{"id":1506,"date":"2021-10-04T12:52:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?page_id=1506"},"modified":"2023-03-01T09:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:27:39","slug":"judge-biographies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/judges\/judge-biographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Biographies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1506\" class=\"elementor elementor-1506\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67a8c48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67a8c48\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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Moore, Chief Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1161\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1161\"><p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">KIMBERLY A. MOORE was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and assumed the duties of Chief Circuit Judge on May 22, 2021.\u00a0 Prior to her appointment, Chief Judge Moore was a Professor of Law from 2004 to 2006 and Associate Professor of Law from 2000 to 2004 at the George Mason University School of Law.\u00a0 She was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999 to 2000.\u00a0 She served both as an Assistant Professor of Law from 1997 to 1999 and the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program from 1998 to 1999 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law.\u00a0 Chief Judge Moore clerked from 1995 to 1997 for the Honorable Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.\u00a0 She was an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis from 1994 to 1995.\u00a0 From 1988 to 1992, Chief Judge Moore was employed in electrical engineering with the Naval Surface Warfare Center.\u00a0 Chief Judge Moore received her B.S.E.E. in 1990, M.S. in 1991, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994.\u00a0 Chief Judge Moore has written and presented widely on patent litigation.\u00a0 She co-authored a legal casebook entitled Patent Litigation and Strategy and served as the Editor of The Federal Circuit Bar Journal from 1998 to 2006.\u200b<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1162\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1162\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1162\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1162\"><p>PAULINE NEWMAN was appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan in 1984.\u00a0 From 1969 to 1984, Judge Newman served as Director, Patent, Trademark and Licensing Department, FMC Corporation, and as house counsel from 1954.\u00a0 She worked as a research scientist at the American Cyanamid Company from 1951 to 1954.\u00a0 From 1961 to 1962, she worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a science policy specialist.\u00a0 She served on the Domestic Policy Review of Industrial Innovation from 1978 to 1979, on the State Department Advisory Committee on International Intellectual Property from 1974 to 1984, and from 1982 to 1984 as Special Adviser to the United States Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.\u00a0 She served as Distinguished Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law.\u00a0 Judge Newman received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1947, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1948, a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1952, and an LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1958.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1163\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1163\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Haldane Robert Mayer, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1163\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1163\"><p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">HALDANE ROBERT MAYER was appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1987, and served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004.\u00a0 He served on what is now the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 until his appointment to the Federal Circuit.\u00a0 Judge Mayer received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and served in the regular Army from 1963 to 1975, in the Infantry and the Judge Advocate General\u2019s Corps.\u00a0 He was awarded the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service, and Army Commendation Medals, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, and RVN Ranger Combat Badge.\u00a0 He transferred to the Reserves and retired as Lieutenant Colonel.\u00a0 Judge Mayer received a J.D. from the College of William and Mary Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the William and Mary Law Review.\u00a0 He served as Special Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger, for three years, and was a law clerk to the Honorable John D. Butzner, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.\u00a0 He also served as Deputy and Acting United States Special Counsel.\u00a0 He was an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and George Washington University National Law Center, and was in private law practice in Charlottesville, Virginia and Washington, DC.\u00a0 Judge Mayer assumed senior status on June 30, 2010.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1164\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1164\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">S. Jay Plager, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1164\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1164\"><p>S. JAY PLAGER was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1989.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment Judge Plager served in the Executive Office of Presidents Reagan and Bush: under President Reagan he was Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and under both Presidents Reagan and Bush he was Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.\u00a0 He earlier served as Counselor to the Under Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.\u00a0 Before coming to Washington, Judge Plager was Dean and Professor at the Indiana University School of Law; Professor, Faculty of Law, at the University of Illinois; and Professor, Faculty of Law, at the University of Florida, as well as visiting professor at Stanford University, University of Wisconsin, and Cambridge University, England.\u00a0 Judge Plager was commissioned in the United States Navy and served on active duty during the Korean Conflict.\u00a0 After his active duty, Judge Plager entered the Naval Reserve and held a number of posts until leaving the Navy as a Commander.\u00a0 He received his A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina; a J.D. from the University of Florida, with high honors, and an LL.M. from Columbia University.\u00a0 Judge Plager continues to be active in organizations in the environmental, land use, and natural resources area, fields in which he taught. He is the author of numerous academic publications, including recent studies about the judicial system.\u00a0 Judge Plager assumed senior status on\u00a0November 30, 2000.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1165\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1165\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Alan D. Lourie, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1165\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1165\"><p>ALAN D. LOURIE was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1990.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, Judge Lourie was Vice President, Corporate Patents and Trademarks and Associate General Counsel at SmithKline Beecham Corporation.\u00a0 He also held various leadership positions in bar, industry, and government advisory organizations.\u00a0 He was a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure from 1990 to 1998, and was a member of the Committee on Codes of Conduct from 2005 to 2013.\u00a0 He was awarded the Jefferson Medal for outstanding contributions to intellectual property law in 1998; the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation Distinguished Intellectual Property Professional Award in 2008; the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association\u2019s Award for Outstanding IP Achievement in 2010; the Boston Patent Law Association\u2019s Distinguished Public Service Award in 2011; the \u201clifetime achievement\u201d award from The Sedona Conference in 2011; the Outstanding Public Service Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association in 2012; and the Professionalism Award from the American Inns of Court in 2020.\u00a0 The Boston IP Inn of Court renamed itself as the Alan D. Lourie Boston IP Court in 2020.\u00a0 Judge Lourie received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1956, an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1958, a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, and a J.D. from Temple University in 1970. \u200b<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1166\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1166\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Raymond C. Clevenger, III, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1166\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1166\"><p>RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER, III was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1990.\u00a0 Judge Clevenger received a B.A. from Yale University in 1959.\u00a0 As a Carnegie Teaching Fellow, he taught European History at Yale College in the 1959 to 1960 academic year.\u00a0 From 1960 to 1963, he was employed by the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York City.\u00a0 He received an LL.B. from Yale University in 1966.\u00a0 Judge Clevenger served as a law clerk to Justice Byron R. White in October 1966.\u00a0 Judge Clevenger joined Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in 1967, serving as a partner in the firm from 1974 until his appointment to the bench.\u00a0 Judge Clevenger assumed senior status on February 1, 2006.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1167\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1167\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Alvin A. Schall, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1167\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1167\"><p>ALVIN A. SCHALL was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1992.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, Judge Schall served as Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1988 to 1992.\u00a0 He was a member of the Washington, DC law firm of Perlman and Partners from 1987 to 1988.\u00a0 He served as Trial Attorney and Senior Trial Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, from 1978 to 1987.\u00a0 Judge Schall was an Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, from 1973 to 1978, and served as Chief of the Appeals Division from 1977 to 1978.\u00a0 From 1969 to 1973, Judge Schall was in private practice with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling.\u00a0 Judge Schall received a B.A. degree from Princeton University in 1966 and a J.D. degree from Tulane Law School in 1969.\u00a0 Judge Schall assumed senior status on October 5, 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1168\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1168\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">William C. Bryson, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1168\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1168\"><p>WILLIAM C. BRYSON was appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, Judge Bryson was with the United States Department of Justice from 1978 to 1994.\u00a0 He was with the Office of the Solicitor General from 1978 to 1979 and 1986 to 1994, and the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice from 1979 to 1986.\u00a0 He was an Associate at the Washington, DC law firm of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin from 1975 to 1978.\u00a0 Judge Bryson served as law clerk to the Honorable Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1973 to 1974, and as law clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, from 1974 to 1975.\u00a0 Judge Bryson received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1973.\u00a0 Judge Bryson assumed senior status on January 7, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1169\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1169\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Richard Linn, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1169\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1169\"><p>RICHARD LINN was appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, Judge Linn was a partner and practice group leader at Foley and Lardner from 1997 to 1999 and a partner and head of the intellectual property department of Marks and Murase from 1977 to 1997.\u00a0 Judge Linn served as a Patent Examiner from 1965 to 1968.\u00a0 He was a member of the founding Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Patent Section and served as Chairman in 1975.\u00a0 In 2009 he received the NYIPLA Leadership Award and the NJIPLA Jefferson Medal.\u00a0 In 2010, Judge Linn was awarded the Outstanding Public Service Award by the NYIPLA.\u00a0 In 2011, he was awarded the inaugural Mark Banner Award by the ABA and the A. Sherman Christensen Award by the American Inns of Court.\u00a0 In 2012, Judge Linn was awarded the Outstanding IP Achievement Award by the Philadelphia IPLA.\u00a0 In 2013, he received the Distinguished Judicial Service Award from the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.\u00a0 He received the Honorable William C. Conner American Inn of Court Excellence Award in 2014.\u00a0 That year, he also received the Distinguished IP Professional Award from the IPO Education Foundation.\u00a0 In 2015, Judge Linn was recognized by the Board of Directors of the AIPLA with its highest award, the Excellence Award.\u00a0 He served as an Adjunct Professor and Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University Law School from 2001 to 2003 and served for over a decade on the Law School\u2019s IP Advisory Board.\u00a0 Judge Linn is a past president of the Giles Sutherland Rich American Inn of Court, a member of the Richard Linn American Inn of Court, a visiting member of the Honorable William C. Conner American Inn of Court, and an honorary lifetime member of the Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court.\u00a0 He received a B.E.E. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969.\u00a0 Judge Linn assumed senior status on November 1, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11610\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11610\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Timothy B. Dyk, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11610\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11610\"><p>TIMOTHY B. DYK was appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, Judge Dyk was Partner and Chair, Issues and Appeals Practice Area, at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue from 1990 to 2000.\u00a0 He was Adjunct Professor at Yale Law School from 1986 to 1987 and 1989, at the University of Virginia Law School in 1984 and 1985, and from 1987 to 1988, and at the Georgetown University Law Center in 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1991.\u00a0 Judge Dyk was Associate and Partner, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering from 1964 to 1990.\u00a0 From 1963 to 1964, Judge Dyk served as Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Louis F. Oberdorfer.\u00a0 He also served as law clerk to Chief Justice Warren from 1962 to 1963, and to Justices Reed and Burton from 1961 to 1962.\u00a0 Judge Dyk received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1958 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961.\u00a0 He was First President of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court from 2000 to 2001 and President of the Giles Sutherland Rich Inn of Court from 2006 to 2007.\u00a0 Judge Dyk is co-author of the Chapter on Patents in the Fifth Edition of the treatise, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts.\u00a0 He was the recipient of the 2012 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Federal Circuit and the 2016 Honorable William C. Conner Inn of Court Excellence Award.\u00a0 He is a member of the American Law Institute.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11611\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11611\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Sharon Prost, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11611\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11611\"><p>SHARON PROST was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001.\u00a0 Judge Prost served as Chief Circuit Judge from May 31, 2014 to May 21, 2021.\u00a0 Prior to her appointment, Judge Prost served as Minority Chief Counsel, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Chief Counsel of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate from 1993 to 2001.\u00a0 She also served as Chief Labor Counsel (Minority), Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources from 1989 to 1993.\u00a0 Prior to her work on Capitol Hill, she served for fifteen years in five different agencies of the executive branch.\u00a0 These agencies included the Department of Treasury, National Labor Relations Board, and General Accounting Office.\u00a0 Judge Prost received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1973, an M.B.A. from The George Washington University in 1975, a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University in 1979, and an LL.M. in tax law from The George Washington University School of Law in 1984.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11612\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11612\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Jimmie V. Reyna, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11612\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11612\"><p>JIMMIE V. REYNA was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in 2011. \u00a0He was confirmed by the Senate 86 to 0.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, Judge Reyna was an international trade attorney with Williams Mullen and a member of its board of directors. \u00a0Before that, he was an associate and partner at the Washington law firm of Stewart and Stewart (1986\u201398). \u00a0Prior to locating in Washington, Judge Reyna was a solo practitioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, before that, an associate at an Albuquerque, New Mexico law firm.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Judge Reyna was appointed to and served on the U.S. roster of dispute settlement panelists for trade disputes under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (1994\u20132011), and the U.S. Indicative List of Non-Governmental Panelists for the World Trade Organization, Dispute Settlement Mechanism, for disputes in both trade in goods and trade in services (1995\u20132011). \u00a0Judge Reyna has authored two books, <em>Passport to North American Trade: Rules of Origin and Customs Procedures Under the NAFTA <\/em>(Shepards 1995), and <em>The GATT Uruguay Round, A Negotiating History: Services, 1986-1992 <\/em>(Kluwer 1993), and numerous articles on international trade and customs issues, as well as in other areas of law. \u00a0He was the founder and senior co-editor of the <em>Hispanic National Bar Association Journal of Law and Policy<\/em>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Judge Reyna has worked throughout his career towards the positive development of the U.S. legal profession. \u00a0He served in various leadership positions in the ABA Section on International Law and the Section on Dispute Settlement. \u00a0He was a founder and member of the board of directors of the U.S.-Mexico Law Institute. \u00a0He has provided over two decades of leadership in the Hispanic National Bar Association, including serving as its National President (2006\u201307).\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Judge Reyna is active in educational and pro bono projects involving U.S. patent law. \u00a0He has also participated as a lecturer in judicial ethics and rule of law training programs in Mexico (2017) and Colombia (2020).\u00a0 He is currently serving as a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (\u201cWIPO\u201d) Advisory Board of Judges for the 2023-2024 term.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Judge Reyna has received numerous awards, including the Ohtli Award (the highest honor bestowed by the Mexican government on non-Mexican citizens), and has been recognized as among the nation\u2019s 100 most influential Latino leaders by the <em>Hispanic Business Magazine <\/em>(2011), the <em>Latino Leaders Magazine <\/em>(2011\u201312 and 2015\u201318), and the <em>Washington Business Journal <\/em>(2010).\u00a0 In 2015, the first intellectual property Inn of Court in Minnesota was founded, and it was named the Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna Intellectual Property American Inn of Court.\u00a0 In 2017, Judge Reyna received The Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith Hutchison Medal, the University of Rochester\u2019s highest alumni award presented for career achievements and notable service.\u00a0 In 2018, he received The Hon. William C. Conner Inn Excellence Award. In 2022, Judge Reyna received the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association (NJIPLA)\u2019s Jefferson Medal for his exceptional contributions to the field of intellectual property law.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11613\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11613\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Evan J. Wallach, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11613\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11613\"><p>EVAN J. WALLACH was appointed by President Barack H. Obama in 2011.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment, he served for 16 years as a judge of the United States Court of International Trade, having been appointed to the court by President William J. Clinton in 1995.\u00a0 During his tenure on the Court of International Trade, Judge Wallach served as an adjunct professor teaching seminars on the law of war at Brooklyn Law School, New York Law School, George Mason University School of Law, and the University of M\u00fcnster in M\u00fcnster, Germany.\u00a0 He is currently an adjunct professor at The George Washington Law School teaching a seminar on the law governing fully autonomous fighting vehicles.\u00a0 He has also published numerous law review articles and, a work of fiction for young adults called \u201cJake and Me,\u201d and a casebook titled \u201cThe Law of War in the 21st Century.\u201d\u00a0 He is a member of the American Law Institute and served on the Board of the Lieber Society of the American Society of International Law.\u00a0 Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was an associate, and then partner, with Lionel Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1976 to 1995.\u00a0 While on a sabbatical from 1987 to 1988, he served as Senator Harry Reid\u2019s General Counsel and Public Policy Advisor.\u00a0 During the First Gulf War he served at the Pentagon as an Attorney\/Advisor in the International Affairs Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate of the Army.\u00a0 Judge Wallach was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal for his enlisted services in the 8th Engr. Bn. 1st Cav. Div. (AM) during the Vietnam War, and the Meritorious Service Medal (oak leaf cluster) and the Nevada Medal of Merit for his service with the National Guard.\u00a0 He received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arizona in 1973, a J.D. from the University of California Berkeley in 1976, and an LL.B. in Public International Law from the University of Cambridge in 1981.\u00a0 He began section hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1999 and completed it in 2017, becoming the only active federal judge to date to do so.\u00a0 Judge Wallach assumed senior status on May 31, 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-11614\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-11614\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Richard G. Taranto, Circuit Judge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-11614\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-11614\"><p>RICHARD G. TARANTO was appointed by President Barack H. 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