In order to provide excellent service to our clients, we strive to hire only the most qualified, dedicated and creative lawyers.
We believe that clerkships provide valuable experience and a fantastic opportunity for training with our nation’s judiciary, and we reward that experience: We offer clerkship bonuses that are significantly larger than many of our peer firms to incoming associates who join our firm immediately after clerking at the state supreme court, federal district or appellate levels, in the amount of $80,000 for a single clerkship and $105,000 for two or more clerkships (net of any clerkship bonus received previously from the firm or from another employer). We also pay competitive bonuses for clerkships at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as well as the United States Supreme Court. Our clerks find that they are better lawyers for having seen the legal system operate from the inside, and we are committed to attracting the best and most motivated judicial law clerks in the country. In that regard, nearly 75 percent of our lawyers and over 80 percent of our litigators have clerked for federal or state judges. Below we include a list of the current attorneys at our firm organized by their clerkship.
If you are currently clerking and are interested in applying for an attorney position, please click here. We recognize that different judges have different rules for when clerks may apply to firms. We generally begin to interview clerkship candidates in the fall and continue through the spring. For those whose judges do not allow clerks to apply until later in, or at the end of, their clerkship term, we continue to accept applications throughout the spring and summer. We are flexible and look forward to hearing from applicants from clerkships across the country.
Please note that we do not pay recruitment or placement fees to search firms for any candidates applying directly from judicial clerkships.
For additional inquiries, please contact:
Ms. Kevinn Villard, Director of Legal Recruiting
Tel. (213) 683-9242
Kevinn.Villard@mto.com
U.S. Supreme Court
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Justice Samuel A. Alito
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Benjamin J. Horwich
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2006-2006
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Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
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Donald B. Verrilli
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1984-1985
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Justice Stephen Breyer |
Jonathan Kravis |
2005-2006
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Ginger D. Anders
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2004-2005
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Daniel B. Levin
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2004-2005
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Justice Elena Kagan
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Andra Lim
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2021-2022
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Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
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Kelly M. Klaus
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1995-1996
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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
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Benjamin J. Horwich
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2005-2006
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts
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Rachel G. Miller-Ziegler
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2016-2017
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts
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Usha C. Vance |
2017-2018 |
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Justice Antonin Scalia
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Henry Weissmann
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1989-1990
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Sarah Weiner |
2020-2021 |
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Justice Byron R. White
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John W. Spiegel
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1976-1977
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U.S. District Court
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Central District of California
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Judge Percy Anderson
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Cory M. Batza |
2018-2019 |
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Judge Jesus G. Bernal
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Clare Kane
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2020-2021
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Judge Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr.
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Gregory P. Stone
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1977-1978
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Judge Cormac J. Carney
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Shannon C. Galvin
Aminirad |
2018-2019 |
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Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald
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Sara A. McDermott
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2016-2017
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Judge Irving Hill
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Kevin S. Allred
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1986-1988
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Judge John W. Holcomb
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Clare Kane
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2020-2021
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Judge David V. Kenyon
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Glenn D. Pomerantz
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1983-1985
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Judge George H. King
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Erin J. Cox
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2009-2010
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Judge George H. King
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Jennifer L. Bryant
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2013-2014
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Judge John A. Kronstadt
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James Salzmann |
2019-2020 |
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Judge John A. Kronstadt |
William M. Orr |
2019-2020
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Judge John A. Kronstadt
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Miranda E. Rehaut |
2021-2022 |
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Judge Nora M. Manella
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Matthew S. Schonholz |
2005-2006 |
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Judge A. Howard Matz
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Kuruvilla J. Olasa
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2011-2012
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Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell
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David W. Moreshead |
2016-2017 |
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Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips
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Robin S. Gray |
2018-2020 |
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Judge Dean D. Pregerson
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Laura D. Smolowe
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2007-2008
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Judge Dean D. Pregerson
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Anne Kent Conley |
2015-2016 |
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Judge Dean D. Pregerson |
Rosio Flores Arriaga |
2018-2021
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Judge Edward Rafeedie
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Katherine M. Forster
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2001-2002
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Judge Edward Rafeedie
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Bethany Woodard
Kristovich
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2005-2006
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Judge James Selna
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Rowley J. Rice |
2016-2017 |
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Judge Josephine L. Staton
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Tia Baheri |
2020-2021 |
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Judge Josephine L. Staton
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Lorraine L. Abdulahad
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2020-2021
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Judge Dickran Tevrizian
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Matthew S. Schonholz |
2005-2006 |
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Judge Stephen V. Wilson
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Jeffrey Y. Wu
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2005-2006
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Judge Stephen V. Wilson
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Jeremy A. Lawrence
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2009-2010
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Judge Stephen V. Wilson
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Joseph D. Moses |
2019-2020 |
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Judge Stephen V. Wilson
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Brian Rivas Boessenecker |
2019-2020 |
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Judge Stephen V. Wilson
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Joseph Glynn
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2020-2021
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Judge Otis D. Wright, II
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Adam W. Kwon
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2020-2021
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Judge George H. Wu
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Ted Kang
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2021-2022 |
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Eastern District of California
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Judge Kimberly Mueller
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Skylar Brooks Grove
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2015-2016
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Judge Kimberly Mueller
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Rachel M. Schiff |
2020-2021 |
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Judge William B. Shubb
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Blanca Fromm Young
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2001-2002
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Northern District of California
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Judge Vince Chhabria
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Juliana M. Yee
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2016-2017
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Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
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Raquel E. Dominguez
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2021-2022
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Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
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Richard T. Johnson |
2018-2019 |
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Judge Susan Illston
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Javier Kordi
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2021-2022
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Judge Lucy H. Koh
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Emily C. Curran-Huberty
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2013-2014
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Judge Charles A. Legge
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Martin D. Bern
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1990-1991
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Judge William H. Orrick, Jr.
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Kelly M. Klaus
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1992-1993
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Judge William W Schwarzer
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Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke
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1999-2000
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Judge Jon S. Tigar
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Elissa A. Walter
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2019-2020
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Judge Vaughn R. Walker
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Malcolm A. Heinicke
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1997-1998
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Judge Vaughn R. Walker
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Benjamin J. Horwich
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2004-2005
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Southern District of California
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Judge John S. Rhoades, Sr.
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James C. Rutten
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1997-1998
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Chief Judge Gordon Thompson, Jr.
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Kathleen M. McDowell
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1984-1986
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District of Columbia
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Judge Tanya S. Chutkan
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Ruby J. Garrett
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2018-2019 |
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District of Delaware
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Judge Sue L. Robinson
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Vincent Y. Ling
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2012-2013
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Judge Leonard P. Stark
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Gregory T. S. Bischoping |
2018-2019 |
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District of Hawaii
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Judge Helen Gillmor
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Michael E. Greaney |
1996-1997 |
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Judge Alan C. Kay
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Kathleen Foley
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2018-2019
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Northern District of Illinois
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Judge Edmond Chang
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Faye Paul Teller |
2012-2013 |
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Judge Gary Feinerman
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Lauren E. Ross |
2017-2018 |
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Eastern District of Kentucky
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Judge Amul Thapar
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Usha C. Vance |
2013-2014 |
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District of Maryland
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Judge Frank A. Kaufman
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William D. Temko
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1979-1980
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District of Massachusetts
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Judge Michael A. Ponsor |
Victoria A. Degtyareva |
2011-2012
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Eastern District of New York
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Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon
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Stephanie Goldfarb Herrera
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2015-2016
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Judge Carol Bagley Amon
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Allison M. Day
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2015-2016
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Judge Pamela K. Chen
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Andrew Nguyen |
2020-2021 |
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Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall
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Ruby J. Garrett
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2017-2018 |
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Judge William F. Kuntz, II
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Sidney Moskowitz
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2021
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Southern District of New York
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Judge George B. Daniels
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Nicholas D. Fram
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2012-2013
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Judge Jesse M. Furman
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Adeel Mohammadi
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2020-2021
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Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein
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John M. Gildersleeve
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2008-2009
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Judge Richard J. Holwell
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Heather E. Takahashi
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2006-2007
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Judge Richard J. Holwell
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Justin P. Raphael
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2010-2011
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Judge John G. Koeltl
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Rebecca L. Sciarrino |
2018-2019 |
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Judge Gerard E. Lynch
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Ginger D. Anders
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2002-2003
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Judge Alison J. Nathan
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J. Max Rosen
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2016-2017
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Judge J. Paul Oetken |
Sarah Weiner |
2017-2018
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Judge Jed S. Rakoff
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Elaine J. Goldenberg
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1997-1998
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Judge Jed S. Rakoff
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Andre W. Brewster |
2016-2017 |
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Judge Kimba M. Wood
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Peter A. Detre
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1994-1995
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Judge Kimba M. Wood
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Jacob S. Kreilkamp
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2003-2004
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Judge Kimba M. Wood
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Simon K. Zhen
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2020-2021
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Judge Gregory H. Woods
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Brianne Holland-Stergar
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2021-2022
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Northern District of New York
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Judge Brenda K. Sannes |
Jamie Luguri |
2019-2020
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Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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Judge John M. Gallagher
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Jared Koch |
2021-2022 |
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Eastern District of Texas
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Judge Robert W. Schroeder III |
J. Kain Day
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2019-2020
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Southern District of Texas
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Judge Lee H. Rosenthal
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Bryan H. Heckenlively
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2009-2010
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Northern District of Texas
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Judge David Godbey
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Grace Davis Fisher |
2017-2018 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals
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First Circuit
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Judge Levin H. Campbell
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Miriam Kim
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2004-2005
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Judge Sandra Lynch
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Elaine J. Goldenberg
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1998-1999
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Second Circuit
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Judge José A. Cabranes
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Richard C. St. John
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1998-1999
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Judge José A. Cabranes
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Adeel Mohammadi
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2021-2022
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Judge Susan L. Carney
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Allison M. Day
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2016-2017
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Judge Barrington D. Parker |
Erinma Man |
2020-2021
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Judge Robert A. Katzmann
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Andre W. Brewster |
2017-2018 |
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Judge Pierre N. Leval
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Jenny Huang Hong
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2006-2007
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Judge Debra Ann Livingston
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Adam R. Lawton
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2007-2008
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Judge Debra Ann Livingston
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Adam B. Weiss
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2010-2011
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Judge Debra Ann Livingston
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J. Max Rosen
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2015-2016
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Judge J. Edward Lumbard
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Michael R. Doyen
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1982-1983
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Judge Jon O. Newman
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Richard C. St. John
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1997-1998
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Judge Reena Raggi
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Rebecca L. Sciarrino |
2019-2020 |
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor
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Ginger D. Anders
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2003-2004
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Judge Richard J. Sullivan
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Lorraine L. Abdulahad
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2021-2022
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Third Circuit
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Judge Thomas Ambro
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Faye Paul Teller |
2013-2014 |
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Judge Edward R. Becker
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Benjamin J. Horwich
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2003-2004
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Judge Michael A. Chagares
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Nicholas D. Fram
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2013-2014
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Judge John J. Gibbons
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Brad D. Brian
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1977-1978
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Judge Thomas M. Hardiman
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Matthew W. Linsley
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2021-2022
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Judge Kent A. Jordan
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Vincent Y. Ling
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2013-2014
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Judge Kent A. Jordan
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Abraham B. Dyk
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2018-2019
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Judge Kent A. Jordan
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Gregory T. S. Bischoping |
2020-2021 |
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Judge Cheryl Ann Krause |
Jing Jin |
2019-2021
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Judge Cheryl Ann Krause |
Jessica O. Laird |
2020-2021
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Fourth Circuit
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Judge Henry F. Floyd |
Leonardo Mangat |
2019-2020
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Judge Diana Gribbon Motz
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Stephany Reaves |
2015-2016 |
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Fifth Circuit
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Judge Catharina Haynes
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Grace Davis Fisher |
2018-2020 |
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Sixth Circuit
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Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr.
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Andrew Nguyen |
2019-2020 |
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Seventh Circuit
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Judge Amy J. St. Eve
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Jamie Luguri |
2020-2021 |
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Judge Diane P. Wood
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Emily C. Curran-Huberty
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2012-2013
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Judge Diane P. Wood
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Javier Kordi
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2020-2021
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Eighth Circuit
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Judge David Ryan Stras
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Megan L. McCreadie |
2018-2019 |
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Ninth Circuit
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Judge Arthur L. Alarcón
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Jonathan E. Altman
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1992-1993
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Judge Arthur L. Alarcón
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Bradley R. Schneider
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2004-2005
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Judge Carlos T. Bea
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Richard T. Johnson |
2019-2020 |
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Judge Jay Bybee
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Juliana M. Yee
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2014-2015
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Judge Richard R. Clifton
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Jonathan H. Blavin
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2003-2004
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Judge Morgan B. Christen
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Simon K. Zhen
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2021-2022
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Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez
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Wesley T.L. Burrell
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2012-2013
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Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez
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David W. Moreshead |
2017-2018 |
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Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez
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Benjamin G. Barokh |
2018-2019 |
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Judge Raymond C. Fisher
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Jacob S. Kreilkamp
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2004-2005
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Judge William A. Fletcher
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Daniel B. Levin
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2002-2003
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Judge Michelle T. Friedland
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Craig Jennings Lavoie
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2014-2015
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Judge Michelle T. Friedland
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Stephanie Goldfarb Herrera
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2016-2017
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Judge Michelle T. Friedland
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Andra Lim
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2019-2020
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Judge Alfred T. Goodwin
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Rohit K. Singla
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1998-1999
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Judge Alfred T. Goodwin
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Jeffrey Y. Wu
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2006-2007
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Judge Ronald M. Gould
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Alison A. Doyle
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2019-2020
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Judge Ronald M. Gould
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Kyle W. Mach
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2007-2008
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Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall
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Lisa J. Demsky
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1996-1997
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta
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L. Ashley Aull |
2009-2010 |
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta
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Kuruvilla J. Olasa
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2012-2013
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta
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Lauren C. Barnett
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2014-2015
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta
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Colin A. Devine
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2015-2016
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta
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Margaret H. Thompson
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2016-2017
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta
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Rowley J. Rice |
2017-2018 |
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Judge Sandra S. Ikuta |
William M. Orr |
2020-2021
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Judge Alex Kozinski
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John L. Schwab
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2013-2014
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Judge Alex Kozinski
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John B. Major
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2014-2015
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Judge Alex Kozinski
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Anne Kent Conley |
2016-2017 |
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Judge Dorothy W. Nelson
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Jordan D. Segall
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2012-2013
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Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen
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Joseph Glynn
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2021-2022
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Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen
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Michele C. Nielsen
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2018-2019
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Judge John B. Owens
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Cory M. Batza |
2019-2020 |
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Judge John B. Owens |
Gabriel M. Bronshteyn |
2020-2021
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Judge John B. Owens
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Taylor L. Benninger
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2021-2022
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Judge Richard A. Paez
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Grant A. Davis-Denny
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2003-2004
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Judge Richard A. Paez
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Clare Kane
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2021-2022
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Judge Richard A. Paez
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Laura D. Smolowe
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2006-2007
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Judge Richard A. Paez
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Jordan D. Segall
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2011-2012
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Judge Richard A. Paez
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Xiaonan April Hu |
2017-2018 |
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Judge Stephen Reinhardt
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Rose Leda Ehler
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2012-2013
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Judge Pamela Ann Rymer
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Kelly M. Klaus
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1993-1994
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Judge Pamela Ann Rymer
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Achyut J. Phadke
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2008-2009
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Judge Milan D. Smith Jr.
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Jeremy A. Lawrence
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2010-2011
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Judge A. Wallace Tashima
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Hailyn J. Chen
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2004-2005
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Judge A. Wallace Tashima
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Sara A. McDermott
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2015-2016
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Judge Sidney R. Thomas
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Brianne Holland-Stergar
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2018-2019
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Judge Sidney R. Thomas
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Carson J. Scott
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2021-2022
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Judge J. Clifford Wallace
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Martin D. Bern
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1991-1992
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Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw
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Avery P. Hitchcock
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2021-2022
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Judge Paul J. Watford
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John B. Major
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2013-2014
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Judge Charles E. Wiggins
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Stuart N. Senator
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1989-1990
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Judge Charles E. Wiggins
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C. David Lee
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1999-2000
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Tenth Circuit
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Judge Robert E. Bacharach
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Ariel T. Teshuva |
2018-2019 |
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Judge Robert E. Bacharach
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Janelle Krummen
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2020-2021
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Judge David M. Ebel
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Dane P. Shikman
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2016-2017
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Judge Carolyn B. McHugh
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Caleb W. Peiffer |
2020-2021 |
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Eleventh Circuit
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Judge Rosemary Barkett
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Victoria A. Degtyareva |
2012-2013 |
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Judge Beverly B. Martin
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Xiaonan April Hu |
2018-2019 |
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District of Columbia Circuit
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Chief Judge David L. Bazelon
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Ronald L. Olson
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1967-1968
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Judge James L. Buckley
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Henry Weissmann
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1987-1988
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Judge Harry T. Edwards
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Lauren E. Ross |
2016-2017 |
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Judge Merrick B. Garland
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Jonathan Kravis |
2004-2005 |
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Judge Merrick B. Garland
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Rachel G. Miller-Ziegler
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2015-2016
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Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Michael E. Soloff
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1983-1984
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Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg
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Bryan H. Heckenlively
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2010-2011
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh
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Usha C. Vance |
2014-2015 |
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Judge Roger Robb
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Joseph D. Lee
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1982-1983
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Judge David S. Tatel |
Sarah Weiner |
2018-2019
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Judge David S. Tatel
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Elissa A. Walter
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2021-2022
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Judge Robert L. Wilkins
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Kathleen Foley
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2019-2020
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Judge J. Skelly Wright
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Donald B. Verrilli
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1983-1984
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Federal Circuit
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Judge Timothy B. Dyk |
Giovanni Saarman González |
2016-2017
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Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore
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J. Kain Day |
2020-2022 |
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Chief Judge Sharon Prost
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Vincent Y. Ling
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2016-2017
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Judge Jimmie V. Reyna
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Adam W. Kwon
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2021-2022
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Judge Richard G. Taranto |
Evan Mann |
2019-2020
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State Supreme Court
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California
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Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar
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Emily C. Curran-Huberty
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2015-2015
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Justice Goodwin H. Liu |
Leonardo Mangat |
2020-2021
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Justice Goodwin H. Liu |
Giovanni Saarman González |
2020-2021
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Justice Goodwin H. Liu
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Elissa A. Walter
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2020-2021
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Texas
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Justice Harriet O'Neill |
L. Ashley Aull |
2007-2008 |
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Wisconsin
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Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler
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Janelle Krummen |
2019-2020 |
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Court of Chancery
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Delaware
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Judge Leo E. Strine Jr.
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Jennifer M. Broder
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2011-2012
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