6. Education: List in reverse chronological order, listing most recent first, each college, law school, and any other institutions of higher education attended and indicate for each the dates of attendance, whether a degree was received, and the date each degree was received. Attended Harvard Law School, 1976-1979. Awarded J.D. magna cum laude June 7, 1979. Attended Harvard College, 1973-1976 (entered with sophomore standing). Awarded A.B. summa cum laude June 17, 1976. 7. Employment Record: List in reverse chronological order, listing most recent first, all governmental agencies, business or professional corporations, companies, firms, or other enterprises, partnerships, institutions and organizations, non-profit or otherwise, with which you have been affiliated as an officer, director, partner, proprietor, or employee since graduation from college, whether or not you received payment for your services. Include the name and address of the employer and job title or job description where appropriate. June 2003 - present: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. July 2005: Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Summer Program, Jeremy Bentham House, University College London, Endsleigh Gardens, London, WCIH OEG, Great Britain. January 1993 – May 2003: Partner, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., 555 13th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. October 1989 - January 1993: Principal Deputy Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530. May 1986 - October 1989: Hogan & Hartson, 555 13th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. I joined the firm as an associate and was elected a general partner of the firm in October, 1987. November 1982 - May 1986: Associate Counsel to the President, White House August 1981 - November 1982: Special Assistant to Attorney General William French Smith, United States Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530. July 1980 – August 1981: Law clerk to then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20543. June 1979 - June 1980: Law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 40 Foley Square, New York, N.Y. 20543. At the time, Judge Friendly also served as the Presiding Judge of the Special Railroad Reorganization Court, a three-judge district court. Summer 1978: Law clerk, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case (now Carlsmith Ball L.L.P.), 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2200, Post Office Box 656, Honolulu, HI 96813. Summer 1977: Law clerk, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan (now Ice Miller), One American Square, Box 82001, Indianapolis, IN 46282. 8. Military Service and Draft Status: Identify any service in the U.S. Military, including dates of service, branch of service, rank or rate, serial number and type of discharge received. Please list, by approximate date, Selective Service classifications you have held, and state briefly the reasons for any classification other than I-A. No military service. Selective Service Number: 12-46-55-304. Registered at: Selective Service System, 05-16-73 1-H-Registrant not currently subject to processing for induction or alternate service. Note: Beginning in 1972, all new registrants were classified 1-H and kept there until after the lottery drawing for their age group. For year of birth 1955, the lottery drawing was held on March 20, 1974. The highest number called for processing out of the 1-H classification was number 95 for year of birth 1955. The lottery number for date of birth January 27, 1955, was 323. Those registrants with lottery numbers above the processing number remained in class 1-H. 9. Honors and Awards: List any scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, academic or professional honors, honorary society memberships, military awards, and any other special recognition for outstanding service or achievement. Harvard College honors: William Scott Ferguson Prize, 1974, for "the outstanding essay submitted by a Edwards Whitaker Scholarship, 1974, awarded to first-year students who “show the most outstanding scholastic ability and intellectual promise as indicated by distinction in studies and general achievement." John Harvard Scholarship, 1974, 1975, 1976, “in recognition of academic achievement of the highest distinction." Detur Prize, 1976, based on cumulative academic record. Election to Phi Beta Kappa, 1976. Bowdoin Essay Prize, 1976, for "the best dissertation submitted in the English language." A.B. degree awarded summa cum laude, 1976. Honors thesis on British domestic politics, 1900-1914. Harvard Law School honors: Editor, Harvard Law Review, volumes 91-92. Managing Editor, volume 92. J.D. degree awarded magna cum laude, 1979. 10. Bar Associations: List all bar associations or legal or judicial-related committees, selection panels or conferences of which you are or have been a member, and give the titles and dates of any offices which you have held in such groups. Also, if any such association, committee or conference of which you were or are a member issued any reports, memoranda or policy statements prepared or produced with your participation, please furnish the committee with four (4) copies of these materials, if they are available to you. "Participation” includes, but is not limited to, membership in any working group of any such association, committee or conference which produced a report, memorandum or policy statement even where you did not contribute to it. United States Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, appointed October 1, 2000. D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1995. American Law Institute, elected October 1990. American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, elected August 1998. Edward Coke Appellate American Inn of Court, joined January 2001. Supreme Court Historical Society, joined December 10, 1987. State and Local Legal Center, Legal Advisory Board (unpaid advisor to non-profit organization) (resigned upon assuming the bench). Georgetown University Law Center, Supreme Court Institute, Outside Advisory Board (unpaid advisor to non-profit organization) (resigned upon assuming the bench). National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Legal Advisory Board (unpaid advisor to non-profit organization) (resigned upon assuming the bench). 11. Bar and Court Admission: a. List the date(s) you took the examination and the date you passed for all states where you sat for a bar examination. List any state in which you applied for reciprocal admission without taking the bar examination and the date of such admission or refusal of such admission. District of Columbia Bar Examination administered July 28 and 29, 1981. Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar on December 18, 1981. b. List all courts in which you have been admitted to practice, including dates of admission and any lapses in membership. Please explain the reason for any lapse of membership. Give the same information for administrative bodies which require special admission to practice. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, December 18, 1981. United States Court of Federal Claims, December 3, 1982. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, December 3, 1982. Supreme Court of the United States, March 2, 1987. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, March 31, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, October 17, 1988. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, November 24, 1997. Linned States Coun of Appeals for the Sixth Curcuit, June 3, 1998. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circunt, February 5, 1999. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, September 30, 1999 12. Memberships. a. Last all professional, business, fraternal, scholarly, civic, charitable, or other organizations, other than those listed in response to Questions 10 or 11 to which you belong, or to which you have belonged, or in which you have participated since graduation from law school. Provide the dates of membership or participation, and indicate any office you held. Include clubs, working groups, advisory or editorial boards, panels, committees, conferences, or publications. Please describe briefly the nature and objectives of each such organization, the nature of your participation in each such organization, and identify an officer or other person from whom more detailed information may be obtained. Phi Beta Kappa, National Academic Honor Society, Elected 1976. Contact: Doris American Judicature Society. According to its website, the society "is a nonpartisan organization with a national membership of judges, lawyers, and nonlegally trained citizens interested in the administration of justice.” I was a member from time-to-time during the 1990s, with lapses in membership. The Society extends membership to sitting judges. Contact: Laury Lieurance, Membership Coordinator, (515) 271-2285. As detailed in the response to question 26, I served in 1999 on the Joint Project on The Lawyers Club of Washington, Member since 1996. Social association of lawyers that meets for lunches and annual dinner. Contact: Patrick L. O'Donoghue, Esq., Secretary/Treasurer, (301) 652-6880. The Metropolitan Club, Member since June 7, 1995. Contact: Sandra Howland, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Member since December 1992. Contact: Glenn |