Congressional Directory for the 112th Congress (2011-2012), December 2011. [Pages 845-896] [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 [[Page 846]] 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. [[Page 847]] 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. Officers of the Supreme Court Counselor to the Chief Justice.--Jeffrey P. Minear. [[Page 848]] 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. [[Page 849]] 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: Michael Boudin; Juan R. Torruella; Kermit V. Lipez; Jeffrey R. Howard; O. Rogeriee Thompson. Senior Circuit Judges: Bruce M. Selya; Norman H. Stahl. 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: Dennis Jacobs; Jose A. Cabranes; Susan L. Carney; Denny Chin; Peter W. Hall; Robert A. Katzmann; Debra A. Livingston; Raymond J. Lohier; Gerard E. Lynch; Rosemary S. Pooler; Reena Raggi; Richard C. Wesley. Senior Judges: Giudo Calabresi; Wilfred Feinberg; Amalya L. Kearse; Pierre N. Leval; Joseph M. McLaughlin; Roger J. Miner; 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: Anthony J. Scirica; Dolores K. Sloviter; 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. Senior Circuit Judges: Ruggero J. Aldisert; Maryanne Trump Barry; Joseph F. Weis, Jr.; Leonard I. Garth; Walter K. Stapleton; Morton I. Greenberg; Robert E. Cowen; Richard L. Nygaard; Jane R. Roth; Franklin S. VanAntwerpen. Circuit Executive: Toby D. Slawsky (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. 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: Edith H. Jones. Circuit Judges: Carolyn Dineen King; E. Grady Jolly; W. Eugene Davis; Jerry E. Smith; Emilio M. Garza; Fortunato P. Benavides; Carl E. Stewart; James L. Dennis; Edith Brown Clement; Edward C. Prado; Priscilla R. Owen; Jennifer Walker Elrod; Leslie H. Southwick; Catharina Haynes; James E. Graves, Jr. Senior Circuit Judges: Thomas M. Reavley; Will Garwood; Patrick E. Higginbotham; John M. Duhe, Jr; Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.; Rhesa H. Barksdale; Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. 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: Boyce F. Martin, Jr.; Danny J. Boggs; Karen Nelson Moore; R. Guy Cole, Jr.; Eric Lee Clay; Julie Smith Gibbons; John M. Rogers; Jeffrey S. Sutton; Deborah L. Cook; David McKeague; Richard Allen Griffin; Raymond M. Kethledge; Helene N. White; Jane B. Stranch. 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: Leonard Green (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; John L. Coffey; Kenneth F. Ripple; Daniel A. Manion; Terence T. Evans. Circuit Executive: [[Page 850]] Collins T. Fitzpatrick (312) 435-5803. 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; Michael J. Melloy; Lavenski R. Smith; Steven M. Colloton; Raymond W. Gruender; Duane Benton; Bobby E. Shepherd. Senior Circuit Judges: Myron H. Bright; Pasco M. Bowman II; C. Arlen Beam; Morris S. Arnold. Circuit Executive: Millie Adams (314) 244-2600. Clerk: Michael E. Gans (314) 244-2400, 111 S. Tenth Street, Suite 24.327, 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: Mary M. Schroeder; 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; Raymond C. Fisher; 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. Senior Circuit Judges: James R. Browning; Alfred T. Goodwin; J. Clifford Wallace; Procter R. Hug, Jr.; Otto R. Skopil, Jr.; Betty B. Fletcher; J. Jerome Farris; Arthur L. Alarcon; Dorothy W. Nelson; William C. Canby, Jr.; Robert Boochever; Robert R. Beezer; John T. Noonan, Jr.; Edward Leavy; Stephen S. Trott; Ferdinand F. Fernandez; Andrew J. Kleinfeld; Michael D. Hawkins; A. Wallace Tashima. 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; Michael R. Murphy; Harris L Hartz; Terrence L. O'Brien; Timothy M. Tymkovich; Neil M. Gorsuch; Jerome A. Holmes; Scott M. Matheson, Jr. Senior Circuit Judges: William J. Holloway, Jr.; Robert H. McWilliams; Monroe G. McKay; Stephanie K. Seymour; John C. Porfilio; Stephen H. Anderson; Bobby R. Baldock; Wade Brorby; David M. Ebel. 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; J. L. Edmondson; Ed Carnes; Rosemary Barkett; Frank M. Hull; Stanley Marcus; Charles R. Wilson; William H. Pryor, Jr; Beverly B. Martin. Senior Circuit Judges: James C. Hill; Peter T. Fay; Phyllis A. Kravitch; Emmett R. Cox; R. Lanier Anderson III; Susan H. Black. Circuit Executive: James P. Gerstenlauer (404) 335- 6535. Clerk: John P. Ley (404) 335-6100, 56 Forsyth Street, NW., Atlanta, GA 30303. [[Page 851]] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 333 Constitution Avenue, NW., 20001, phone (202) 216-7300 DAVID BRYAN SENTELLE, chief 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 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. 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 [[Page 852]] 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 (deceased); married to the former Edith Bassichis, 1965; children: Rebecca, Stephanie, Joshua, and Emily; grandchildren: Olivia, Maya, Olin, Reuben, Rae, Cameron, and Ozzie; 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- 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); board of directors, Equal Justice Works; 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. MERRICK BRIAN GARLAND, 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. 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; [[Page 853]] 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, 2008-12; appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 30, 2006. 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; 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, 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; has been a Visiting Professor of Law at NYU School of Law 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; 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, [[Page 854]] 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. 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. [[Page 855]] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEDERAL CIRCUIT 717 Madison Place, NW., 20439, phone (202) 633-6550 RANDALL R. RADER, cheif 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. [[Page 856]] 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. WILLIAM CURTIS BRYSON, 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. ARTHUR J. GAJARSA, 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, [[Page 857]] 1995-2001; Georgetown University Board of Directors, 2001-present; member: Federal, American, Federal Circuit, and D.C. Bar Associations; American Judicature Association; nominated 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. RICHARD LINN, 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. 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 H. 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 on May 18, 2006; confirmed by the Senate on September 5, 2006 and assumed the duties of office on September 8, 2006. [[Page 858]] SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGES GLENN LeROY ARCHER, Jr., senior circuit judge; born in Densmore, KS, March 21, 1929; son of Glenn L. and Ruth Agnes Archer; educated in Kansas public schools; B.A., Yale University, 1951; J.D., with honors, George Washington University Law School, 1954; married to Carole Joan Thomas; children: Susan, Sharon, Glenn III, and Thomas; First Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Office, U.S. Air Force, 1954-56; associate (1956-60) and partner (1960-81), Hamel, Park, McCabe and Saunders, Washington, DC; nominated in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan to be Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, and served in that position from December 1981 to December 1985; nominated in October 1985 by President Reagan to be circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; took the oath of office as a Circuit Judge in December 1985; elevated to the position of Chief Judge on March 18, 1994, served in that capacity until December 24, 1997; took senior status beginning December 25, 1997. 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. 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 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, [[Page 859]] 1990-97 and 2007-present; member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1997-2004. 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 the Federal Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on August 17, 1992, sworn in on August 19, 1992. Officers of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court.--Jan Horbaly (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. Chief Deputy Clerk for Operations.--Pamela Twiford, 275-8021. [[Page 860]] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 2002, 20001 phone (202) 354-3320, fax 354-3412 ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, chief judge; born in San Antonio, TX, July 16, 1943; son of Nell Elizabeth Synder and Larimore S. Lamberth, Sr.; South San Antonio High School, 1961; B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1966; LL.B., University of Texas School of Law, 1967; permanent president, class of 1967, University of Texas School of Law; U.S. Army (Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1968-74; Vietnam Service Medal, Air Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster); assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1974-87 (chief, civil division, 1978-87); President's Reorganization Project, Federal Legal Representation Study, 1978-79; honorary faculty, Army Judge Advocate General's School, 1976; Attorney General's Special Commendation Award; Attorney General's John Marshall Award, 1982; vice chairman, Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee, Section on Administrative Law, American Bar Association, 1979-82, chairman, 1983-84; chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1989-91; co-chairman, Committee of Article III Judges, Judiciary Section 1989-present; chairman, Federal Litigation Section, 1986-87; chairman, Federal Rules Committee, 1985-86; deputy chairman, Council of the Federal Lawyer, 1980-83; chairman, Career Service Committee, Federal Bar Association, 1978-80; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Reagan, November 16, 1987; appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to be presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, May 1995-2002. 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 Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, DC; received B.A. degree in English at Catholic University (Delta Epsilon Honor Society); received J.D. at Catholic University's Columbus School of Law (Moot Court Board of Governors); law clerk to Hon. Catherine B. Kelly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1968-69; attorney, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, 1969-72; chief legal counsel, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Department of Health and Human Services, 1972-84; received Saint Elizabeths Hospital Certificate of Appreciation, 1981; Meritorious Achievement Award from Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), Department of Health and Human Services, 1981; appointed judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President [[Page 861]] 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. HENRY H. KENNEDY, Jr., judge; born in Columbia, SC, February 22, 1948; son of Henry and Rachel Kennedy; A.B., Princeton University, 1970; J.D., Harvard University, 1973; admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, 1973; Reavis, Pogue, Neal and Rose, 1972 and 1973; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1973-76; United States Magistrate for the District of Columbia, April 1976-79; appointed judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, by President Carter, December 17, 1979; member: American Bar Foundation; District of Columbia Bar; Washington Bar Association; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Law Institute; member: The Barristers; Sigma Pi Phi; Epsilon Boule; Trustee, Princeton University; appointed judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, by President Clinton on September 18, 1997. RICHARD W. ROBERTS, 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. ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, judge; born in Boston, MA, June 3, 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, February 8, 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 [[Page 862]] 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, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2007-present. JOHN D. BATES, judge; born in Elizabeth, NJ, October 11, 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, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2009-present. RICHARD J. LEON, judge; born in South Natick, MA, December 3, 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, Seymour [[Page 863]] and Pease, Washington, DC, 1999-2002; Commissioner, Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-01; Master, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court; appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia by President George W. Bush on February 19, 2002; took oath of office on March 20, 2002. ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, judge; born in White Plains, NY, November 19, 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. 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 Competition, 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 Performance, 1991; Federal Bureau of Investigation Award and New York City Department of Investigation Award for public corruption investigation and prosecution, 1992; Freedom of Information Hall of Fame, 2001; First Amendment Award, Society of Professional Journalists, 2004; Federal Bureau of Investigation Director's Award, 2006; Book chapters and law review article publications include Seven Weeks: The Making of the USA PATRIOT Act, The George Washington Law Review, 2004; FISA's Fruits in Criminal Cases: An Opportunity for Improved Accountability, UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 2007; Book Chapters include: Real World Problems of Virtual Crime, in Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment, 2007; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Has the Solution Become the Problem, in Protecting What Matters: Technology, Security, and Liberty Since 9/11, 2006 and articles in the New York Law Journal, Journal of Internet Law, 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 [[Page 864]] 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. SENIOR JUDGES LOUIS FALK OBERDORFER, senior judge; born in Birmingham, AL, February 21, 1919; son of A. Leo and Stella Falk Oberdorfer; A.B., Dartmouth College, 1939; LL.B., Yale Law School, 1946 (editor in chief, Yale Law Journal, 1941); admitted to the Bar of Alabama, 1947, District of Columbia, 1949; U.S. Army, rising from private to captain, 1941-45; law clerk to Justice Hugo L. Black, 1946-47; attorney, Paul Weiss, Wharton, Garrison, 1947-51; partner, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, and predecessor firms, 1951-61 and 1965-77; Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-65; president, District of Columbia Bar, 1977; transition chief executive officer, Legal Services Corp., 1975; co-chairman, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1967-69; member, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 1963-84; visiting lecturer, Yale Law School, 1966, 1971; adjunct professor, Georgetown Law Center, 1993-present; appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Carter on October 11, 1977, and took oath of office on November 1, 1977; senior status July 31, 1992. THOMAS F. HOGAN, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, May 31, 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 Com [[Page 865]] mittee; 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. GLADYS KESSLER, senior judge; born in New York, NY, January 22, 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, February 20, 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. RICARDO M. URBINA, senior judge; born of an Honduran father and Puerto Rican mother in Manhattan, NY; B.A., Georgetown University, 1967; J.D., Georgetown Law Center, 1970; staff attorney, D.C. Public Defender Service, 1970-72; after a period of private practice with an emphasis on commercial litigation, joined the faculty of Howard University School of Law, during which time he maintained a private practice; directed the university's criminal justice clinic and taught criminal law, criminal procedure and torts, 1974-81; voted Professor of the Year by the Howard Law School student body, 1978; nominated to the D.C. Superior Court by President Carter, 1980; appointed to the bench as President Reagan's first presidential judicial appointment and the first Hispanic judge in the history of the District of Columbia, 1981; during his thirteen years on the Superior Court, Judge Urbina served as Chief Presiding Judge of the Family Division for three years and chaired the committee that drafted the Child Support Guidelines later adopted as the District of Columbia's child support law; [[Page 866]] managed a criminal calendar (1989-90) that consisted exclusively of first degree murder, rape and child molestation cases; designated by the chief judge to handle a special calendar consisting of complex civil litigation; twice recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services for his work with children and families; selected one of the Washingtonians of the Year by Washington Magazine, 1986; received Hugh Johnson Memorial Award for his many contributions to ``. . . the creation of harmony among diverse elements of the community and the bar by D.C. Hispanic Bar Association;'' received the Hispanic National Bar Association's 1993 award for demonstrated commitment to the ``Preservation of Civil and Constitutional Rights of All Americans'', and the 1995 NBC-Hispanic Magazine National VIDA Award in recognition of lifetime community service; adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School since 1993; served as a visiting instructor of trial advocacy at the Harvard Law School, 1996-97; Latino Civil Rights Center presented him with the Justice Award in 1999; conferred Distinguished Adjunct Teacher Award by George Washington University Law School in 2001 and in 2005 has been awarded the David Seidlson Chair for Trial Advocacy; appointment by President Clinton to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1994 made him the first Latino ever appointed to the federal bench in Washington, DC. Officers of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Bankruptcy Judge.--S. Martin Teel, Jr. United States Magistrate Judges: Deborah A. Robinson; Alan Kay; John M. Facciola. Clerk of Court.--Angela Caesar. Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Sheldon L. Snook. [[Page 867]] 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. 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.; 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, commercial litigation branch, civil division, 1980-83; recipient of the John Marshall Award [[Page 868]] 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. EVAN J. WALLACH, judge; born in Superior, AZ, November 11, 1949; son of Albert A. and Sara F. Wallach; married to Katherine Colleen Tobin, 1992; graduate of Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA, 1967; attended Diablo Valley Junior College, Pleasant Hill, CA, 1967-68; news editor, Viking Reporter; member, Alfa Gamma Sigma, National Junior College Honor Society, member, Junior Varsity Wrestling Team; enlisted United States Army, January, 1969, PVT-SGT, served as Reconnaissance Sergeant 8th Engineer Bn., 1st Calvary Division (Air Mobile), Republic of Vietnam, 1970-71, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Valorous Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal; attended University of Arizona, 1971-73, graduated B.A., journalism (high honors), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alfa, Rufenacht French Language Prize, Douglas Martin Journalism Scholarship; attended University of California, Berkeley, 1973-76, graduated J.D., 1976, research assistant to Prof. Melvin Eisenberg, member of University of California Honor Society; Associate (1976-82) and Partner (1983-95) Lionel Sawyer and Collins, Las Vegas, NV with emphasis on media representation; attended Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, LL.B. (international law) (honors), 1981, member Hughes Hall College Rowing Club, Cambridge University Tennis Club; elected, Honorary Fellow Hughes Hall College, 2008-present; General Counsel and Public Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D) of Nevada, 1987-88; served CAPT-MAJ Nevada Army National Guard, 1989-95; served as Attorney / Advisor, International Affairs Division; Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, February-June, 1991-92; Meritorious Service Medal (oak leaf cluster); Nevada Medal of Merit; General Counsel, Nevada Democratic Party, 1978-80, 1982-86; General Counsel, Reid for Congress campaign, 1982, 1984; Reid for Senate campaign, 1986, 1992; General Counsel, Bryan for Senate campaign, 1988; Nevada State Director, Mondale for President campaign, 1984; State Director, Nevada and Arizona, Gore for President campaign, 1988; General Counsel Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus, 1990- 95; General Counsel, Society for Professional Journalists, 1988-95; General Counsel, Nevada Press Association, 1989-95; awarded American Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, 1993; Nevada State Press Association President's Award, 1994; Clark County School Librarians Intellectual Freedom Award, 1995; Law of War, Adjunct Professor, New York Law School, 1997-present; Brooklyn Law School, 2000-present; member, Nevada Bar Association, 1977; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1977; District of Columbia, 1988; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989; American Law Institute and ALI Adviser on Principles of World Trade Law: National Treatment; author, Legal Handbook for Nevada Reporters (1994); Comparison of British and American Defense Based Prior Restraint, ICLQ (1984); Treatment of Crude Oil as a War Munition, ICLQ (1992); Three Ways Nevada Unconstitutionally Chills the Media; Nevada Lawyer (1994); Co-Editor, Nevada Civil Practice Handbook (1993); Extradition to the Rwandan War Crimes Tribunal: Is Another Treaty Required, USCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs (Spring / Summer, 1998); The Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes Trials: Did They Provide an Outline for International Criminal Procedure? Columbia Journal of Translational Law (Spring, 1999); Webmaster, International Law of War Association, lawofwar.org; Afghanistan, Yamashita and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander? The Army Lawyer (June 2003); The Logical Nexus Between the Decision to Deny Application of the Third Geneva Convention to the Taliban and Al Queda and the Mistreatment of Prisoners of War in Abu Ghraib, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 541 (2004); Drop by Drop: Forgetting the History of Water Torture in U.S. Courts, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (2007). Command Responsibility, co-author of Chapter in Bassouni, International Criminal Law (3rd Ed.) (2008). A Tiny Problem with Huge Implications-Nanotech Agents as Enablers or Substitutes for Banned Chemical Weapons: Is a New Treaty Needed?, Fordham International Law Journal (2010); Pirates, Partisans, and Pancho Villa: How International and National Law Handled Non-State Fighters in the ``Good Old Days'' Before 1949 and That Approach's Applicability to the ``War on Terror'', Emory International Law Journal (2010). 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; Shaw Pittman Potts and Trowbridge (Washington, DC), 1979-94; Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the [[Page 869]] 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-present); Co-Chair, Section of Litigation Task Force on Implicit Bias (2010-12); 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-present; 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. 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. [[Page 870]] 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. 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 [[Page 871]] 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. [[Page 872]] UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS Lafayette Square, 717 Madison Place, NW., 20005, phone (202) 219-9657 EDWARD J. DAMICH, chief 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; appointed by President George W. Bush as chief judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, May 13, 2002; at present Judge Damich is an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. LAWRENCE M. BASKIR, judge; born in Brooklyn, NY, January 10, 1938; married to Marna Tucker, two children; A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton University; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1959; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1962; Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of the Army, 1994-98; private practice and Editor-In-Chief, Military Law Reporter, 1981-94; Legislative Director to Senator Bill Bradley, 1979-81; Deputy Assistant Secretary (Legislation), Office of the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, 1977-79; Director, Vietnam Offender Study; Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1975-77; Director, Presidential (Ford) Clemancy Board, White House, 1974-75; Chief Counsel, Subcommittees on Constitutional Rights and Separation of Powers, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Sam J. Ervin, Chairman, 1967-74; publications include Chance and Circumstances: The Draft, the War and the Vietnam Generation; consultant to Information Intelligence Committees, U.S. Congress; Adjunct Professor and Lecturer, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Catholic Law Schools, and American University; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998; chief judge, July 11, 2000 to May 10, 2002. CHRISTINE ODELL COOK ``O.C.'' MILLER, judge; born in Oakland, CA, August 26, 1944; married to Dennis F. Miller; B.A., Stanford University, 1966; J.D., University of Utah College of Law, 1969; Comment Editor, Utah Law Review; member, Utah Chapter Order of the Coif; clerk to Chief Judge David T. Lewis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit; trial attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice; trial attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection; Hogan and Hartson, litigation section; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Special Counsel; U.S. Railway Association, Assistant General Counsel; Shack and Kimball P.C., litigation; member of the Bars of the State of California and District of Columbia; member of the University Club and the Cosmos Club; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by President Reagan on December 10, 1982, and confirmed as Christine Cook Nettsheim; reappointed by President Clinton on February 4, 1998. 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 [[Page 873]] 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. 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 U.S. Court of Federal Claims, June 22, 1998; and assumed duties of the office on October 26, 1998. 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. EMILY CLARK HEWITT, 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; 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 to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998; entered duty on November 10, 1998. 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. 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 Com [[Page 874]] mittee, 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 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, February 10, 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, Gottlieb, 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, the 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 American Bar Association, 2002-03, Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Council, 1995-2002; Delegate, Section of Public Contract Law, ABA House of Delegates 2003-04; 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, June 3, 2000; 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 [[Page 875]] 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 to 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; nominated by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on September 12, 2002, renominated January 7, 2003, and confirmed by U.S. Senate on July 9, 2003. 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. 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, 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. SENIOR JUDGES JAMES F. MEROW, senior judge; born in Salamanca, NY, March 16, 1932; 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 and reappointed by President Reagan to a 15-year term commencing August 5, 1983. JOHN PAUL WIESE, senior judge; born in Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 1934; son of Gustav and Margaret Wiese; B.A., cum laude, Hobart College, 1962, Phi Beta Kappa; LL.B., University of Virginia School of Law, 1965; married to Alice Mary Donoghue, June, 1961; one son, [[Page 876]] John Patrick; served U.S. Army, 1957-59; law clerk: U.S. Court of Claims, trial division, 1965-66, and Judge Linton M. Collins, U.S. Court of Claims, appellate division, 1966-67; private practice in District of Columbia, 1967-74 (specializing in government contract litigation); trial judge, U.S. Court of Claims, 1974-82; admitted to Bar of the District of Columbia, 1966; admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; member: District of Columbia Bar Association and American Bar Association; designated in Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and reappointed by President Reagan to 15-year term on October 14, 1986. ROBERT J. YOCK, senior judge; born in St. James, MN, January 11, 1938; son of Dr. William J. and Erma Yock; B.A. St. Olaf College, 1959; J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1962; married to Carla M. Moen, June 13, 1964; children: Signe Kara and Torunn Ingrid; admitted to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1962; Court of Military Appeals, 1964; U.S. Supreme Court, 1965; U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1966; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1972; U.S. Court of Claims, 1979; and U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982; member: Minnesota State Bar Association, and District of Columbia Bar Association; served in the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1962-66; private practice, St. Paul, MN, 1966-69; entered Government service as chief counsel to the National Archives and Record Services of the General Services Administration, 1969-70; executive assistant and legal advisor to the Administrator of General Services, 1970-72; assistant general counsel at GSA, 1972-77; trial judge, U.S. Court of Claims, 1977-82; designated by Public Law 97-164 as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982-83; renominated by President Reagan as judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, June 20, 1983, confirmed by U.S. Senate, August 4, 1983, reappointed to 15-year term, August 5, 1983. LAWRENCE S. MARGOLIS, senior judge; born in Philadelphia, PA, March 13, 1935; son of Reuben and Mollie Margolis; B.A., Central High School, Philadelphia, PA; B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University), 1957; J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1961; married to Doris May Rosenberg, January 30, 1960; children: Mary Aleta and Paul Oliver; admitted to the District of Columbia Bar; patent examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1957-62; patent counsel, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, MD, 1962-63; assistant corporation counsel for the District of Columbia, 1963-66; attorney, criminal division, U.S. Department of Justice and special assistant U.S. attorney for District of Columbia, 1966-68; assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1968-71; appointed U.S. magistrate for District of Columbia in 1971; reappointed for a second 8- year term in 1979 and served until December, 1982 when appointed a judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; chairman, U.S. Court of Federal Claims: Security Committee, Building Committee, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; chairman, American Bar Association, judicial administration division, 1980-81; chairman, National Conference of Special Court Judges, 1977-78; board of directors, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1970-72; editor: DC Bar Journal, 1966-73, Young Lawyers Newspaper editor, 1965-66; executive council, Young Lawyers Section, 1968-69; board of editors, The Judges' Journal and The District Lawyer; president, George Washington University National Law Association, 1983-84; president, George Washington Law Association, District of Columbia Chapter, 1975-76; board of governors, George Washington University General Alumni Association, 1978-85; fellow, Institute of Judicial Administration, 1993-present; member, District of Columbia Judicial Conference; former member, board of directors, National Council of U.S. Magistrates; former president, Federal Bar Toastmasters; former technical editor, Federal Bar Journal; faculty, Federal Judicial Center; trustee, Drexel University, 1983-91; member, Rotary Club; Board of Managers, Central High (Philadelphia, PA); president, Washington, DC, Rotary Club, 1988-89, District governor, 1991-92; American Bar Association Judicial Administration Division Award for distinguished service as chairman for 1980-81; Drexel University and George Washington University Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards; Drexel University 100 (one of top 100 graduates); Center for Public Resources Alternative Dispute Resolution Achievement Award, 1987; George Washington University Community Service Award; nominated by President Ronald Reagan as a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on September 27, 1982, confirmed by the Senate and received Commission on December 10, 1982, took oath of office on December 15, 1982. LOREN ALLAN SMITH, senior judge; born in Chicago, IL, December 22, 1944; son of Alvin D. and Selma (Halpern) Smith; B.A., Northwestern University, 1966; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1969; married; admitted to the Bars of the Illinois Supreme Court; the Court of Military Appeals; the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Court [[Page 877]] of Federal Claims; honorary member: The University Club; consultant, Sidley and Austin Chicago, 1972-73; general attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 1973; assistant to the Special Counsel to the President, 1973-74; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1974-75; chief counsel, Reagan for President campaigns, 1976 and 1980; professor, Delaware Law School, 1976-84; distinguished lecturer at Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America and distinguished adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law; deputy director, Executive Branch Management Office of Presidential Transition, 1980-81; Chairman, Administrative Conference of the Unites States, 1981-85; served as a member of the President's Cabinet Councils on Legal Policy and on Management and Administration; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 11, 1985; entered on duty September 12, 1985; served as chief judge from January 14, 1986, until July 11, 2000. 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. BOHDAN A. FUTEY, senior judge; born in Ukraine, June 28, 1939; B.A., Western Reserve University, 1962; M.A., 1964; J.D., Cleveland Marshall Law School, 1968; married to the former Myra Fur; three children: Andrew, Lidia, and Daria; partner, Futey and Rakowsky, 1968-72; chief assistant police prosecutor, city of Cleveland, 1972-74; executive assistant to the mayor of Cleveland, 1974-75; partner, Bazarko, Futey and Oryshkewych, 1975-84; chairman, U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, May 1984-87; member: District of Columbia Bar Association, the Ukrainian American Bar Association; actively involved with Democratization and Rule of Law programs organized by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Department of State, and the American Bar Association in Ukraine and Russia; has participated in judicial exchange programs, seminars, and workshops and has been a consultant to the working group on Ukraine's Constitution and Ukrainian Parliament; advisor to the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) and the International Republican Institutes (IRI) democracy programs for Ukraine; served as an official observer during the parliamentary and presidential elections in 1994 and 1998 and conducted briefings on Ukraine's election law for international observers; has lectured on Constitutional Law at the Ukrainian Free University in Munich and Passau University, Germany; also at Kyiv State University and Lviv University in Ukraine; nominated judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on January 30, 1987, and entered on duty, May 29, 1987. ROBERT HAYNE HODGES, Jr., senior judge; born in Columbia, SC, September 11, 1944, son of Robert Hayne and Mary (Lawton) Hodges; educated in the public schools of Columbia, SC; attended Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; B.S., University of South Carolina, 1966; J.D., University of South Carolina Law School, 1969; married to Ruth Nicholson (Lady) Hodges, August 23, 1963; three children; appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on March 12, 1990. [[Page 878]] 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. MARY ANN COHEN, 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 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. 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. 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 [[Page 879]] 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 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. 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. MICHAEL B. THORNTON, 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, 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, [[Page 880]] 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. 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 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. [[Page 881]] 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. 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. 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. 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 [[Page 882]] to honor exemplary service by Tax Court employees. On January 18, 2011, became the then 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. ARTHUR L. NIMS III, senior judge; born in Oklahoma, 1923; attended public schools, Macon, GA, and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA; B.A., Williams College; LL.B., University of Georgia Law School; LL.M., Taxation, New York University Law School; served as an officer, lieutenant (jg.), U.S. Naval Reserve, on active duty in the Pacific Theater during World War II; admitted to Georgia Bar, 1949; practiced law in Macon, GA, 1949-51; Special Attorney, Office of the District Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, New York, 1951-54; attorney, Legislation and Regulations Division, Chief Counsel's Office, Washington, DC, 1954-55; admitted to New Jersey Bar, 1955; partner in the law firm of McCarter and English, Newark, NJ, 1961-79; Secretary, Section of Taxation, American Bar Association, 1977-79; Chairman, Section of Taxation, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1969-71; member, American Law Institute; American College of Tax Counsel; received Kellogg Award for Lifetime Achievement from Williams College; received Tax Society of New York University Award for lifetime achievement; received award for lifetime achievement from American College of Tax Counsel; appointed by President Carter as Judge, United States Tax Court, on June 29, 1979, for a term ending June 28, 1994; served as Chief Judge of the Tax Court from June 1, 1988 to May 31, 1992; recalled on June 1, 1992, as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties from that date to the present. 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. [[Page 883]] 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. RENATO BEGHE, senior judge; born in Illinois, 1933; A.B., University of Chicago, 1951; J.D., University of Chicago, 1954; Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, co-managing editor of Law Review, Phi Gamma Delta; admitted New York Bar, 1955; practiced law with Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, New York City (associate 1954-65, partner 1965-83) and Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, New York City, partner 1983-89; bar associations: Association of the Bar of City of New York, nonresident member, Taxation Committee (1962-65), Art Law Committee (1979-83), Chairman (1980-83), Special Committee on Lawyer's Role in Tax Practice (1981-83), Committee on Taxation of International Transactions (1990); New York State Bar Association, nonresident member, Tax Section Chairman (1977-78), Co- Chairman, Joint Practice Committee of Lawyers and Accountants (1989-90); American Bar Association, Tax Section; former member, International Bar Association, Business Section Committee on (Taxation), Judge's Forum, Human Rights Institute; former member, International Fiscal Association; life member, American Law Institute, Income Tax Advisory Group (1981- 89); American College of Tax Counsel (since 1981); former member, America-Italy Society, Inc; member, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels; appointed by President George H.W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 26, 1991, for a term ending March 25, 2006; retired on February 28, 2003, but continues to perform judicial duties as a Senior Judge on recall. 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 [[Page 884]] 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. 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. 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. SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGES OF THE COURT Robert N. Armen, Jr.; Lewis R. Carluzzo; John F. Dean; Peter J. Panuthos (chief special trial judge). Court Staff Clerk.--Robert R. Di Trolio, 521-4600. Counsel for Court Services.--Janet L. Wilson, 521-4600. General Counsel.--Daniel A. Guy, 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.--Tania V. Andreeff, 521-4585. [[Page 885]] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES \1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Prior to October 5, 1994, United States Court of Military Appeals. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 450 E Street, NW., 20442-0001, phone 761-1448, fax 761-4672 ANDREW S. EFFRON, chief 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 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. JAMES E. BAKER, associate 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. 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, [[Page 886]] 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 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 [[Page 887]] U.S. Army, 1964-69; service included duty with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, and the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam; R&D assignments with the Army Aviation Systems Command; one year as an instructor at the Army Ranger School, Ft. Benning, GA; decorations include: Bronze Star, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Ranger and Parachutist Badges, Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal; following graduation from law school, clerked with U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), St. Louis, 1971-72; private law practice, Washington, DC, 1972-74; assistant special counsel, White House, 1974; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-82; deputy general counsel, Department of the Air Force, 1982-84; general counsel of the Department of Air Force, 1984-86; Governor of Wake Island, 1984-86; presently serves on the Board of Governors for the West Point Society of the District of Columbia; the American Cancer Society (Montgomery County Chapter); nominated by President Reagan, as judge, U.S. Court of Military Appeals on February 25, 1986, and confirmed by the Senate on May 20, 1986, and assumed his office on May 27, 1986; President George H.W. Bush named him the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, effective October 1, 1990, a position he held for five years; he retired on September 30, 2001 and immediately assumed status of senior judge and returned to full active service until Sept. 30, 2002. 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. 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 Crasford, 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 [[Page 888]] 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. 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. [[Page 889]] 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. [[Page 890]] 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. 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. [[Page 891]] 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: Robert L. Miller, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Kathryn H. Vratil, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. David R. Hansen, Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Eighth Circuit. W. Royal Furgeson, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas. Frank C. Damrell, Jr., Senior U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of California. Barbara S. Jones, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge, District of New Hampshire. Executive Attorney.--Robert A. Cahn. Panel Executive.--Thomasenia P. Duncan. Clerk.--Jeffery N. Luthi. [[Page 893]] 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. [[Page 894]] 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 Barbara J. Rothstein, 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. Systems Innovation and Development Office.--Ted Coleman, 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, Legislative, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs.--Leah Gurowitz, 879-1700. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS phone (202) 879-1010 Chief Judge.--Eric T. Washington. [[Page 895]] Associate Judges: Kathryn A. Oberly. Vanessa Ruiz. Inez Smith Reid. Stephen H. Glickman. John R. Fisher. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby. Phyllis D. Thompson. Senior Judges: Theodore R. Newman. William C. Pryor. Annice M. Wagner. John W. Kern III. James A. Belson. Warren R. King. John M. Ferren. Frank Q. Nebeker. John M. Steadman. John A. Terry. Frank E. Schwelb. Michael W. Farrell. Clerk.--Julio Castillo, 879-2725. Chief Deputy Clerk.--Tracy Nutall (acting), 879-2773. Administration Director.--Reginald Turner, 879-2755. Admissions Director.--Jacqueline Smith, 879-2714. Public Office Operations Director.--Terry Lambert, 879-2702. Senior Staff Attorney.--Rosanna M. Mason, 879-2718. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA phone (202) 879-1010 Chief Judge.--Lee F. Satterfield. Associate Judges: Jennifer Anderson. Judith Bartnoff. Ronna L. Beck. Patricia A. Broderick. A. Franklin Burgess, Jr. Zoe Bush. Jerry S. Byrd. John M. Campbell. Russell F. Canan. Erik P. Christian. Jeanette Clark. Natalia M. Combs Greene. Laura A. Cordero. Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr. Carol Dalton Linda Kay Davis. Marisa Demeo. Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. Todd E. Edelman. Anthony Epstein. Gerald I. Fisher. Wendell P. Gardner, Jr. Brian Holeman. Alfred S. Irving. Craig Iscoe. Gregory Jackson. William M. Jackson. John Ramsey Johnson. Anita Josey-Herring. Ann O'Regan Keary. Neal E. Kravitz. Milton C. Lee Lynn Leibowitz. Cheryl M. Long. Jose M. Lopez. Judith N. Macaluso. Juliet McKenna. Zinora Mitchell-Rankin. Robert E. Morin. Thomas J. Motley. John M. Mott. Stuart G. Nash. Florence Y. Pan. Heidi Pasichow. Hiram E. Puig-Lugo. Yaribeth Raffinan. Michael L. Rankin. Robert I. Richter. Robert R. Rigsby. Maurice A. Ross. Michael Ryan. Fern Flanagan Saddler. Judith Smith. Frederick H. Weisberg. Rhonda Reid-Winston. Melvin R. Wright. Joan Zeldon. Magistrate Judges: Janet Albert. Errol Arthur. Joseph E. Beshouri. Diane Brenneman. Julie Breslow. J. Dennis Doyle. Diana Harris Epps. Tara Fentress. Joan Goldfrank. S. Pamela Gray. Andrea L. Harnett. Karen Howze. [[Page 896]] Noel Johnson. Kimberly Knowles. John McCabe. Michael McCarthy. Aida L. Melendez. Lloyd U. Nolan. William W. Nooter. Lori Parker. Richard H. Ringell. Mary Grace Rook. Frederick J. Sullivan. Elizabeth Carroll Wingo. Senior Judges: Mary Ellen Abrecht. Geoffrey M. Alprin. John H. Bayly, Jr. Bruce D. Beaudin. Leonard Braman. Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. Kayek Christian. Frederick D. Dorsey. Stephanie Duncan-Peters. Stephen F. Eilperin. George Herbert Goodrich. Henry F. Greene. Eugene N. Hamilton. Brook Hedge. John R. Hess. Rufus G. King III Richard A. Levie. Cheryl M. Long. Bruce S. Mencher. Stephen G. Milliken. J. Gregory Mize. Truman A. Morrison III. Tim Murphy. Judith E. Retchin. Nan R. Shuker. Robert S. Tignor. Linda D. Turner. Fred B. Ugast. Paul R. Webber III. Ronald P. Wertheim. Susan R. Winfield. Peter H. Wolf. Patricia A. Wynn. Clerk of the Court.--Duane B. Delaney, 879-1400.