Judges of the D. C. Circuit Courts
[ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ]
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant
Special assistant to
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1908-1911
Assistant
Special assistant to
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1916-1930
Faculty, Georgetown University Law School, 1910-1945
Born 3/6/1826 in St. Mary`s County, MD
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Grover Cleveland on
Education:
Read Law, 1849
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member,
Delegate,
Chief judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland, 1867-1883
Chief justice, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1883-1893
Private practice, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1904-1906
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by William McKinley on
Education:
Professional Career:
High school principal,
Private practice,
U.S. Minister to
Private practice,
Born
Died 11/0/1969
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Lieutenant, Field Artillery, -1919
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1914-1919
Private practice, Laramie, Wyoming, 1919-1927
Member,
Mayor, Laramie, Wyoming, 1923-1924
Lecturer, University of Wyoming, 1921-1926
Dean, College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-1930
Visiting professor, Yale University, 1930-1931
Professor of law, Yale University, 1931-1938
Special assistant to general counsel, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933
Assistant
Private practice,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
Education:
Southwestern University, A.B., 1884
Southwestern University, A.M., 1885
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice,
Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1902-1918
Special commissioner, 1915
Deputy clerk and master in chancery, Nashville, Tennessee, 1915-1918
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by William McKinley on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Assistant clerk, District of Columbia Supreme Court, 1873-1876
Private practice,
Professor,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Education:
Professional Career:
First lieutenant, chemical warfare service, World War I
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1915-1950
Lecturer, National University School of Law, 1918-1948
Born 1946 in Elizabeth, NJ
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1968-1971Law clerk, Hon. Roszel C. Thomsen, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1976-1977
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980, 1998-2001
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-1997; chief, Civil Division, 1987-1997
Deputy independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1995-1997
Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 2013-
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Northwestern University, B.S.L, 1931
Read Law, 1932
Professional Career:
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1932-1935
Assistant
Assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Grover Cleveland on
Education:
Read Law, 1850
Professional Career:
Prosecuting attorney,
Private practice,
Member,
Private practice,
City solicitor,
Private practice,
Judge, Court of Common Pleas,
Fifth Judicial District,
Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 1903-1907
Boasberg, James Emanuel
Born 1963 in San Francisco, CA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 5, 2011, to a seat vacated by Thomas F. Hogan; Confirmed by the Senate on March 14, 2011, and received commission on March 17, 2011.
Education:
Yale College, B.A., 1985
Oxford University, M.St., 1986
Yale Law School, J.D., 1990
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1991
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1991-1994
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1996-2002
Associate judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, 2002-2011
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1955-1962
Professor, Yale Law School, 1962-1981
Solicitor General of the United States, 1973-1977
Acting Attorney General of the United States, 1973-1974
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1981-1982
Nominated to Supreme Court of
the
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on
U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1964-1965
Law clerk, Justice John Harlan, Supreme Court of the United States, 1965-1966
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1966-1987
Visiting professor, Harvard Law School, 1982-1983
Lecturer, Harvard Law School, 1983-1998
Deputy assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Benjamin
Harrison on
Education:
Professional Career:
Professor of law,
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Deputy legislative counsel, Legislative Counsel Bureau, State of California, 1977-1979
Deputy attorney general, Attorney General`s Office, California Department of Justice, 1979-1987
Deputy secretary & general counsel, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, State of California, 1987-1990
Private practice,
Legal affairs secretary, Governor Pete Wilson`s Office, 1991-1994
Associate justice, California Court of Appeals for the Third District, 1994-1996
Associate justice, California Supreme Court, 1996-2005
Adjunct professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1998-1999
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1948-1951
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1954-1965
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut, 1949-1953
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1953-1957
Vice president, The Catawba Corporation, New York City, 1957-1970
U.S. Senator from New York, 1971-1977
Executive committee,
Investment Firm of Donaldson,
Business consultant,
Undersecretary for Security Assistance, State Department, 1981-1982
President, Radio Free
Europe/Radio
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Supreme Court of the
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
St. Paul College of Law, LL.B., 1931
Professional Career:
Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1931-1953
Instructor in contracts and trusts, St. Paul College of Law, 1931-1948
Assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Abraham Lincoln on
Education:
Read Law, 1832
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice,
Private practice,
U.S. Representative from
Private practice,
Private practice,
U.S. Minister to
Born 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089. Confirmed by the Senate on June 4, 2014, and received commission on June 5, 2014.
Education:
George Washington University, B.A., 1983
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1987
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1987-1991, 2002-2014
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1991-2002; staff attorney, 1990-1996, 2000-2002; lead attorney, sex offenses and domestic violence, 1996-1997; lead attorney, homicide, 1997-1999
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, December 19, 2013; no Senate vote
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by William McKinley on
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice,
Chairman, Rep. State Central Com., 1891-1899
Attorney general, State of
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1919-1932
U.S. Senator from
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Benjamin
Harrison on
Education:
Read Law, 1866
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Private, 17th
Private practice,
Private practice, West Union, West Virginia, 1868-1870
Prosecuting attorney,
Private practice,
City solicitor,
Private practice,
Private practice,
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1901-1905
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 1981-1984
General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1984-1989
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1989-2002
Born 1962 in Staten Island, NY
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on July 28, 2011, to a seat vacated by Ricardo M. Urbina. Confirmed by the Senate on March 22, 2012, and received commission on March 23, 2012.
Education:
Florida State University, B.S., 1984
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1991
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1994
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1994-2003, 2006-2012; chief, Civil Division, 2006-2012
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Delaware, 2003-2006; chief, Civil Division, 2003-2006
Born 1966 in Mobile, AL
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by Royce C. Lamberth. Confirmed by the Senate on March 26, 2014, and received commission on March 28, 2014.
Education:
Yale University, B.A., 1988
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1993
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Abner J. Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1993-1994
Special assistant to the deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1996
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1996-2010
Private practice, London, United Kingdom, 2010-2014
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Department of Agriculture, 1933-1934
Legal associate, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1938
Assistant
Private practice, New York City, 1946-1954
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1954-1965
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Private practice,
State’s attorney, Talbot County, Maryland, 1903-1908
U.S. Representative from
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1918-1942
Professor of law, Georgetown University, 1914-1919
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1901-1930
Instructor, Georgetown University Law School, 1913-1915
Special assistant to
Member, District Selective Service Board, 1917-1918
Regional counsel, U.S. Railroad Administration, 1919-1920
Professorial lecturer, George Washington University, 1928-1930
Cox, Walter Smith
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Rutherford B.
Hayes on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Recorder,
Alderman,
Auditor of the Supreme Court
of the
Professor of law,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by John Adams on
Circuit Court of the
Nominated by Thomas Jefferson
on
Education:
Read Law, 1790
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice,
Justice of the peace,
Private practice,
City land commissioner, U.S.
Government,
Supreme court reporter,
Supreme Court of the
Professor of law, Columbian College, Washington, DC, 1826-1828
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1928-1934
Assistant corporation counsel, District of Columbia, 1934-1936
Judge, District of Columbia Police Court, 1936-1940
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1918
Private practice,
Assistant
Secretary of State, State of Connecticut, 1933-1935
U.S. Senator from
Counsel, Republican Senatorial Committee, 1946-1953
Born 0/0/1775 in Prince George`s County, MD
Died 7/19/1809 in Prince George`s County, MD
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by Thomas Jefferson on
Education:
Read Law
Professional Career:
Private practice, Prince George`s County, Maryland
Assistant clerk, Maryland House of Delegates, 1793-1795
Delegate,
Executive council, State of
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member,
Private practice,
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1898-1901
Private practice, New York City, 1901-1904
Private practice, New York City, 1906-1913, 1915
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by James K. Polk
on
Chief Judge, Circuit Court of
the
Nominated by Franklin Pierce
on
Education:
Read Law
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Secretary, Corporation of
Judge, Criminal Court of the
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1915-1916
Professor, Cornell University Law School, 1916-1918
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1918-1921
Professor, George Washington University, 1921-1928
Professor, Cornell University, 1928-1937
Special assistant to
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1965-1970
Professor of law, University of Michigan Law School, 1970-1975, 1977-1980
Labor arbitrator, 1971-1980
Professor of law, Harvard Law School, 1975-1977
Chairman of the board, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 1978-1980
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Assistant registrar, University of Chicago, 1907-1909
Assistant attorney, Iowa District, C.B. & Q. Railroad Company, 1908-1918
Private practice, Washington, Iowa, 1918-1933
U.S. Representative from
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1914-1924, 1947-1949
Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1924-1933
City attorney,
First assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933
Member, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1933
Chairman, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1934-1935
General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940
Assistant
Member, President`s Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941
Solicitor General of the United States, 1941-1945
Legal adviser, U.S. Military Government of Germany, 1945-1946
Adviser to American delegation, San Francisco Conference, 1945
Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1946
Chairman, President`s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in the Armed Forces, 1948-1950
Chairman, Personnel Security Review Board, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Abraham Lincoln
on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Clerk,
Member,
Secretary of state for the
State of
Aide-de-Camp to Major General
Nathaniel Young, Commander of
Confidential clerk, U.S.
Secretary of State,
Commissioner, to settle
claims of
Private secretary, President of the U.S. Fillmore, 1852-
State attorney general,
U.S. Representative from
Colonel, First
First auditor of the U.S.
Treasury,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by Thomas Jefferson on
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, 1790-1791, 1802
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1940-1942
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1945-1948
Trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1948-1950
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1962-1969
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Aubrey Robinson, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1968-1969
Law clerk, Hon. Roger Robb, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-1970
Assistant
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1976-1994
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1977-1978
Law clerk, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1978-1979
Special assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1981-1989
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1992-1993
Deputy assistant U.S.attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 1993-1994
Principal associate deputy
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Assistant corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1937-1953
General counsel, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 1940-1960
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, JAG Corps, 1942-1946
Principal assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1953-1956
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1961-1965
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Trial attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1940
Technical advisor to the chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1940-1941
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1941-1967
Chairman, President`s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, 1962-1964
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan
on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-1974
Law clerk, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
Professor of law, Harvard University, 1975-1983
Deputy assistant
Administrator for information and regulatory affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1984-1985
Assistant
Visiting professor of law, Columbia University, 1987-1988
Lecturer on law, Harvard University, 1988-1989
Distinguished professor of
law,
Visiting senior lecturer and
Charles J. Merriam scholar,
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Associate Justice, Supreme
Court of the
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law secretary, Hon. Edmund L. Palmieri, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1959-1961
Research associate, 1961-1962
Associate director, 1962-1963
Counsel, ACLU Women`s Rights Project, 1972-1980
General counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, 1973-1980
National board of directors, ACLU, 1974-1980
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, 1977-1978
Goldsborough, Thomas Alan
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Denton, Maryland, 1901-1904, 1908-1921
State`s attorney, Caroline County, 1904-1908
U.S. Representative from
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Calvin Coolidge on
Education:
Columbian University, LL.B., 1890
Columbian University, LL.M., 1891
Professional Career:
Assistant
Pardon attorney, 1904-1907
Special assistant to the
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1914-1917
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1918-1921
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Member,
Professor of law,
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1968-1979
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Claims adjuster, Lumberman`s Mutual Casualty Company, Washington, DC, 1942-43
Claims attorney, Lumberman`s Mutual Casualty Company, Washington, DC, 1943-47
Private practice,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Bennett Champ Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1952-1953
Assistant
Chief of appeals and research, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1957-1965
Judge, Court of General Sessions, District of Columbia, 1965-1966
Chief judge, Court of General Sessions, District of Columbia, 1966-1971
Chief judge, Superior Court of District of Columbia, 1971-1978
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1985-1989
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1989-1995, 1999-2000
Senate legal counsel, United States Senate, 1995-1999
General counsel, Brigham Young University, 2000-2005
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Rutherford B. Hayes on
Education:
St. John`s College
Read Law, 1848
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Special judge, Prince George`s County, Maryland (no dates)
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1953-1970
Judge, Superior Court, District of Columbia, 1970-1972
Judge, Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 1972-1982
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Education:
Virginia Military Institute, A.B., 1927
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1930-1940
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1958
Presiding judge,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Special attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1914-1916
Hoehling, Adolph A. Jr.
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Warren G. Harding on
Education:
Columbian University, LL.B., 1889
Columbian University, LL.M., 1890
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Major, JAG Corps,
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1928-1941
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. William B. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1966-1967
Counsel, Federal Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws, 1967-1968
Private practice,
Assistant professor,
Private practice,
Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1986-1992
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, New York, 1911-1924
U.S. Army Private, 1918
Special assistant, U.S. Attorney General`s Office, Washington, DC, 1924-1945
Executive assistant, U.S. Attorney General`s Office, Washington, DC, 1945
Howell, Beryl Alaine
Born 1956 in Fort Benning, GA
Federal Judicial Service:Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on July 14, 2010, to a seat vacated by Paul L. Friedman;
Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, and received commission on December 27, 2010.
Education:
Bryn Mawr College, B.A., 1978
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1983
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1983-1984
Private practice, New York, New York, 1985-1987
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1987-1993
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, senior counsel, 1993-1996; general counsel, 1997-2003
Executive managing director and general counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-2009
Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2004-present
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Ulysses Grant
on
Professional Career:
Private practice, Madison County, Alabama
Member,
Planter and private practice,
Confederate Army Colonel
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Alabama,1873; returned by Senate as irregular
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Edward
Hennessey,
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1976-1990
Lecturer,
Associate judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, 1990-1999
Born 1954 in Baltimore, MD
Federal Judicial Service:Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 5, 2011, to a seat vacated by Gladys Kessler; Confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 2011, and received commission on March 18, 2011.
Education:
Harvard College, A.B., 1976
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-1986
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1986-1994, 2000-2011
Born 1970 in Washington, DC
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by Henry Harold Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on March 23, 2013, and received commission on March 26, 2013.
Education:
Harvard University, B.A., 1992
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1996
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1996-1997
Law clerk, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1997-1998
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010
Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2002
Assistant special counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2003-2005
Assistant federal public defender, District of Columbia, 2005-2007
Vice chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010-
Given name at birth: Ketanji Onyika Brown
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1964-1982, 2004-present
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Rutherford B. Hayes on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Professor of law,
Judge, Superior Court of
Private practice,
Professor of law,
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Trial attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1963-1967
Assistant corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1967-1970
Judge,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by John F. Kennedy on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Helena, Montana, 1931-1937
Special assistant state
attorney general,
Executive assistant to American chairman, Joint British-American Patent Interchange Commission, 1943-1946
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1962
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Walter K. Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-1991
Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1991-1992
Attorney, Office of the
Solicitor General,
Law clerk, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994
Counsel, 1994-1997, Associate counsel, 1998, Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr
Private practice, 1997-1998, 1999-2001
Associate counsel to the President, Washington, DC, 2001-2003
Senior associate counsel to
the President,
Assistant to the President and staff secretary, Washington, DC, 2003-2006
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1922-1925
Assistant corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1925-1930
Professor of law,
People`s counsel of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 1930-1934
Law member and vice chairman, Public Utilities Commission, 1934-1940
Corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1940-1945
Administrative assistant to President Harry S. Truman, 1945-1946
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by William J. Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat vacated by Joyce Hens Green. Confirmed by the Senate on September 4, 1997, and received commission on September 18, 1997. Assumed senior status due to certified disability on November 18, 2011.
U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1976-1979
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney`s Office, District of Columbia, 1973-1976
Judge, Superior Court of the
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Appellate attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1962-1964
Legislative assistant, U.S. Sen. Harrison A. Williams, 1964-1966
Legislative assistant, U.S. Rep. Jonathan Bingham, 1966-1968
Special assistant, Director of Office of Staff Relations, New York City Board of Education, 1968-1969
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1969-1977
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1977-1994
Born 0/0/1757 in
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Chief Judge, Circuit Court of
the
Nominated by Thomas Jefferson on
Education:
Read Law
Professional Career:
Surgeon`s Mate, 4th Maryland Regiment, 1778-1780
Surgeon, 4th
Compiler, Laws of
State Governor,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1934-1949
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Catherine Kelly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1968-1969
Chief legal counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, St. Elizabeth`s Hospital, 1972-1984
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1984-1997
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on March 19, 1987, to a seat vacated by Barrington D. Parker, Sr.. Confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 1987, and received commission on November 16, 1987. Served as chief judge, 2008-2013. Assumed senior status on July 15, 2013.
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Captain, JAG Corps, 1967-1974
U.S. Attorney`s Office, District of Columbia, 1974-1987
Assistant
Assistant chief, Civil Division, 1977-1978
Chief, Civil Division, 1978-1987
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant
Private practice, New York City, 1920-1921
Litigation counsel and assistant general counsel, U.S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1921-1922
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1922-1938
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1971
Professional Career:
Law clerk, chief justice and associate justices, Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1974-1975
Law clerk, Hon. Thomas F. Kelleher, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-1976
Attorney, Immigration and
Naturalization
Special assistant U.S. attorney, Civil Division, U.S Attorney`s Office, Southern District of New York, 1977-1978
Assistant professor of law, St. John`s University School of Law, 1979-1983
Senior trial attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1987
Deputy chief minority
counsel, Select `Iran-Contra`
Deputy assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1989-2002
Commissioner, White House Fellows Commission, 1990-1993
Chief minority counsel, `October Surprise` Task Force, Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 1992-1993
Special counsel, `Whitewater Investigation,` Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 1994
Adjunct professor,
Special counsel, Ethics Reform Task Force, U.S. House of Representatives, 1997
Commissioner, Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-2001
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Judge, Second District Court of Iowa, 1911-1912, 1914-1925
U.S. Representative from
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, Supreme Court of the United States, 1937-1938
Law clerk, Justice Stanley
Reed, Supreme Court of the
Attorney, Office of the Solicitor General of the United States, 1937-1938, 1938-1939
Chief of litigation, Bituminous Coal Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1939-1940
Assistant general counsel, U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1940-1943
Staff, Justice Robert
Jackson,
Assistant general counsel, U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1946
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1951
Chief counsel, U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1951-1952
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1952-1965
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member,
Deputy prosecuting attorney, First Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 1904-1908
Prosecuting attorney, First Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 1908-1912
U.S. Representative from
Special assistant to
Assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Ulysses Grant on
Education:
Read Law, 1840
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Public administrator,
Private practice,
Private practice,
State lieutenant governor,
Judge, Second Judicial
District of
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Assistant counsel, Investors Syndicate, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1929-1942
Member,
U.S. Representative from
Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1949-1953
Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1958-1960
Special assistant
General counsel and vice president, Investors Mutual Funds, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1961-1969
Commissioner,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by John Adams on
Education:
Read Law
Professional Career:
Captain, 1st Virginia Artillery, 1779
Private practice,
Private practice,
Private practice,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Calvin Coolidge on
Education:
Read Law, 1883
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Common pleas judge, 7th Judicial District of Ohio, 1904-1911
Associate judge, U.S. Court of Customs, 1911-1923
Presiding judge, U.S. Court of Customs, 1923-1924
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1920-1949
Counsel, National Woman`s Party, 1921-
Associate editor, Women Lawyer`s Journal, 1934-1935
Professor,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Benjamin Harrison on
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Read Law, 1868
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Republican candidate for U.S.
Rep. from
U.S. Representative from
Republican candidate for U.S.
House of Representatives from
Private practice,
U.S. Senator from
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
U. S. District Court for the
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Trustee, Village of South Orange, New Jersey, 1893-1895, 1901-1905, 1910
U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1911-1914
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant corporation counsel, 1924-1925
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1925-1954
President,
Chairman, Greater National Capital Committee, 1947-1950
Chairman,
Chairman, Eisenhower-Nixon Inaugural Committee, 1953
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by John F. Kennedy on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, New York City, 1936-1939
Faculty, Northwestern Law School, 1939-1942
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1948
Faculty, Northwestern Law School, 1948-1949
Counsel, State Governor of
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1953-1963
General counsel, Chicago and North Western Railway, 1957-1963
Born 5/30/1898 in St. John`s, Canada
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Special assistant to
Assistant to
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska, 1910-1935
Special Master in
U.S. Army Reserve Major, 1919-1921
U.S. Representative from
Candidate for
Member, American-Mexican Claims Commission, 1943-1947
Member,
Born 1971 in Patan, India
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on July 31, 2014, to a seat vacated by Ellen Segal Huvelle. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2014, and received commission on December 19, 2014.
Education:
Georgetown University, B.A., 1993
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1997
Professional Career:
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1997-1998
Law clerk, Hon. Susan P. Graber, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-1999
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1999-2002, 2007-2014
Staff attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 2002-2007
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by Franklin Pierce on
Associate
Nominated by Grover Cleveland
on
Education:
Read Law, 1839
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice,
Deputy state attorney general for Frederick County, Maryland, 1845-1850
Private practice,
Private practice, Howard County, Maryland, 1863-1870, 1873-1886
Senior professor of law, Columbian College, Washington, DC, 1866-1867
U.S. Representative from
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Justice Sherman Minton, Supreme Court of the United States, 1951-1952
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1952-1968
U.S. Representative from
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1973-1974
Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1973-1975
U.S. Representative from
White House counsel, 1994-1995
Visiting professor, University of Chicago, 1996-present
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
District attorney, Kings County, California, 1915-1918
Attorney and executive officer, California State Commission on Immigration and Housing, 1919-1921
Professor of law, University of Oregon, 1921-1923
Professor of law, University of Minnesota, 1923-1926
Professor of law, University of California, 1926-1927
Professor and dean, University of Southern California Law School, 1927-1930
Dean, Duke University School of Law, 1930-1935
Special assistant to the
President, Association of Broadcasters, 1945-1951
Chairman of the board and general counsel, National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, 1951-
Born 1963 in Dexter, ME
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on June 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by John Glover Roberts, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 2013, and received commission on December 10, 2013.
Education:
University of Illinois, B.A., 1985
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1988
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1988-1990, 2007-2013
Law clerk, Hon. Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1992
Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1996
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2007
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Read Law, 1916
Professional Career:
Private practice, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1916-1918
Private practice, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1918-1945
County attorney, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1921-1929
Member, Public Service
Commission of
Judge, Special Court of
Appeals of
Born 1963 in Dexter, ME
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on June 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by John Glover Roberts, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 2013, and received commission on December 10, 2013.
Education:
University of Illinois, B.A., 1985
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1988
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1988-1990, 2007-2013
Law clerk, Hon. Thomas Tang, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1992
Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1996
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2007
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Grover Cleveland
on
Education:
Read Law, 1865
Professional Career:
Private practice, Eaton
Rapids,
Private practice,
Private practice, Eaton
Rapids,
Private practice,
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1885-1887
Private practice,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
University of
Read Law, 1913
Professional Career:
Private practice, Tampa, Florida, 1913-1933
Special assistant to
Assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Grover Cleveland
on
Education:
Read Law, 1863
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Private practice,
Professor,
Dean,
Born
Died 1/11/1870 in Prince George`s County, MD
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by James Madison
on
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Born 1961 in Springfield, OH
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on April 3, 2014, to a seat vacated by Robert Leon Wilkins. Confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2014, and received commission on November 14, 2014.
Education:
Hamilton College, A.B., 1983
Yale Law School, J.D., 1986
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1986-1987
Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1989-1996, 2001-2014
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2001; special counsel to the attorney general, 1996; deputy assistant attorney general, 1996-1998; acting assistant attorney general, 1998-2000; assistant attorney general, 2000-2001
Given name at birth: Raymond Daniel Moss
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Faculty member, Georgetown University Law Center, 1904-1934
Died February 21, 2013, in McLean, VA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on September 16, 1977, to a seat vacated by William B. Jones. Confirmed by the Senate on October 7, 1977, and received commission on October 11, 1977. Assumed senior status on July 31, 1992. Service terminated on February 21, 2013, due to death.
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Justice Hugo Black, Supreme Court of the United States, 1946-1947
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1947-1961
Assistant Attorney General,
Tax Division,
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1965-1977
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Abraham Lincoln on
Education:
Read Law, 1838
Professional Career:
Private practice,
City recorder,
U.S. Representative from
Parker,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1947-1968
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
Professional Career:
Tax Division, General Litigation
Section,
Trial attorney, 1961-1965
Reviewer, 1965-1968
Assistant chief, 1968-1970
Judge,
Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1971-1979
Born 1961 in Cambridge, MA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on June 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by Douglas Howard Ginsburg. Confirmed by the Senate on December 12, 2013, and received commission on December 17, 2013.
Education:
Yale College, B.A., 1983
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1987
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1987-1988
Marvin M. Karpatkin fellow, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 1988-1989
Assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 1989-1994
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997
Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-1998, 2000-2013; associate professor, 1997-1998, 2000-2005; professor, 2005-2013
Deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Confidential clerk to U.S. Attorney General James McReynolds, 1914-1916
Law clerk and assistant attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1916-1917
Assistant attorney, U.S. Department of Justice 1919
Special assistant to
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1921-1934
Chief assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1934-1942
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1968
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Hopewell, Virginia, 1915-1917
U.S. Army Captain, 1917-1919
Special attorney,
Private practice,
General counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, DC, 1933-1934
Corporation counsel, Washington, DC, 1934-1936
Private practice,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant
Chief assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1913-1931
Special assistant
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1969-1970
Assistant to the
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1973-1975
Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1974-1978
Deputy
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1977-1990
Special counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee/Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 1979-1980
Special assistant state
attorney general,
Special assistant state attorney general, New Mexico, 1985-1990
Special assistant state
attorney general,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Roanoke, Virginia, 1955-1956
Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia, 1956-1961
Legal assistant, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, 1958-1959
Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1961-1962
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1962-1969
Associate deputy
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1970-1985
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
Professional Career:
Legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Frances P. Bolton, 1948-1949
Private practice,
Speech and debate coach, American University, 1954-1955
Special counsel to
Member,
Chairman, 1966-1967
General counsel, Maryland Public Service Commission, 1967-1971
Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1975-1997
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Read Law, 1892
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Assistant attorney general, Post Office Department, 1903-1904
Assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1938-1969
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Supreme Court of the
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Henry Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1979-1980
Law clerk, Associate Justice William Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1980-1981
Special assistant to the attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-1982
Associate counsel to the president, White House Counsel`s Office, 1982-1986
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1986-1989, 1993-2003
Principal deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1993
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Trial attorney, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1982
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1982-1986
Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney`s Office, Southern District of New York, 1986-1988
U.S. Attorney`s Office, DC, 1988-1995
Assistant
Principal assistant
Chief, Criminal Section,
Civil Rights Division,
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1965-1969
Chief counsel, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1969-1970
National director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, 1970-1972
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1972-1994
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
United States Army, 1943-1946
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1948-1965
Associate judge, Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, 1965-1966
Adjunct professor, American University, 1975-1983
Robinson, Spottswood William III
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Faculty, Howard University School of Law, 1939-1948
Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1943-1960
Counsel / representative, Virginia NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1948-1950
Southeast regional counsel, NAACP, 1951-1960
Professor / dean, Howard University School of Law, 1960-1963
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, 1964-1965
Assistant
Staff attorney, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1968-1969
Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1969-1971
General counsel, Congressional Commission on the Organization of the District Government, 1971-1972
Legislative program coordinator, Office of the Assistant to the Mayor-Commissioner, Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia, 1972-1974
Special assistant for legislation, Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia, 1974-1979
Assistant city administrator
for intergovernmental relations,
Corporation counsel, District of Columbia, 1979-1983
Judge,
Chief judge, 1988-1994
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Supreme Court of the
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Boulder, Colorado, 1922-1924
Associate professor of law, University of Colorado, 1924-1926
Professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 1926-1935
Acting dean, 1930-1931
Dean, 1931-1935
Professor of law and dean, State University of Iowa College of Law, 1935-1939
Died February 13, 2016, in Shafter, TX
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on July 15, 1982, to a seat vacated by Roger Robb. Confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 1982, and received commission on August 17, 1982. Service terminated on September 26, 1986, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Nominated by Ronald Reagan on June 24, 1986, to a seat vacated by William H. Rehnquist. Confirmed by the Senate on September 17, 1986, and received commission on September 25, 1986. Service terminated on February 13, 2016, due to death.
Allotment as Circuit Justice: Sixth Circuit, September 26, 1986-October 8, 1990 District of Columbia Circuit, December 5, 1986 Eleventh Circuit, July 31, 1987-September 10, 1987 Fifth Circuit, October 9, 1990-February 13, 2016
Education:
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University), B.A., 1957
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1960
Professional Career:
Sheldon fellow, Harvard University, 1960-1961
Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1960-1967
Faculty, University of Virginia Law School, 1967-1974; associate professor, 1967-1970; professor of law, 1970-1974
General counsel, Office of Telecommunications Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1971-1972
Chairman, U.S. Administrative Conference, 1972-1974
Assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-1977
Visiting professor, Georgetown University, 1977
Editor, Regulation, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1982
Professor of law, University of Chicago, 1977-1982
Visiting professor, Stanford University, 1980-1981
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1924-1934
Lecturer on evidence and agency, Washington College of Law, 1932-1939
Assistant
Special assistant to the
Lecturer on evidence, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1944-1948
Sentelle, David Bryan
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on July 25, 1985, to a seat vacated by Woodrow W. Jones; Confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 1985, and
received commission on October 17, 1985. Service terminated on October 19, 1987, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on February 2, 1987, to a seat vacated by Antonin Scalia; Confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1987,
and received commission on September 11, 1987. Served as chief judge, 2008-2013. Assumed senior status on February 12, 2013.
Education:
University of North Carolina, B.A., 1965
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1968
Professional Career: Private practice, Asheville, North Carolina, 1968-1970 Assistant U.S. attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1970-1974 Judge, North Carolina General Courts of Justice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1974-1977 Visiting professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1977 Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1977-1985 Visiting professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1991-1992
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Grover Cleveland
on
U. S. Court of Appeals for
the
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Army of the Confederacy Private, 1864-1865
Private practice,
Member,
Private practice,
Private practice,
Lecturer in law,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
Education:
Columbian University, LL.B., 1887
Columbian University, LL.M., 1888
Professional Career:
Professor of Law,
Private practice,
Member, Commission on
U.S. Commissioner,
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Private, 1957-1958
Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961-1967
Lecturer,
Attorney, Appellate Division, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC, 1967-1969
Solicitor of
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1973-1974, 1978-1979. 1983-1985
Deputy attorney general of the United States, 1974-1975
Ambassador to
President`s special envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976
Senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1978
Visiting fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-1985
Executive vice president of strategic planning, Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California, 1979-1983
Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown Law Center, 1987-present
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1926-1930
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1934-1957
General counsel, House Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, 1944
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1956
Commissioner,
Associate judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 1957-1959
Chief judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 1959-1966
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Woodrow Wilson on
Education:
Read Law, 1885
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member,
Member,
Chairman,
Attorney general of
Associate dean and professor, Creighton University College of Law, 1905-1910
Special assistant to the
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Caleb M. Wright, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1957-1960
Law clerk, Hon. Paul Leahy, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1960
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1960-1961
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-1981
Staff attorney, Special Studies of the Securities Markets, 1961-1963
Division of Trading and Markets, 1963
Chief, Branch of Enforcement, 1963-1966
Chief enforcement attorney, Office of Enforcement, 1966-1967
Assistant director (Enforcement), 1967-1968
Associate director (Enforcement), 1968-1972
Deputy director, Division of Enforcement, 1972-1974
Director, Division of Enforcement, 1974-1981
General counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1981-1986
Private practice,
Born 1967 in Chandigarh, India
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by Arthur Raymond Randolph. Confirmed by the Senate on May 23, 2013, and received commission on May 24, 2013.
Education:
Stanford University, B.A., 1989 Stanford Law School, J.D., 1995
Stanford Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 1995
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-1996
Bristow fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1997
Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2002, 2007-2011
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2002-2007
Principal deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2011-2013
Given name at birth: Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member,
Reporter of decisions, Supreme Court of Vermont, 1896-1900
Judge, Supreme Court of
Professor,
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1973
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. David W. Dyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1973-1974
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1974-1975
Law clerk, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1975-1977
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1977-1980
Counselor to the
Solicitor General of the United States, 1989-1993
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1993-present
Independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1994-1999
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
U. S. Court of Appeals for
the
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Received commission on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Assistant prosecuting attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1915-1917
Judge, Third Judicial District Court of Utah, 1917-1921
Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1921-1928
Private practice,
Assistant
Assistant to the attorney general, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1935
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Washington, DC, 1971-1972
Law clerk, Hon. James Washington, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1972-1973
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1974-1984
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1984-1992
Associate judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1992-1994
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Deputy director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930-1948
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by William J. Clinton on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
Instructor,
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1967-1969
Executive director, Chicago Lawyer`s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1969-1970
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1970-1972
Director, Chicago Lawyer`s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1972-1974
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1974-1977
Director, Office of Civil
Rights,
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1979-1994
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on
Supreme Court of the
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Assistant attorney general, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1974-1977
Attorney, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1977-1979
Legislative assistant, Senator John C. Danforth, Washington, DC, 1979-1981
Assistant secretary for civil rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1981-1982
Chairman, Equal Employment
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Circuit Court for the
Nominated by James Madison on
Education:
College of William and Mary, A.B., 1783
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member,
Private practice,
Commissioner, boundary
dispute between
Judge, Kentucky State District Court, 1791
Clerk,
Private practice,
Judge,
Private practice,
U.S. Senator from
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 22, 1994, to a seat vacated by Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr.. Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994, and received commission on June 16, 1994. Assumed senior status on January 31, 2011. Service terminated on May 31, 2012, due to retirement.
Education:
Professional Career:
Staff attorney, D.C. Public Defender Service, 1970-1972
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1972-1974
Professor & director, Criminal Justice Program, Howard University School of Law, 1974-81
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1994
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Read Law, 1890
Professional Career:
County and prosecuting
attorney,
Member,
State attorney general,
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Wyoming, 1905-1906
Assistant
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Supreme Court of the
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Louisa, Kentucky, 1911-1917
City Attorney,
U.S. Army Private and Officer Trainee, 1917-1919
Private practice, Louisa, Kentucky, 1919-1924
Commonwealth attorney, Thirty-Second Judicial District of Kentucky, 1921-1924
U.S. Representative from
Private practice, Ashland, Kentucky, 1929-1931
U.S. Representative from
Chief judge, U.S. Emergency Court of Appeals, 1942-1943
Director, Office of Economic Stabilization, 1943-1945
Administrator, Federal Loan Administration, 1945
Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945
U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1945-1946
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1939-1962
Associate judge, Domestic Relations Bar, Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, 1962-1967
Adjunct professor, Howard University School of Law, 1966-1967
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on
Education:
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Jerome Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1951-1952
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1952-1953
Research and editorial assistant, Frederick M. Rowe, Esq., 1959-1962
Member, National Conference on Bail and Criminal Justice, 1963-1964
Consultant, National
Conference on Law & Poverty, Office of Economic
Member, President`s Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia, 1965-1966
Consultant, President`s Comm. on Law Enforcement & Admin. of Criminal Justice, 1966-1967
Attorney, Office of
Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Washington, D.C., 1968-1970
Consultant, National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorder, 1968
Consultant, National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, 1969
Co-director, Ford Foundation Drug Abuse Research Project, 1970
Attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C., 1971-1972
Director, Office of Policy and Issues, Sargent Shriver Vice-Presidential Campaign, 1972
Attorney, Mental Health Law Project, Washington, D.C., 1972-1977
Assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 1977-1979
Member, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 1999-present
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1933-1953
Chief judge, Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, 1953-1959
Professorial lecturer, George Washington University School of Law, 1956-1964
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by George W. Bush on
Education:
Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, PA, 1974-1976
Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney`s Office, District of Columbia, 1976-1981
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989
Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991
Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, The White House, 1991
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
Professional Career:
Rhodes scholar
Private practice, New York City, 1932-1938
Faculty member, Cornell University Law School, 1938-1942
Professor of Law, 1942
Attorney, Office of Emergency Management, 1942
Special assistant to
Assistant solicitor general of the United States, 1946-1949
Acting Solicitor General of the United States, 1946-1947
Legal adviser, U.S.
Delegation to UN Conference on Freedom of the Press,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Nominated by Herbert Hoover on
Education:
Columbian University, LL.B., 1891
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Special assistant to
Acting Solicitor General of
the
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Major, 1941-1945
Private practice,
Instructor,
Assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958-1959
Assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1959-1961
Private practice,
General counsel and secretary, Kennecott Copper Corporation, 1963-1970
Wilkins, Robert Leon
Born 1963 in Muncie, IN
Federal Judicial Service:Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Barack Obama on May 20, 2010, to a seat vacated by James Robertson; Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, and received commission on December 27, 2010. Service terminated on January 24, 2014, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on June 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by David Bryan Sentelle. Confirmed by the Senate on January 13, 2014, and received commission on January 15, 2014.
Education:
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, B.S., 1986
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1989
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Earl B. Gilliam, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1989-1990
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, staff attorney, 1990-1996; chief, special litigation, 1996-2000; contract attorney, 2000-2002
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2010
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on
Education:
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Reserve Private E-2, 1961-1962
Private practice, New York City, 1962-1966
Assistant
Associate professor of law, University of Colorado, 1969-1976
Visiting professor,
Professor of law, University of Colorado, 1976-1986
Visiting professor and fellow in law and economics, University of Chicago, 1979-1980
Visiting professor of energy law, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1983-1984
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on
Education:
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Village solicitor,
Mayor,
Second assistant prosecuting
attorney,
First assistant prosecuting
attorney,
Judge, Court of Common Pleas,
Adjunct professor,
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1914-1937
Wright, James Skelly
Born January 14, 1911, in New Orleans, LA
Died August 6, 1988, in Westmoreland Hills, MD
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Received a recess appointment from Harry S Truman on December 21, 1949, to a seat vacated by Wayne G. Borah; nominated to the same position by Harry S Truman on January 5, 1950. Confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950. Service terminated on April 15, 1962, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by John F. Kennedy on February 2, 1962, to a seat vacated by E. Barrett Prettyman. Confirmed by the Senate on March 28, 1962, and received commission on March 30, 1962. Served as chief judge, 1978-1981. Assumed senior status on June 1, 1986. Service terminated on August 6, 1988, due to death.
Education:
Loyola University New Orleans, Ph.B., 1931
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, J.D., 1934
Professional Career:
High school teacher, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1932-1936
Lecturer, Loyola University New Orleans, 1936-1937
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1937-1942, 1945-1946
U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant commander, 1942-1945
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1948
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1948-1949
Faculty, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, 1950-1962
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Associate
Nominated by Abraham Lincoln
on
Education:
Read Law, 1837
Professional Career:
Private practice,
Member, Pittsburgh City Council (no dates)
Private practice,
Private practice,
Private practice,
Born
Died
Federal Judicial Service:
Nominated by Harry S Truman on
Education:
University of
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Second Lieutenant, World War I
Assistant city attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1921-1924
Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1924-1930
Judge,
Judge, District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1936-1942
Associate justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1942-1946
State Governor,
- E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse
333 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 4714
Washington, DC 20001-2866
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