Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia Nominated by George W. Bush on September 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by Norma Holloway Johnson; Confirmed by the Senate on February 14, 2002, and received commission on February 19, 2002.
Education: College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1971
Suffolk Law School, J.D., 1974
Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1981
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 Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 1976-1977 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' Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 1987-1988 Deputy assistant U.S. attorney general, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1988-1989 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, Georgetown University School of Law, 1997-present Special counsel, Ethics Reform Task Force, U.S. House of Representatives, 1997 Commissioner, Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-2001
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
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