William Curtis Bryson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Senior status. Born 1945.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jun 22, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Sep 28, 1994
- Commissioned
- Sep 29, 1994
- Senior status
- Jan 7, 2013
Other federal judicial service
- Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, 2011-2018; presiding judge, 2013-2018
Education
- A.B., Harvard University, 1969
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 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
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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