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William Curtis Bryson

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994

William Curtis Bryson , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. William Curtis Bryson (born August 19, 1945) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also served a 7-year term as a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, until 2018, and on September 1, 2013, became the presiding judge of that court.

Education

  • Harvard UniversityA.B., 1969
  • University of Texas School of LawJ.D., 1973

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1973-1974; Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1978; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1979; Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1982; Special counsel, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1986; Deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1994; Deputy associate attorney general (acting associate attorney general), U.S. Department of Justice, 1994

Biography

William Curtis Bryson (born August 19, 1945) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also served a 7-year term as a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, until 2018, and on September 1, 2013, became the presiding judge of that court.

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