial Disclosure Committee of the
United States Judicial Conference, 2006-12; appointed chief judge on
March 11, 2009.
MARIAN BLANK HORN, judge; born in New York, NY, 1943; daughter of
Werner P. and Mady R. Blank; married to Robert Jack Horn; three
daughters; attended Fieldston School, New York, NY, Barnard College,
Columbia University and Fordham University School of Law; admitted to
practice U.S. Supreme Court, 1973, Federal and State courts in New York,
1970, and Washington, DC, 1973; assistant district attorney, Deputy
Chief Appeals Bureau, Bronx County, NY, 1969-72; attorney, Arent, Fox,
Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn, 1972-73; adjunct professor of law, Washington
College of Law, American University, 1973-76; litigation attorney,
Federal Energy Administration, 1975-76; senior attorney, Office of
General Counsel, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Branch, Department of
Energy, 1976-79; deputy assistant general counsel for procurement and
financial incentives, Department of Energy, 1979-81; deputy associate
solicitor, Division of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, 1981-
83; associate solicitor, Division of General Law, Department of the
Interior, 1983-85; principal deputy solicitor and acting solicitor,
Department of Interior, 1985-86; adjunct professor of law, George
Washington University National Law Center, 1991-present; Woodrow Wilson
Visiting Fellow, 1994; assumed duties of judge, U.S. Court of Federal
Claims in 1986 and confirmed for a second term in 2003.
FRANCIS M. ALLEGRA, judge; born in Cleveland, OH, October 14, 1957;
married to Regina Allegra; one child (Domenic); B.A., Borromeo College
of Ohio, 1978; J.D., Cleveland State University, 1981; judicial clerk to
Chief Trial Judge Philip R. Miller, U.S. Court of Claims, 1981-82;
associate, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (Cleveland), 1982-84; line
attorney, Appellate Section, then 1984-89, Counselor to the Assistant
Attorney General, both with Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice;
Counselor to the Associate Attorney General (1994) then Deputy Associate
Attorney General (1994-98), U.S. Department of Justice; appointed to the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998.
LYNN J. BUSH, judge; born in Little Rock, AR, December 30, 1948;
daughter of John E. Bush III and Alice (Saville) Bush; one son, Brian
Bush Ferguson; B.A., Antioch College, 1970, Thomas J. Watson Fellow;
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1976; admitted to the Arkansas
Bar in 1976 and to the District of Columbia Bar in 1977; trial attorney,
Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1976-87; senior trial attorney, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Department of the Navy, 1987-89; counsel, Engineering Field
Activity Chesapeake, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of
the Navy, 1989-96; administrative judge, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development Board of Contract Appeals, 1996-98; nominated by
President Clinton to the
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U.S. Court of Federal Claims, June 22, 1998; and assumed duties of the
office on October 26, 1998.
EDWARD J. DAMICH, judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, June 19, 1948; son
of John and Josephine (Lovrencic) Damich; A.B., St. Stephen's College,
1970; J.D., Catholic University, 1976; professor of law at Delaware
School of Law of Widener University, 1976-84; served as a Law and
Economics Fellow at Columbia University School of Law, where he earned
his L.L.M. in 1983 and his J.S.D. in 1991; professor of law at George
Mason University, 1984-98; appointed by President George H.W. Bush to be
a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 1992-93; Chief
Intellectual Property Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1995-
98; admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania;
member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar
Association, American Bar Association, Supreme Court of the United
States, the Federal Circuit and Association litteraire et artistique
internationale; president of the National Federation of Croatian
Americans, 1994-95; appointed by President Clinton as judge, U.S. Court
of Federal Claims, October 22, 1998; served as chief judge May 13, 2002-
March 11, 2009; adjunct professor of law, Catholic University and George
Washington University.
NANCY B. FIRESTONE, judge; born in Manchester, NH, October 17, 1951;
B.A., Washington University, 1973; J.D., University of Missouri, Kansas
City, 1977; one child: Amanda Leigh; attorney, Appellate Section and
Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, 1977-84; assistant chief, Policy Legislation and Special
Litigation, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, 1984-85; Deputy Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1985-89;
associate deputy administrator, Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC, 1989-92; judge, Environmental Appeals Board,
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1992-95; Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1995-98; adjunct professor,
Georgetown University Law Center, 1985-present; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims by President Clinton on October 22, 1998.
LAWRENCE J. BLOCK, judge, born in New York City, March 15, 1951; son
of Jerome Block and Eve Silver; B.A., magna cum laude, New York
University, 1973; J.D., The John Marshall Law School, 1981; law clerk
for Hon. Roger J. Miner, United States District Court Judge for Northern
District of New York, 1981-83; associate, New York office of Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, 1983-86; attorney, Commercial Litigation
Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986; senior attorney-advisor,
Office of Legal Policy and Policy Development, U.S. Department of
Justice, 1987-90; adjunct professor, George Mason University School of
Law, 1990-91; acting general counsel for legal policy and deputy
assistant general counsel for legal policy, U.S. Department of Energy,
1990-94; senior counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1994-02; admitted
to the bar of Connecticut; admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme
Court, 1982, the United States District Court for the northern district
of New York, 1982, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,
1985, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New
York, 1985; appointed by President George W. Bush on October 3, 2002, to
a 15-years term as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
SUSAN G. BRADEN, judge, born in Youngstown, OH, November 8, 1948;
married to Thomas M. Susman; daughter (Daily); B.A., Case Western
Reserve University, 1970; J.D., Case Western Reserve University School
of Law, 1973; post graduate study Harvard Law School, Summer, 1979;
private practice, 1985-2003 (1997-2003 Baker & McKenzie); Federal Trade
Commission: special counsel to Chairman, 1984-85, senior attorney
advisor to Commissioner and Acting Chairman, 1980-83; U.S. Department of
Justice, Antitrust Division, Senior Trial Attorney, Energy Section,
1978-80; Cleveland Field Office, 1973-78; Special Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Alabama, 1990; Consultant to the Administrative
Conference of the United States, 1984-85; 2000 co-chair, Lawyers for
Bush-Cheney; General Counsel Presidential Debate for Dole-Kemp Campaign,
1996; counsel to RNC Platform, 1996; coordinator for Regulatory Reform
and Antitrust Policy, Dole Presidential Campaign, 1995-96; National
Steering Committee, Lawyers for Bush-Quayle, 1992; Assistant General
Counsel, Republican National Convention, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000; elected
At-Large Member, D.C. Republican National Committee, 2000-02; member of
the American Bar Association (Council Member, Section on Administrative
Law and Regulatory Practice, 1996-99), Federal Circuit Bar Association,
District of Columbia Bar Association, Computer Law Bar Association;
admitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1973, U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia, 1980, U.S. Supreme Court, 1980; U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1992; U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
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Circuit, 2001; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by
President George W. Bush on July 14, 2003.
CHARLES F. LETTOW, judge, born in Iowa Falls, IA, 1941; son of Carl
F. and Catherine Lettow; B.S.Ch.E., Iowa State University, 1962; LL.B.,
Stanford University, 1968, Order of the Coif; M.A., Brown University,
2001; Note Editor, Stanford Law Review; married to B. Sue Lettow;
children: Renee Burnett, Carl Frederick II, John Stangland, and Paul
Vorbeck; served U.S. Army, 1963-65; law clerk to Judge Ben C. Duniway,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1968-69, and Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1969-70; counsel,
Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President,
1970-73; associate (1973-76) and partner (1976-2003), Cleary, Gott-lieb,
Steen & Hamilton, Washington, DC; admitted to practice before the U.S.
Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C., Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits, the
U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, the Northern District
of California, and the District of Maryland, and the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims; member: American Law Institute, he American Bar
Association, the D.C. Bar, the California State Bar, the Iowa State Bar
Association, and the Maryland State Bar; nominated by President George
W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in 2001 and confirmed and
took office in 2003.
MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS, judge; born in Flushing, NY, April 3,
1953; married to Mark Calhoun Williams; son: Justin; daughter:
Jacquelyn; B.A. summa cum laude (Greek and Latin); M.A. (Latin),
Catholic University, 1974; J.D. Duke University; Editorial Board, Duke
Law Journal, 1976-77; admitted to the District of Columbia Bar;
associate, Fulbright and Jaworski, 1977-79; associate, Schnader,
Harrison, Segal and Lewis, 1979-83; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil
Division, District of Columbia, 1983-87; partner-Janis, Schuelke and
Wechsler, 1987-89; administrative judge, General Services Board of
Contract Appeals March 1989-July 2003; secretary, District of Columbia
Bar, 1988-89; Fellow, American Bar Foundation, elected, 1985; Board of
Directors, Bar Association of District of Columbia, 1985-88; Chairman,
Young Lawyers Section, Bar Association of District of Columbia, 1985-86;
Chair, Public Contract Law Section of Amercan Bar Association, 2002-03,
Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Council, 1995-2002; Delegate,
Section of Public Contract Law, ABA House of Delegates 2003-08; ABA
Board of Governors, 2010-13; Lecturer, Government Contract Law, 1989-
present; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 21, 2003.
VICTOR JOHN WOLSKI, judge; born in New Brunswick, NJ, November 14,
1962; son of Vito and Eugenia Wolski; B.A., B.S., University of
Pennsylvania, 1984; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1991;
married to Lisa Wolski; admitted to Supreme Court of the United States,
1995; California Supreme Court, 1992; Washington Supreme Court, 1994;
Oregon Supreme Court, 1996; District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2001;
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993; U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, 2001; U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of California, 1993; U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California, 1995; U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2001; U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia, 2002; research assistant,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1984-85; research
associate, Institute for Political Economy, 1985-88; confidential
assistant and speechwriter to the Secretary, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1988; paralegal specialist, Office of the general counsel,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1989; law clerk to Judge Vaughn R. Walker,
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1991-92;
attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, 1992-97; general counsel, Sacramento
County Republican Central Committee, 1995-97; counsel Senator Connie
Mack, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress,
1997-98; general counsel and chief tax adviser, Joint Economic
Committee, U.S. Congress, 1999-2000; associate, Cooper, Carvin &
Rosenthal, 2000-01; associate, Cooper & Kirk, 2001-03; associate editor,
Public Contract Law Journal, 2006-present; appointed by President George
W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 14, 2003.
GEORGE W. MILLER, judge, born in Schenectady, NY; married to Mary
Katherine ``Kay'' Miller, three children; A.B., magna cum laude,
Princeton University, 1963; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1966; L.L.M. in
taxation, George Washington University Law School, 1968; law clerk to
the late Judge Bruce M. Forrester of the United States Tax Court, 1966-
67; officer, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps, 1967-70; trial
attorney and partner at Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), 1970-2004;
District of Columbia Court of Appeals Board of Professional
Responsibility, 1985 (Vice Chairman 1988-89, Chairman 1989-91); D.C.
Court of Appeals Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the D.C.
Courts, 1990-92; United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Advisory Committee on Admissions and Grievances, 2002-04;
United States Court of Federal Claims Advisory Council,
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1994-2004; United States Court of Federal Claims Litigation Practice
Task Force, 1995; member United States Court of Federal Claims Bar
Association Board of Governors, 2004; admitted to the Bars of Virginia,
District of Columbia, and New York; appointed to the United States Court
of Federal Claims by President George W. Bush, 2004.
THOMAS C. WHEELER, judge; born in Chicago, IL, March 18, 1948;
married; two grown children; B.A., Gettysburg College, 1970; J.D.,
Georgetown University Law School, 1973; private practice in Washington,
DC, 1973-2005; associate and partner, Pettit & Martin until 1995;
partner, Piper & Marbury (later Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, and then
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary); member of the District of Columbia Bar;
American Bar Association's Public Contracts and Litigation Sections;
appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 24, 2005.
MARGARET M. SWEENEY, judge; born in Baltimore, MD; B.A. in history,
Notre Dame of Maryland, 1977; J.D., Delaware Law School, 1981; Delaware
Family Court Master, 1981-83; litigation associate, Fedorko, Gilbert, &
Lanctot, Morrisville, PA, 1983-85; law clerk to Hon. Loren A. Smith,
Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1985-87; trial attorney
in the General Litigation Section of the Environment and Natural
Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice, 1987-99;
president, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, 1999; attorney
advisor, United States Department of Justice Office of Intelligence
Policy and Review, 1999-2003; special master, U.S. Court of Federal
Claims, 2003-05; member of the Bars of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; appointed to the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims by President George W. Bush on October 24, 2005,
and entered duty on December 14, 2005.
SENIOR JUDGES
JAMES F. MEROW, senior judge; born in Salamanca, NY; educated in the
public schools of Little Valley, NY and Alexandria, VA; A.B. (with
distinction), George Washington University, 1953; J.D. (with
distinction), George Washington University Law School, 1956; member: Phi
Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa; married; officer,
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1956-59; trial attorney-branch
director, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1959-78; trial
judge, U.S. Court of Claims,1978-82; member of Virginia State Bar,
District of Columbia Bar, American Bar Association, and Federal Bar
Association; judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims since October 1, 1982 ,
reappointed by President Reagan to a 15-year term commencing August 5,
1983; assumed senior judge status on August 5, 1998.
ERIC G. BRUGGINK, senior judge; born in Kalidjati, Indonesia,
September 11, 1949; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1961; married to Melinda
Harris Bruggink; sons: John and David; B.A., cum laude (sociology),
Auburn University, AL, 1971; M.A. (speech), 1972; J.D., University of
Alabama, 1975; Hugo Black Scholar and Note and Comments Editor of
Alabama Law Review; member, Alabama State Bar and District of Columbia
Bar; served as law clerk to chief judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern
District of Alabama, 1975-76; associate, Hardwick, Hause and Segrest,
Dothan, AL, 1976-77; assistant director, Alabama Law Institute, 1977-79;
director, Office of Energy and Environmental Law, 1977-79; associate,
Steiner, Crum and Baker, Montgomery, AL, 1979-82; Director, Office of
Appeals Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1982-86; appointed to
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on April 15, 1986.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT
400 Second Street, NW., 20217, phone (202) 521-0700
JOHN O. COLVIN, chief judge; born in Ohio, 1946; A.B., University of
Missouri, 1968; J.D., 1971; LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law
Center, 1978; admitted to practice law in Missouri (1971) and District
of Columbia (1974); Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S. Coast Guard,
Washington, DC, 1971-75; served as Tax Counsel, Senator Bob Packwood,
1975-84; Chief Counsel (1985-87), and Chief Minority Counsel (1987-88),
U.S. Senate Finance Committee; past Chair, Tax Section, Federal Bar
Association and recipient of the FBA Tax Section's Liles Award; Adjunct
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and recipient of
Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award; appointed by
President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on September 1,
1988, for a term ending August 31, 2003; reappointed on August 12, 2004,
for a term ending August 11, 2019; elected as Chief Judge for two-year
terms beginning June 1, 2006, June 1, 2008, and June 1, 2010. Elected as
Chief Judge for an interim period effective March 8, 2013.
JAMES S. HALPERN, judge; born in New York, 1945; Hackley School,
Terrytown, NY, 1963; B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
1967; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1972; LL.M.,
Taxation, New York University Law School, 1975; Associate Attorney,
Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander, New York City, 1972-74; assistant
professor of law, Washington and Lee University, 1975-76; assistant
professor of law, St. John's University, New York City, 1976-78;
visiting professor, Law School, New York University, 1978-79; associate
attorney, Roberts and Holland, New York City, 1979-80; Principal
Technical Advisor, Assistant Commissioner (Technical) and Associate
Chief Counsel (Technical), Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC,
1980-83; partner, Baker and Hostetler, Washington, DC, 1983-90; Adjunct
Professor, Law School, George Washington University, Washington, DC,
1984-present; Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (retired); appointed by
President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on July 3,
1990, for a term ending July 2, 2005; reappointed on November 2, 2005,
for a term ending November 1, 2020.
MAURICE B. FOLEY, judge; born in Illinois, 1960; B.A., Swarthmore
College; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California
at Berkeley; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center; attorney for the
Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service,
Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance; Deputy
Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy;
appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
April 9, 1995, for a term ending April 8, 2010; reappointed on November
25, 2011, for a term ending November 24, 2026.
JUAN F. VASQUEZ, judge; born in San Antonio, Texas, 1948; attended
Fox Tech High School; A.D. (Data Processing), San Antonio Junior
College; B.B.A. (Accounting), University of Texas, Austin, 1972;
attended State University of New York, Buffalo in 1st year law school,
1975; J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1977; LL.M., Taxation, New
York University Law School of Law, 1978; Certified Public Accountant,
Certificate from Texas, 1976; admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1977;
admitted to the United States Tax Court, 1978; certified in tax law by
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984; admitted to the United States
District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1982, Western District of
Texas, 1985 and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
1982; and the Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1996;
private practice of tax law, in San Antonio, TX, 1987-April 1995;
partner, Leighton, Hood and Vasquez, in San Antonio, TX, 1982-87; Trial
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Houston,
TX, 1978-82; accountant, Coopers and Lybrand, Los Angeles, CA, 1972-74;
member of American Bar Association, Tax Section; Texas State Bar, Tax
Section; Fellow of Texas and San Antonio Bar Foundations; College of
State Bar of Texas; National Hispanic Bar Association and Hispanic Bar
Association of the District of Columbia; Mexican American Bar
Association (MABA) of San Antonio 1982-95; Houston MABA 1978-82; Texas
MABA 1986-88; National Association of Hispanic CPA's San Antonio Chapter
(founding member) 1983-88; member of Greater Austin Tax
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Litigation Association 1989-95; served on Austin Internal Revenue
Service District Director's Practitioner Liaison Committee, 1990-91
(chairman, 1991); appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States
Tax Court, on May 1, 1995, for a term ending April 30, 2010; reappointed
on October 13, 2011, for a term ending October 12, 2026.
JOSEPH H. GALE, judge; born in Virginia, 1953; A.B., Philosophy,
Princeton University, 1976; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law,
Dillard Fellow, 1980; practiced law as an Associate Attorney, Dewey
Ballantine, Washington, DC, and New York, 1980-83; Dickstein, Shapiro
and Morin, Washington, DC, 1983-85; served as Tax Legislative Counsel
for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), 1985-88; Administrative
Assistant and Tax Legislative Counsel, 1989; Chief Counsel, 1990-93;
Chief Tax Counsel, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, 1993-95; minority
Chief Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee, January 1995-July 1995;
minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Senate Finance Committee,
July 1995-January 1996; admitted to District of Columbia Bar; member of
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; appointed by President
Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, February 6, 1996, for a term
ending February 5, 2011; reappointed on October 18, 2011, for a term
ending October 17, 2026.
JOSEPH ROBERT GOEKE, judge; born in Kentucky, 1950; B.S., cum laude,
Xavier University, 1972; J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law,
1975 (Order of the Coif); admitted to Illinois and Kentucky Bar, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), U.S.
Court of Federal Claims; Trial Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office,
Internal Revenue Service, New Orleans, LA, 1975-80; Senior Trial
Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office, Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati,
OH, 1980-85; Special International Trial Attorney, Chief Counsel's
Office, Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati, OH, 1985-88; partner, Law
Firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw, Chicago, IL, 1988-2003; appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 22,
2003, for a term ending April 21, 2018.
ROBERT A. WHERRY, Jr., judge; born in Virginia, 1944; B.S., and
J.D., University of Colorado; LL.M., Taxation, New York University Law
School; fellow and former Regent of the American College of Tax Counsel
and former chairman of the Taxation Section of the Colorado Bar
Association; served as chairman of the Small-Business Tax Committee of
the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, as president of the
Greater Denver Tax Counsel Association, is a past chairman of the
Administrative Practice Committee of the American Bar Association Tax
Section, a member of the Council, and a member of the Advisory Committee
of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution; listed in
The Best Lawyers in America (in tax litigation); his articles have
appeared in ALI-ABA publications, The Colorado Lawyer, Tax Notes, and
State Tax Notes; former Colorado correspondent for State Tax Notes and
has spoken at numerous tax institutes, including the University of
Denver Tax Institute, Tulane University Tax Institute, and American Bar
Association Tax Section programs; was an instructor in Tax Court
litigation for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy; appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 23,
2003, for a term ending April 22, 2018.
DIANE L. KROUPA, judge; born in South Dakota, 1955; B.S.F.S.,
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1978; J.D., University
of South Dakota Law School, 1981; practiced tax law at Faegre and
Benson, LLP in Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Tax Court Judge, 1995-2001
(Chief Judge, 1998-2001); attorney-advisor, Legislation and Regulations
Division, Office of Chief Counsel (1981-84) and served as attorney-
advisor to Judge Joel Gerber, United States Tax Court, 1984-85; admitted
to practice law in South Dakota (1981), District of Columbia (1985) and
Minnesota (1986); member: American Bar Association (Tax Section),
Minnesota State Bar Association (Tax Section), National Association of
Women Judges (1995-present), American Judicature Society (1995-present);
Distinguished Service Award Recipient (2001), Minnesota State Bar
Association (Tax Section); Volunteer of the Year Award, Junior League of
Minneapolis (1993); Community Volunteer of the Year, Minnesota State Bar
Association (1998); appointed by President George W. Bush as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on June 13, 2003, for a term ending June 12,
2018.
MARK V. HOLMES, judge; born in New York, 1960; B.A., Harvard
College, 1979; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1983; admitted to
New York and District of Columbia Bars; U.S. Supreme Court; DC, Second,
Fifth and Ninth Circuits; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York,
Court of Federal Claims; practiced in New York as an Associate, Cahill
Gordon and Reindel, 1983-85; Sullivan and Cromwell, 1987-91; served as
clerk to
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the Hon. Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit, 1985-87; and in Washington as
Counsel to Commissioners, United States International Trade Commission,
1991-96; Counsel, Miller and Chevalier, 1996-2001; Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Tax Division, 2001-03; member, American Bar
Association (Litigation and Tax Sections); appointed by President George
W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on June 30, 2003, for a term
ending June 29, 2018.
DAVID GUSTAFSON, judge; born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1956.
Bob Jones University, B.A. summa cum laude, 1978. Duke University School
of Law, J.D. with distinction, 1981. Order of the Coif (1981). Executive
Editor of the Duke Law Journal (1980-81). Admitted to the District of
Columbia Bar, 1981. Associate at the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and
Brennan, in Washington, DC, 1981-83. Trial Attorney (1983-89), Assistant
Chief (1989-2005), and Chief (2005-08) in the Court of Federal Claims
Section of the Tax Division in the U.S. Department of Justice; and
Coordinator of Tax Shelter Litigation for the entire Tax Division (2002-
06). Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Awards, 1985, 1989, 1997, 2001-
05. Federal Bar Association's Younger Attorney Award, 1991. President of
the Court of Federal Claims Bar Association (2001). Appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on July 29,
2008, for a term ending July 29, 2023.
ELIZABETH CREWSON PARIS, judge; born in Oklahoma, 1958; B.S.,
University of Tulsa, 1980; J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law,
1987; LL.M., Taxation, University of Denver College of Law, 1993.
Admitted to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and U.S. District Court for
the District of Oklahoma, 1988; U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal
Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1993; Supreme Court
of Colorado, 1994. Former partner, Brumley Bishop and Paris, 1992;
Senior Associate, McKenna and Cueno, 1994; Tax Partner, Reinhart,
Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris and Rieselbach, 1998. Tax Counsel to the
United States Senate Finance Committee, 2000-08. Member of the American
Bar Association, Section of Taxation and Real Property and Probate
Sections, formerly served as Vice Chair to both Agriculture and Entity
Selection Committees. Member of Colorado and Oklahoma Bar Associations.
Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Tulsa School of
law. Author of numerous tax, estate planning, real property, agriculture
articles and chapters. Former adjunct professor, Georgetown University
Law Center, LL.M. Taxation Program, and University of Tulsa College of
Law. Appointed by President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on July 30, 2008, for a term ending July 29, 2023.
RICHARD T. MORRISON, judge; born in Hutchinson, Kansas 1967. B.A.,
B.S., University of Kansas, 1989; visiting student at Mansfield College,
Oxford University, 1987-88; J.D., University of Chicago Law School,
1993; M.A., University of Chicago, 1994. Clerk to Judge Jerry E. Smith,
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1993-94.
Associate, Baker and McKenzie, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-96. Associate,
Mayer Brown and Platt, Chicago, Illinois 1996-2001. Deputy Assistant
Attorney General for Review and Appellate Matters, Tax Division, United
States Department of Justice, from 2001 to 2008 (except for term as
Acting Assistant Attorney General, from July 2007 to January 2008).
Nominated by President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court,
on November 15, 2007; confirmed by Senate, July 7, 2008.
KATHLEEN KERRIGAN, judge; born in Springfield, Massachusetts; B.S.,
Boston College 1985; J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School, 1990;
admitted to Massachusetts Bar, 1991 and District Columbia Bar, 1992;
Legislative Director for Congressman Richard E. Neal, Member of the Ways
and Means Committee, 1990 to 1998; associate and partner at Baker &
Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, 1998-2005; tax counsel for Senator John
F. Kerry, Member of Senate Finance Committee, 2005-12; appointed by
President Barack Obama as Judge, United States, Tax Court, on May 4,
2012, for a term ending on May 3, 2027.
RONALD L. BUCH, judge; born in Flint, Michigan; B.B.A., Northwood
Institute, 1987; J.D. with Taxation Concentration, Detroit College of
Law, 1993; LL.M. in Taxation, Capital University Law School, 1994;
Research Editor of the Detroit College of Law Review, 1992-93; Ohio Tax
Review Fellow, 1993-94; admitted to the bars of Michigan, inactive
(1993), Ohio, inactive (1994), Florida (1994), and the District of
Columbia (1995); consultant at KPMG Washington National Tax (1995-97);
Attorney-Advisor (1997-2000) and Senior Legal Counsel (2000-01) at the
IRS Office of Chief Counsel; associate (2001-05) and partner (2005-09)
at McKee Nelson LLP; partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP (2009-13); James
E. Markham Attorney of the Year Award, 1999; Chair of the DC Bar Tax
Audits and Litigation Committee, 2006-08; Chair of the ABA Tax Section's
Administrative Practice
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Committee, 2008-09; appointed by President Barack H. Obama as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on January 14, 2013, for a term ending January
13, 2028.
ALBERT G. LAUBER, judge; born in Bronxville, New York. Education:
Yale College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Clare College, Cambridge
University (M.A., Classics, 1974); Yale Law School (J.D., 1977). Phi
Beta Kappa; Woodrow Wilson Fellow; Mellon Fellow; Note Editor, Yale Law
Journal; Moot Court Prize Argument; Cardozo Prize, Best Moot Court
Brief. Employment: Law Clerk to Malcolm R. Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the DC Circuit (1977-78); Law Clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun,
U.S. Supreme Court (1978-79). Associate Attorney, Caplin & Drysdale,
Chtd., Washington, DC (1979-83); Tax Assistant to the Solicitor General,
U.S. Department of Justice (1983-86); Deputy Solicitor General, U.S.
Department of Justice (1986-87); Partner, Caplin & Drysdale, Chtd.,
Washington, DC (1988-2005); Visiting Professor and Director, Graduate
Tax & Securities Programs, Georgetown University Law Center (2006-13).
Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University Law School (1983-
84); Lecturer, University of Virginia Law School (1988-90); Adjunct
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (2013-present); Board of
Trustees, the Studio Theatre (1993-present); Member, District of
Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (2004-08). Admitted to the
Bars of the District of Columbia (1978); U.S. Supreme Court (1983); U.S.
Court of Appeals, DC Circuit (1983); U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal
Circuit (1994); Connecticut (inactive); Member, American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation; appointed by President Barack H. Obama
as Judge, United States Tax Court, on January 31, 2013, for a term
ending January 30, 2028.
SENIOR JUDGES
HOWARD A. DAWSON, Jr., senior judge; born in Arkansas, 1922; Woodrow
Wilson High School, Washington, DC, 1940; B.S. in Commerce, University
of North Carolina, 1946; J.D. with honors, George Washington University
School of Law, 1949; President, Case Club; Secretary-Treasurer, Student
Bar Association; private practice of law, Washington, DC, 1949-50;
served with the United States Treasury Department, Internal Revenue
Service, as follows: Attorney, Civil Division, Office of Chief Counsel,
1950-53; Civil Advisory Counsel, Atlanta Region, 1953-57; Regional
Counsel, Atlanta Region, 1958; Personal Assistant to Chief Counsel,
1958-59, Assistant Chief Counsel (Administration), 1959-62; U.S. Army
Finance Corps, 1943-45; two years in European Theater; Captain, Finance
Corps, U.S. Army Reserve (Retired); member of District of Columbia Bar
(1949), Georgia Bar (1958), American Bar Association (Section of
Taxation), Federal Bar Association, Chi Psi, Delta Theta Phi, George
Washington University Law Alumni Association; appointed by President
Kennedy as Judge, Tax Court of the United States, on August 21, 1962,
for a term ending June 1, 1970; reappointed by President Nixon on June
2, 1970, for a term ending June 1, 1985; served as Chief Judge from July
1, 1973 to June 30, 1977, during which time the United States Tax
Court's Courthouse was built and dedicated; and served again as Chief
Judge from July 1, 1983 to June 1, 1985; retired on June 2, 1985; David
Brennan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Akron Law School,
Spring Term, 1986; Professor and Director, Graduate Tax Program,
University of Baltimore Law School, 1986-89; Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Law, University of San Diego, Winter 1991. Recalled as
Senior Judge to perform judicial duties 1990-to-present. In 2009, the
Court established the Howard A. Dawson, Jr. Award to honor exemplary
service by Tax Court employees. On January 18, 2011, became the longest
serving judge in Tax Court history.
HERBERT L. CHABOT, senior judge; born in New York, 1931; Stuyvesant
High School, 1948; B.A., cum laude, C.C.N.Y., 1952; LL.B., Columbia
University, 1957; LL.M. in Taxation, Georgetown University, 1964; served
in United States Army, 2 years, and Army Reserves (civil affairs units),
for 8 years; served on legal staff, American Jewish Congress, 1957-61;
attorney-adviser to Judge Russell E. Train, 1961-65; Congressional Joint
Committee on Taxation, 1965-78; elected Delegate, Maryland
Constitutional Convention, 1967-68; adjunct professor, National Law
Center, George Washington University, 1974-83; member of American Bar
Association, Tax Section, and Federal Bar Association; appointed by
President Carter as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 3, 1978,
for a term ending April 2, 1993; served as Senior Judge on recall
performing judicial duties until reappointed on October 20, 1993, for a
term ending October 19, 2008; retired on June 30, 2001, but recalled on
July 1, 2001, as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties to the present
time.
MARY ANN COHEN, senior judge; born in New Mexico, 1943; attended
public schools in Los Angeles, CA; B.S., University of California, at
Los Angeles, 1964; J.D., University
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of Southern California School of Law, 1967; practiced law in Los
Angeles, member in law firm of Abbott and Cohen; American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation, and Continuing Legal Education
activities; received Dana Latham Memorial Award from Los Angeles County
Bar Association Taxation Section, 1997; Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit
Award from ABA Tax Section Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax
Penalties, 1999; Bruce I. Hochman Award from the UCLA Tax Controversy
program, 2007; and Joanne M. Garvey Award from California Bar Taxation
Section, 2008; appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on September 24, 1982, for a term ending September 23, 1997;
served as Chief Judge from June 1, 1996 to September 23, 1997;
reappointed on November 7, 1997, for a term ending November 6, 2012, and
served again as Chief Judge from November 7, 1997 to May 31, 2000.
JULIAN I. JACOBS, senior judge; born in Maryland, 1937; B.A.,
University of Maryland, 1958; LL.B., University of Maryland Law School,
1960; LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown Law Center, 1965; admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1960; attorney, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, 1961-65,
and Buffalo, NY, in Regional Counsel's Office, 1965-67; entered private
practice of law in Baltimore, MD, 1967; associate (1972-74) and partner
(1974-84) in the Law Firm of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger and
Hollander; Chairman, study commission to improve the quality of the
Maryland Tax Court, 1978; member, study groups to consider changes in
the Maryland tax laws; Commissioner on a commission to reorganize and
recodify article of Maryland law dealing with taxation, 1980; Lecturer,
tax seminars and professional programs; Chairman, Section of Taxation,
Maryland State Bar Association; adjunct professor of Law, Graduate Tax
Program, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1991-93; Adjunct
Professor of Law, Graduate Tax Program, University of San Diego School
of Law, 2001; Adjunct Professor of Law, Graduate Tax Program, University
of Denver School of Law, 2001-04; appointed by President Reagan as
Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 30, 1984, for a term ending
March 29, 1999; recalled on March 30, 1999, as Senior Judge to perform
judicial duties from that date to the present.
JOEL GERBER, senior judge; born in Illinois, 1940; B.S., business
administration, Roosevelt University, 1962; J.D., DePaul University,
1965; LL.M., Taxation, Boston University Law School, 1968; admitted to
the Illinois Bar, 1965; Georgia Bar, 1974; Tennessee Bar, 1978; served
with U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, as trial
attorney, Boston, MA, 1965-72; senior trial attorney, Atlanta, GA, 1972-
76; District Counsel, Nashville, TN, 1976-80; Deputy Chief Counsel,
Washington, DC, 1980-84; Acting Chief Counsel, May 1983-March 1984;
recipient of a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award, 1983; Secretary of
the Treasury's Exceptional Service Award, 1984; Lecturer in Law,
Vanderbilt University, 1976-80; appointed by President Reagan as Judge,
United States Tax Court, on June 18, 1984, for a term ending June 17,
1999; served as Senior Judge on recall performing judicial duties until
reappointed on December 15, 2000, for a term ending December 14, 2015;
served as Chief Judge from June 1, 2004, to May 31, 2006; assumed senior
status on June 1, 2006.
THOMAS B. WELLS, senior judge; born in Ohio, 1945; B.S., Miami
University, Oxford, OH, 1967; J.D., Emory University Law School,
Atlanta, GA, 1973; LL.M., Taxation, New York University Law School, New
York, 1978; Supply Corps Officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty 1967-
70, Morocco and Vietnam, received Joint Service Commendation Medal;
admitted to practice law in Georgia; member of law firm of Graham and
Wells, P.C.; County Attorney for Toombs County, GA; City Attorney,
Vidalia, GA, until 1977; law firm of Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and
Cadenhead, Atlanta, until 1981; law firm of Shearer and Wells, P.C.
until 1986; member of American Bar Association, Section of Taxation;
State Bar of Georgia, member of Board of Governors; Board of Editors,
Georgia State Bar Journal; member, Atlanta Bar Association; Editor of
the Atlanta Lawyer; active in various tax organizations, such as Atlanta
Tax Forum (presently, Honorary Member); Director, Atlanta Estate
Planning Council; Director, North Atlanta Tax Council; American College
of Tax Counsel, Honorary Fellow; Emory Law Alumni Association's
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2001; Life Member, National Eagle Scout
Association, Eagle Scout, 1960; member: Vidalia Kiwanis Club
(President); recipient, Distinguished President Award; appointed by
President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on October 13, 1986,
for a term ending October 12, 2001; reappointed by President Bush on
October 10, 2001, for a term ending October 9, 2016; served as Chief
Judge from September 24, 1997 to November 6, 1997, and from June 1, 2000
to May 31, 2004. Recalled on January 1, 2011, as Senior Judge to perform
judicial duties from that date to the present.
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ROBERT PAUL RUWE, senior judge; born in Ohio, 1941; Roger Bacon High
School, St. Bernard, OH, 1959; Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1963;
J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law (graduated first in class), 1970;
admitted to Ohio Bar, 1970; Special Agent, Intelligence Division,
Internal Revenue Service, 1963-70; joined Office of Chief Counsel,
Internal Revenue Service in 1970, and held the following positions:
Trial Attorney (Indianapolis), Director, Criminal Tax Division, Deputy
Associate Chief Counsel (Litigation), and Director, Tax Litigation
Division; appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax
Court, on November 20, 1987, for a term ending November 19, 2002;
recalled on November 20, 2002, as Senior Judge to perform judicial
duties from that date to the present.
LAURENCE J. WHALEN, senior judge; born in Pennsylvania, 1944; A.B.,
Georgetown University, 1967; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center,
1970; LL.M., 1971; admitted to District of Columbia and Oklahoma Bars;
Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division,
Department of Justice, 1971-72; trial attorney, Tax Division, 1971-75;
private law practice in Washington, DC, with Hamel and Park (now
Hopkins, Sutter, Hamel and Park), 1977-84; also in Oklahoma City, OK,
with Crowe and Dunlevy, 1984-87; member of Oklahoma Bar Association,
District of Columbia Bar Association, and American Bar Association,
appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
November 23, 1987, for a term ending November 22, 2002; recalled on
November 23, 2002, as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties from that
date to the present.
CAROLYN P. CHIECHI, senior judge; born in New Jersey, 1943; B.S.
(magna cum laude, Class Rank: 1), Georgetown University, 1965; J.D.,
1969 (Class Rank: 9); LL.M., Taxation, 1971; Doctor of Laws, Honoris
Causa, 2000; practiced with law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan,
Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA (partner, 1976-92; associate, 1971-76);
served as attorney-adviser to Judge Leo H. Irwin, United States Tax
Court, 1969-71; member, District of Columbia Bar, 1969-present (member,
Taxation Section, 1973-99; member, Taxation Section Steering Committee,
1980-82, Chairperson, 1981-82; member, Tax Audits and Litigation
Committee, 1986-92, Chairperson, 1987-88); member, American Bar
Association, 1969-present (member, Section of Taxation, 1969-present;
member, Committee on Court Procedure, 1991-present; member, Litigation
Section, 1995-2000; member, Judicial Division, 1997-2000); Federal Bar
Association, 1969-present (member, Section of Taxation, 1969-present;
member, Judiciary Division, 1992-present); Fellow, American College of
Tax Counsel; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; member, Women's Bar
Association of the District of Columbia, 1992-present; Board of
Governors, Georgetown University Alumni Association, 1994-97, 1997-2000;
Board of Regents, Georgetown University, 1988-94, 1995-2001; National
Law Alumni Board, Georgetown University, 1986-93; Board of Directors,
Stuart Stiller Memorial Foundation, 1986-99; American Judicature
Society, 1994-present; one of several recipients of the first Georgetown
University Law Alumni Awards (1994); one of several recipients of the
first Georgetown University Law Center Alumnae Achievement Awards
(1998); admitted to Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of American
Women, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the East; appointed by
President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on October
1, 1992, for a term ending September 30, 2007; serving as Senior Judge,
United States Tax Court, October 1, 2007-present.
DAVID LARO, senior judge; born in Michigan, 1942; appointed by
President Bush to the U.S. Tax Court in November, 1992. Formerly
practiced tax law in Flint and Ann Arbor Michigan for 24 years. Graduate
of New York University Law School (LL.M. in Taxation 1970), the
University of Illinois Law School (J.D. 1967) and the University of
Michigan (B.A. 1964). Regent of the University of Michigan, a member of
the State Board of Education in Michigan, and Chairman of the State
Tenure Commission in Michigan. Teaches corporate tax and business
planning at Georgetown Law school, and the University of San Diego Law
School. Co-Author of Business Valuation and Taxes: Procedure, Law and
Perspective (Second edition, 2011), a 500 page text on tax valuation. At
the request of the American Bar Association (CEELI), contributed written
comments on the Draft Laws of Ukraine and Uzbekistan. As a consultant
for Harvard University (Harvard Institute for International Development)
and Georgia State University, lectured in Moscow on the subjects of tax
reform and litigation. Consultant on Russian Tax Reform under a project
through USAID. At the invitation of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan in
2007, lectured to members of the Kazakhstan Judiciary, and lectured to
members of the Russian Judiciary in Moscow in 2007-10. In May 2006, and
June 2007, at the invitation of the State Tax Administration and other
government officials, lectured in Beijing, China on economic substance.
Serving as Senior Judge, U.S. Tax Court November 2007 to present.
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HARRY A. HAINES, senior judge; born in Montana, 1939; B.A., St. Olaf
College, 1961; J.D., University of Montana Law School, 1964; LL.M.,
Taxation, New York University Law School, 1966; admitted to Montana Bar
and U.S. District Court, Montana, 1964; practiced law in Missoula, MT,
as a partner, Law Firm of Worden, Thane and Haines, 1966-2003; adjunct
professor, Law School, University of Montana, 1967-91; appointed by
President George W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 22,
2003 for a term ending April 21, 2018. Recalled on May 30, 2009, as
Senior Judge to perform judicial duties from that date to the present.
MICHAEL B. THORNTON, senior judge; born in Mississippi, 1954; B.S.
in Accounting, summa cum laude, University of Southern Mississippi,
1976; M.S. in Accounting, 1997; M.A. in English Literature, University
of Tennessee, 1979; J.D. (with distinction), Duke University School of
Law, 1982; Order of the Coif, Duke Law Journal Editorial Board; admitted
to District of Columbia Bar, 1982; served as Law Clerk to the Honorable
Charles Clark, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
1983-84; practiced law as an Associate Attorney, Sutherland, Asbill and
Brennan, Washington, DC, 1982-83 and summer 1981; Miller and Chevalier,
Chartered, Washington, DC, 1985-88; served as Tax Counsel, U.S. House
Committee on Ways and Means, 1988-93; Chief Minority Tax Counsel, U.S.
House Committee on Ways and Means, January 1995; Attorney-Adviser, U.S.
Treasury Department, February-April 1995; Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel
in the Office of Tax Policy, United States Treasury Department, April
1995-February 1998; recipient of Treasury Secretary's Annual Award, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1997; Meritorious Service Award, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1998; appointed by President Clinton as
Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 8, 1998, for a term ending
March 7, 2013.
L. PAIGE MARVEL, senior judge; born in Maryland, 1949; B.A., magna
cum laude, College of Notre Dame, 1971; J.D. with honors, University of
Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 1974; Order of the Coif; member,
Maryland Law Review and Moot Court Board; Garbis and Schwait, P.A.,
associate (1974-76) and shareholder (1976-85); shareholder, Garbis,
Marvel and Junghans, P.A., 1985-86; shareholder, Melnicove, Kaufman,
Weiner, Smouse and Garbis, P.A., 1986-88; partner, Venabel, Baetjer and
Howard LLP, 1988-98; member, American Bar Association, Section of
Taxation, Vice-Chair, Committee Operations, 1993-95; Council Director
1989-92; Chair, Court Procedure Committee, 1985-87; Maryland State Bar
Association, Board of Governors, 1988-90, and 1996-98; Chair, Taxation
Section 1982-83; Federal Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Section
Council, 1984-90; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, Maryland Bar
Foundation; fellow and former Regent, American College of Tax Counsel,
1996-98; member, American Law Institute; advisor, ALI Restatement of
Law, Third, The Law Governing Lawyers 1988-98; University of Maryland
Law School Board of Visitors, 1995-2001; Loyola / Notre Dame Library,
Inc. Board of Trustees, 1996-2003; Advisory Committee, University of
Baltimore Graduate Tax Program, 1986-present; Co-editor, Procedure
Department, The Journal of Taxation, 1990-98; member, Commissioner's
Review Panel on IRS Integrity, 1989-91; member and Chair, Procedure
Subcommittee, Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland (Tax
Provisions), 1981-87; member, Advisory Commission to the Maryland State
Department of Economic and Community Development, 1978-81; recipient,
President's Medal, College of Notre Dame, 2006; Jules Ritholz award, ABA
Tax Section's Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Comm., 2004; First Annual
Tax Excellence Award, Maryland State Bar Association Tax Section, 2002;
named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women, 1998; recipient, ABA Tax
Section's Distinguished Service Award, 1995; MSBA Distinguished Service
Award, 1982-83; listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-98, Who's Who in
America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the East; author of
various articles and book chapters on tax and tax litigation topics;
appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on
April 6, 1998, for a term ending April 5, 2013.
SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGES OF THE COURT
Robert N. Armen, Jr.; Lewis R. Carluzzo; John F. Dean; Daniel A. Guy;
Peter J. Panuthos (chief special trial judge).
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Court Staff
Clerk.--Robert R. Di Trolio, 521-4600.
General Counsel.--Douglas Snoeyenbos, 521-3390.
Deputy General Counsel.--Fig Ruggieri, 521-3390.
Director of Human Resources.--Ellene P. Footer, 521-4700.
Reporter of Decisions.--Sheila A. Murphy, 521-4577.
Librarian.--Nancy Ciliberti, 521-4585.
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JAMES E. BAKER, chief judge; born in New Haven, CT, March 25, 1960;
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 Counsel, 1994-97; Special
Assistant to the President and Legal Advisor, National Security Counsel,
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.
CHARLES E. ERDMANN, associate judge; born in Great Falls, MT, June
26, 1946; 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, 2001-2002; 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.
SCOTT W. STUCKY, associate judge; born in Hutchinson, KS, January
11, 1948; B.A. (summa cum laude), Wichita State University, 1970; J.D.,
Harvard Law School, 1973; M.A., Trinity University, 1980; LL.M. with
highest honors, George Washington University, 1983; Federal Executive
Institute, 1988; Harvard Program for Senior Officials in National
Security, 1990; National War College, 1993; admitted to bar, Kansas and
District of Columbia; U.S. Air Force, judge advocate, 1973-78; U.S. Air
Force Reserve, 1982-2003 (retired as colonel); married to Jean Elsie
Seibert of Oxon Hill, MD, August 18, 1973; children: Mary-Clare, 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-present; 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.
MARGARET A. RYAN, associate judge; born in Chicago, IL, May 23,
1964; 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
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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 & 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.
SENIOR JUDGES
WILLIAM HORACE DARDEN, senior judge; born in Union Point, GA, May
16, 1923; son of William W. and Sara (Newsom) Darden; B.B.A., University
of Georgia, 1946; LL.B., University of Georgia, 1948; admitted to bar of
Georgia and to practice before the Georgia Supreme Court, 1948; active
duty in U.S. Navy from July 1, 1943 to July 3, 1946, when released to
inactive duty as lieutenant (jg.); married to Mary Parrish Viccellio of
Chatham, VA, December 31, 1949; children: Sara Newsom, Martha Hardy,
William H., Jr., Daniel Hobson; secretary to U.S. Senator Richard B.
Russell, 1948-51; chief clerk of U.S. Senate Committee on Armed
Services, 1951-53; professional staff member and later chief of staff,
U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, February 1953 to November 1968;
received recess appointment as judge of the U.S. Court of Military
Appeals from President Johnson on November 5, 1968, to succeed the late
Judge Paul J. Kilday; took oath of office on November 13, 1968;
nominated by President Johnson for the unexpired part of the term of the
late Judge Paul J. Kilday ending May 1, 1976; confirmed by Senate on
January 14, 1969; designated Chief Judge by President Nixon on June 23,
1971; resigned December 29, 1973; elected to become Senior Judge on
February 11, 1974.
WALTER THOMPSON COX III, senior judge; born in Anderson, SC, August
13, 1942; 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, August 2,
1941; 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
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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.
H.F. ``SPARKY'' GIERKE, senior judge; born in Williston, ND, March
13, 1943; son of Herman F. Gierke, Jr., and Mary Kelly Gierke; children:
Todd, Scott, Craig, and Michelle; B.A., University of North Dakota,
1964; J.D., University of North Dakota, 1966; graduated basic course,
the Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, VA, 1967;
graduated military judge course, the Judge Advocate General's School,
Charlottesville, VA, 1969; active duty, U.S. Army judge advocate
general's corps, 1967-71; private practice of law, 1971-83; served as a
justice of the North Dakota supreme court from October 1, 1983 until
appointment to U.S. Court of Military Appeals; admitted to the North
Dakota Bar, 1966; admitted to practice law before all North Dakota
Courts, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, U.S. Court of
Military Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court; served as president of the
State Bar Association of North Dakota in 1982-83; served as president of
the North Dakota State's Attorneys Association in 1979-80; served on the
board of governors of the North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association from
1977-83; served on the board of governors of the North Dakota State Bar
Association from 1977-79 and from 1981-84; served as vice chairman and
later chairman of the North Dakota Judicial Conference from June 1989
until November 1991; fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the
American College of Probate Counsel; member of the American Bar
Association, American Judicature Society, Association of Trial Lawyers
of America, Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, Kappa Sigma Social
Fraternity, University of North Dakota President's Club; in 1984,
received the Governor's Award from Governor Allen I. Olson for
outstanding service to the State of North Dakota; in 1988 and again in
1991, awarded the North Dakota National Leadership Award of Excellence
by Governor George A. Sinner; in 1989, selected as the Man of the Year
by the Delta Mu Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and as Outstanding
Greek Alumnus of the University of North Dakota; also awarded the
University of North Dakota Sioux Award (UND's alumni association's
highest honor); in 1983-84, served as the first Vietnam era state
commander of the North Dakota American Legion; in 1988-89, served as the
first Vietnam era national commander of the American Legion; nominated
by President George H.W. Bush, October 1, 1991; confirmed by the Senate,
November 14, 1991; sworn-in and assumed office on the U.S. Court of
Military Appeals, November 20, 1991; on October 1, 2004, he became the
Chief Judge until his retirement on September 30, 2006, and assumed the
status of Senior Judge on October 1, 2006.
SUSAN J. CRAWFORD, senior judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, April 22,
1947; daughter of William E. and Joan B. Crawford; married to Roger W.
Higgins of Geneva, NY, Sep-tember 8, 1979; one child, Kelley S. Higgins;
B.A., Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, 1969; J.D. (cum laude), Dean's
Award, Arthur McClean Founder's Award, New England School of Law,
Boston, MA, 1977; history teacher and coach of women's athletics, Radnor
High School, Pennsylvania, 1969-74; associate, Burnett and Eiswert,
Oakland, MD, 1977-79; Assistant State's Attorney, Garrett County,
Maryland, 1978-80; partner, Burnett, Eiswert and Crawford, 1979-81;
instructor, Garrett County Community College, 1979-81; deputy general
counsel, 1981-83, and general counsel, Department of the Army, 1983-89;
special counsel to Secretary of Defense, 1989; inspector general,
Department of Defense, 1989-91; member: bar of the Supreme Court of the
United States; bar of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, Maryland Bar
Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar
Association, Federal Bar Association, and the Edward Bennett Williams
American Inn of Court; member: board of trustees, 1989-present, and
Corporation, 1992-present, of New England School of Law; board of
trustees, 1988-present, Bucknell University; nominated by President Bush
as judge, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, February 19, 1991, for a term
of 15 years; confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 1991, sworn in and
officially assumed her duties on November 19, 1991; on October 1, 1999,
she became the Chief Judge for a term of five years; retired on
September 30, 2006 and assumed the status of Senior Judge on October 1,
2006.
ANDREW S. EFFRON, senior judge; born in Stamford, CT, September 18,
1948; 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
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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.
Officers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Clerk of the Court.--William A. DeCicco.
Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court.--David A. Anderson.
Deputy Clerk for Opinions.--Patricia Mariani.
Court Executive.--Keith Roberts.
Librarian.--Agnes Kiang.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 900, 20004, phone (202) 501-5970
BRUCE E. KASOLD, chief judge; born in New York, 1951; B.S., United
States Military Academy, 1973; J.D., cum laude, University of Florida,
1979; LL.M., Georgetown University, 1982; Honors Graduate, the Judge
Advocate General's School Graduate Program, 1984; admitted to the bars
of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court, the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals; member: Florida Bar, District of Columbia
Bar, the Federal Bar Association, Order of the Coif; retired from the
U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Defense Artillery and Judge Advocate
General's Corp, 1994; commercial litigation attorney, Holland & Knight
Law Firm, 1994-95; Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, 1995-98; Chief Counsel, Secretary of the Senate and
Senate Sergeant at Arms, 1998-2003; appointed by President George W.
Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on December 13,
2003; sworn in December 31, 2003.
LAWRENCE B. HAGEL, judge; born in Washington, IN, 1947; B.S., United
States Naval Academy, 1969; J.D., University of the Pacific McGeorge
School of Law, 1976; LL.M. (Labor Law, with highest honors) The National
Law Center, George Washington University, 1983; admitted to the bars of
the U.S. Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth, Ninth, Tenth, D.C. and Federal Circuits, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Supreme
Court of the States of Iowa and California and the District of Columbia;
commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps, second lieutenant, infantry
officer 1969-72 service in Vietnam and Puerto Rico; Marine Corps Judge
Advocate 1973-90, assignments concentrated in criminal and civil
litigation; Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel, Paralyzed
Veterans of America, 1990-2003; appointed by President George W. Bush in
December 2003, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims;
confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the Court of Appeals on December 9,
2003; sworn in January 2, 2004.
WILLIAM A. MOORMAN, judge; born in Chicago, IL, January 23, 1945;
B.A., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1967; J.D., University
of Illinois College of Law, 1970; commissioned in the United States Air
Force, second lieutenant, Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1970; entered
active duty, 1971; Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1972-2002, serving as
the senior attorney at every level of command, culminating his active
military service with his appointment as the Judge Advocate General of
the United States Air Force; military decorations include the Superior
Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf
cluster, the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, and the Meritorious
Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters; retired from the Air Force in
April 2002, in the grade of Major General; Counselor to the General
Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2002; Assistant to the
Secretary for Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 2003; appointed by President George W. Bush as Acting Assistant
Secretary of Management for the Department of Veterans Affairs, August
2004; author: ``Executive Privilege and the Freedom of Information Act:
Sufficient Protection for Aircraft Mishap Reports?'', 21 Air Force Law
Review 581 (1979); ``Cross-Examination Techniques,'' 27 Air Force Law
Review 105 (1987); ``Fifty Years of Military Justice: Does the UCMJ Need
To Be Changed?'', 48 Air Force Law Review 185 (2000); ``Humanitarian
Intervention and International Law in the Case of Kosovo,'' 36 New
England Law Review 775 (2002); ``Serving Our Veterans Through Clearer
Rules,'' 56 Administrative Law Review 207 (2004); recipient: Albert M.
Kuhfeld Outstanding Young Judge Advocate of the Air Force Award 1979,
Stuart R. Reichart Outstanding Senior Attorney of the Air Force Award
1992, University of Illinois College of Law Distinguished Alumnus Award
2001, Department of Veterans Affairs Exceptional Service Award 2004;
nominated for appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims on September 21, 2004, by President George W. Bush; confirmed by
the U.S. Senate November 20, 2004; sworn in December 16, 2004.
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ALAN G. LANCE, Sr., judge; born in McComb, OH, April 27, 1949; B.A.
in english and history, distinguished military graduate, South Dakota
State University, 1971; commissioned U.S. Army, June 1971; graduated
University of Toledo School of Law and Law Review, 1973; admitted to the
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, State of Ohio, State
of Idaho; commissioned U.S. Army, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, 1974
and served as Claims Officer, defense counsel, Chief of Defense Counsel,
Legal Assistance Officer, Administrative Law Officer and in the absence
of a military Judge, military Magistrate for the 172nd Infantry Brigade
(Alaska) 1974-77; Army Commendation Medal 1977; served as the Command
Judge Advocate, Corpus Christi Army Depot, 1977-78; engaged in private
practice of law, Ada County, Idaho, 1978-94; elected to the Idaho House
of Representatives, 1990, and served as Majority Caucus chairman, 1992-
94; elected as Idaho Attorney General (31st) in 1994 and 1998;
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Toledo School of Law, 2002;
inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame, November 2004; nominated
as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by
President George W. Bush; confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims, November 2004 and sworn in on December 17,
2004.
ROBERT N. DAVIS, judge; born in Kewanee, IL, September 20, 1953;
graduated from Davenport Central High School, Davenport, IA, 1971; B.A.,
University of Hartford, 1975; J.D. Georgetown University Law Center,
1978; admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals; the State of Virginia; and the State of Iowa; career
record 1978-83 appellate attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission; 1983-88 attorney with the United States Department of
Education, Business and Administrative Law Division of the Office of
General Counsel; 1983 Governmental exchange program with the United
States Attorneys office, District of Columbia; Special Assistant United
States Attorney; 1988-2001 Professor of Law, University of Mississippi
School of Law; 2001-05 Professor of Law, Stetson University College of
Law; Published extensively in the areas of constitutional law,
administrative law, national security law and sports law. Founder and
Faculty Editor-in-Chief, Journal of National Security Law, arbitrator /
mediator with the American Arbitration Association and the United States
Postal Service. Gubernatorial appointment to the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 1993-2000. Joined the United States
Navy Reserve Intelligence Program in 1988. Presidential recall to active
duty in 1999, Bosnia and 2001 for the Global War on Terrorism. Military
decorations include Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service
Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, NATO Medal, Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with ``M'' device,
Overseas Service Ribbon, National Defense Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit
Award, and Global War on Terrorism Medal. Nominated for appointment by
President George W. Bush on March 23, 2003; confirmed by the United
States Senate on November 21, 2004; Commissioned on December 4, 2004 as
a Judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
MARY J. SCHOELEN, judge; born in Rota, Spain; B.A., political
science, University of California at Irvine, 1990; J.D., George
Washington University Law School, 1993; admitted to the State Bar of
California; law clerk for the National Veterans Legal Services Project,
1992-93; legal intern to the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
1994; staff attorney for Vietnam Veterans of America's Veterans Benefits
Program, 1994-97; Minority Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, 1997-2001; Minority General Counsel, March 2001-June 2001;
Deputy Staff Director, Benefits Programs / General Counsel, June 2001-
03; Minority Deputy Staff Director, Benefits Programs / General Counsel,
2003-04; nominated by President George W. Bush; appointed a Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; confirmed by the
U.S. Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on
November 20, 2004; sworn in December 20, 2004.
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
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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 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.
MARGARET BARTLEY, judge; born in Pittsburgh, PA, 1959; B.S., cum
laude, Pennsylvania State University, 1981; J.D., cum laude, American
University Washington College of Law, 1993; admitted to the bars of the
State of Maryland and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit; law clerk to now-retired Judge Jonathan R. Steinberg of the
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 1993-94; staff
attorney for National Veterans Legal Services Program, 1994-2005; senior
staff attorney for National Veterans Legal Services Program, 2005-12;
editor of the NVLSP veterans' law quarterly, The Veterans Advocate,
2004-12; Director of Outreach and Education for the Veterans Consortium
Pro Bono Program, 2005-12; nominated as a Judge of the United States
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on June 21, 2011, by President
Barack Obama; confirmed by the U.S. Senate May 21, 2012 and sworn in
June 28, 2012.
WILLIAM S. GREENBERG, judge, Judge Greenberg was a partner of
McCarter & 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
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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 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 (AB, 1964) and Rutgers University Law School (JD, 1967). He
is married to the former Betty Kaufmann Wolf of Pittsburgh. They have
three children, Katherine of New York, Anthony of Baltimore, and
Elizabeth of New York; nominated to the United States Court of Appeals
for Veterans Claims by President Barack Obama on November 15, 2012,
confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2012, appointed by
the President on December 27, 2012, and took the judicial oath on
December 28, 2012, for a term of fifteen years.
Officers of the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals
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.--Robert J. Bieber.
Librarian.--Allison Fentress.
UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Room G-255, North Lobby,
One Columbus Circle, NE., 20002, phone (202) 502-2800, fax 502-2888
(National jurisdiction to centralize related cases pending in multiple
circuits and districts under 28 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1407 & 2112)
Chairman.--John G. Heyburn II, U.S. District Judge, Western District of
Kentucky.
Judges:
Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge, District of New
Hampshire.
Marjorie O. Rendall, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Third Circuit.
Charles R. Breyer, Senior U.S. District Judge, Northern District
of California.
Lewis A. Kaplan, Senior U.S. District Judge, Southern District
of New York.
Sarah S. Vance, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern
District of Louisiana.
Panel Executive.--Thomasenia P. Duncan.
Clerk.--Jeffery N. Luthi.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE., 20544, phone (202) 502-2600
Director.--James C. Duff, 502-3000.
Deputy Director.--Jill C. Sayenga, 502-3015.
Chief, Office of:
Audit.--Rick Lewis, 502-1000.
Long-Range Planning.--Brian Lynch, 502-1300.
Management, Planning and Assessment.--Cathy A. McCarthy, 502-
1300.
Associate Director and General Counsel.--William R. Burchill, Jr.,
502-1100.
Deputy General Counsel.--Robert K. Loesche.
Assistant Director, Judicial Conference Executive Secretariat.--
Laura C. Minor, 502-2400.
Deputy Assistant Directors: Jeffrey A. Hennemuth, Wendy Jennis.
Assistant Director, Legislative Affairs.--Cordia A. Strom, 502-1700.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Daniel A. Cunningham.
Chief, Judicial Impact Office.--Richard A. Jaffe.
Assistant Director, Public Affairs.--David A. Sellers, 502-2600.
Assistant Director, Office of Court Administration.--Noel J.
Augustyn, 502-1500.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Glen K. Palman.
Chief of:
Appellate Court and Circuit Administration Division.--Gary
Bowden, 502-1520.
Bankruptcy Court Administration Division.--Glen K. Palman,
502-1540.
Court Administration Policy Staff.--Abel J. Mattos, 502-
1560.
District Court Administration Division.--Robert Lowney, 502-
1570.
Public Access and Records Management Division.--Michel M.
Ishakian, 502-1500.
Technology Division.--Gary L. Bockweg, 502-2500.
Assistant Director, Office of Defender Services.--Ted Lidz, 502-
3030.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Steven G. Asin.
Chief of:
Information Technology Division.--George M. Drakulich.
Legal, Policy and Training Division.--Richard A. Wolff.
Program Budget, Operations and Assessment Division.--Steven
G. Asin (acting).
Assistant Director, Office of Facilities and Security.--Ross
Eisenman, 502-1200.
Deputy Assistant Director.--William J. Lehman.
Office of Court Security Office.--Edward M. Templeman, 502-1280.
Chief of:
Judiciary Emergency Preparedness Office.--William J. Lehman.
Security and Facilities Policy Staff.--Melanie F. Gilbert.
Space and Facilities Division.--John D. Casey, 502-1340.
Assistant Director, Office of Finance and Budget.--George H.
Schafer, 502-2000.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Michael N. Milby.
Chief of:
Accounting and Financial Systems Division.--Charles S.
Glenn, 502-2200.
Budget Division.--James R. Baugher, 502-2100.
Financial Liaison and Analysis Office.--Penny Jacobs
Fleming, 502-2028.
Assistant Director, Office of Human Resources.--Patricia J.
Fitzgibbons, 502-1170.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Nancy E. Ward.
Chief of:
Benefits Division.--Cynthia Roth, 502-1160.
Business Technology Optimization Division.--Christopher D.
Mays, 502-3210.
Court Personnel Management Division.--Patricia E. Tuccio,
502-3100.
Fair Employment Practices Office.--Trudi M. Morrison, 502-
1380.
Judges Compensation and Retirement Services Office.--Carol
S. Sefren, 502-1380.
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Policy and Strategic Initiatives Office.--Harvey L. Jones,
502-3185.
Assistant Director, Office of Information Technology.--Joseph R.
Peters, 502-2300.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Vacant.
Chief Technology Officer.--Richard D. Fennell.
Chief of:
IT Infrastructure Management Division.--Timothy Hanlon, 502-
2640.
IT Policy and Resource Management Office.--Terry A. Cain,
502-3300.
IT Technology Management Services Division.--Robert D.
Morse, 502-2377.
IT Security Office.--Bethany DeLude, 502-2350.
IT Systems Deployment and Support Division.--Ronald E.
Blankenship, 502-2700.
Assistant Director for Internal Services.--Doreen Bydume, 502-4200.
Chief of:
AO Administrative Services Division.--Iris Guerra, 502-1220.
AO Information and Technology Services Division.--John C.
Chang, 502-2830.
AO Personnel Division.--Cheri Thompson Reid, 502-3800.
AO Procurement Management Division.--William Roeder, 502-
1330.
Assistant Director for Judges Programs.--Peter G. McCabe, 502-1800.
Deputy Assistant Director.--R. Townsend Robinson, 502-1800.
Chief of:
Article III Judges Division.--Michele E. Reed (acting), 502-
1860.
Bankruptcy Judges Division.--Amanda Anderson, 502-1900.
Magistrate Judges Division.--Thomas C. Hnatowski, 502-1830.
Rules Committee Support Office.--Peter G. McCabe, 502-1820.
Statistics Division.--Steven R. Schlesinger, 502-1440.
Assistant Director, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services.--John
M. Hughes, 502-1600.
Deputy Assistant Director.--Matthew G. Rowland.
Chief of:
Criminal Law Policy Staff.--John Fitzgerald.
Programs Administration Division.--Nancy Beatty Gregoire.
Special Projects Office.--Nancy Lee Bradshaw.
Technology Division.--Nicholas B. DiSabatino.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
One Columbus Circle, NE., 20002-8003, phone (202) 502-4000
Director.--Judge Jeremy D. Fogel, 502-4160, fax 502-4099.
Deputy Director.--John S. Cooke, 502-4060, fax 502-4099.
Director of:
Communications Policy and Design Office.--Sylvan A. Sobel, 502-
4250, fax 502-4077.
Education Division.--Bruce M. Clarke, 502-4257, fax 502-4299.
Federal Judicial History Office.--Bruce A. Ragsdale, 502-4181,
fax 502-4077.
International Judicial Relations Office.--Mira Gur-Arie, 502-
4191, fax 502-4099.
Research Division.--James B. Eaglin, 502-4070, fax 502-4199.
Information Technology Office.--Esther DeVries, 502-4223, fax
502-4288.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW., 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Executive Officer.--Anne B. Wicks, 879-1700.
Deputy Executive Officer.--Cheryl R. Bailey, 879-1700; fax 879-4829.
Director, Governmental and Public Relations.--Leah Gurowitz, 879-
1700.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
430 E Street, NW., 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Eric T. Washington.
Associate Judges:
Stephen H. Glickman.
John R. Fisher.
Anna Blackburne-Rigsby.
Phyllis D. Thompson.
Kathryn A. Oberly.
Corinne Beckwith.
Catharine F. Easterly.
Roy W. McLeese.
Senior Judges:
Theodore R. Newman, Jr.
William C. Pryor.
Annice M. Wagner.
James A. Belson.
Frank Q. Nebeker.
John M. Steadman.
John A. Terry.
John M. Ferren.
Frank E. Schwelb.
Inez Smith Reid.
Warren R. King.
Michael W. Farrell.
Vanessa Ruiz.
Clerk.--Julio Castillo, 879-2725.
Chief Deputy Clerk.--Tracy Nutall, 879-2773.
Administration Director.--Reginald Turner, 879-2755.
Admissions Director.--Vacant, 879-2714.
Public Office Operations Director.--Terry Lambert, 879-2702.
Senior Staff Attorney.--Rosanna Mason, 879-2718.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
500 Indiana Avenue, NW., 20001
phone (202) 879-1010
Chief Judge.--Lee F. Satterfield.
Associate Judges:
Jennifer M. Anderson.
Judith Bartnoff.
Ronna L. Beck.
Patricia A. Broderick.
A. Franklin Burgess, Jr.
Zoe Bush.
John M. Campbell.
Russell F. Canan.
Erik P. Christian.
Jeanette Clark.
Natalia Combs Greene.
Laura A. Cordero.
Harold Cushenberry, Jr.
Carol Dalton.
Danya A. Dayson.
Marisa Demeo.
Jennifer A. DiToro.
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
Todd E. Edelson.
Anthony Epstein.
Gerald I. Fisher.
Wendell P. Gardner, Jr.
Brian Holeman.
Alfred S. Irving.
Craig Iscoe.
Gregory Jackson.
William M. Jackson.
J. Ramsey Johnson.
Anita Josey-Herring.
Ann O'Regan Keary.
Kimberley S. Knowles.
Peter Krauthamer.
Neal E. Kravitz.
Milton C. Lee
Lynn Leibowitz.
Jose M. Lopez.
Judith N. Macaluso.
John McCabe.
Juliet J. McKenna.
Robert E. Morin.
Thomas J. Motley.
John M. Mott.
Stuart G. Nash.
Michael R. O'Keefe.
Robert D. Okun.
Florence Y. Pan.
Heidi Pasichow.
Hiram E. Puig-Lugo.
Maribeth Raffinan.
Michael L. Rankin.
Robert I. Richter.
Robert Rigsby.
Maurice Ross.
Michael J. Ryan.
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Fern Flanagan Saddler.
Judith Smith.
Frederick H. Weisberg.
Yvonne Williams.
Rhonda Reid Winston.
Melvin R. Wright.
Senior Judges:
Mary Ellen Abrecht.
Geoffrey M. Alprin.
John H. Bayly.
Leonard Braman.
Arthur L. Burnett.
Kaye R. Christian.
Linda Kay Davis.
Frederick D. Dorsey.
Stephanie Duncan-Peters.
Stephen F. Eilperin.
Henry F. Greene.
Brook Hedge.
Rufus G. King III
Richard A. Levie.
Cheryl M. Long.
Bruce S. Mencher.
Zinora Mitchell-Rankin.
Gregory E. Mize.
Truman A. Morrison III.
Judith E. Retchin.
Nan R. Shuker.
Robert S. Tignor.
Linda D. Turner.
Curtis Von Kann.
Ronald P. Wertheim.
Susan R. Winfield.
Peter H. Wolf.
Patricia A. Wynn.
Joan Zeldon.
Magistrate Judges:
Janet Albert.
Errol Arthur.
Joseph E. Beshouri.
Rainey R. Brandt.
Diane M. Brenneman.
Julie Breslow.
Diana Harris Epps.
Tara Fentress.
S. Pamela Gray.
Andrea L. Harnett.
Karen Howze.
Noel Johnson.
Michael J. McCarthy.
Aida Melendez.
Elizabeth Mullin.
Lloyd U. Nolan.
William Nooter.
Lori Parker.
Richard H. Ringell.
Gretchen Rohr.
Mary Grace Rook.
Kenia Seoane-Lopez.
Frederick J. Sullivan.
Elizabeth Wingo.
Clerk of the Court.--Duane B. Delaney, 879-1400.