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William Curtis Bryson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Senior status since January 7, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- June 22, 1994
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 17, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 22, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 28, 1994
- Commissioned
- September 29, 1994
- Senior status
- Since January 7, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1945, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- 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
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