William Curtis Bryson

William Bryson
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
In office September 29, 1994 – January 7, 2013
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Howard Markey
Succeeded by	Todd Hughes
Personal details
Born	(1945-08-19) August 19, 1945 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Texas, Austin

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 is also serving 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.^[1]

Born in Houston, Texas, Bryson received his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1969 and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1973. After graduating from law school, Bryson clerked for Judge Henry J. Friendly at the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Following his clerkship with Judge Friendly, he clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall at the United States Supreme Court.

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Current active judges of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review

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DC Circuit	Edwards Silberman Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph

Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

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Preceded by Howard Markey	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1994–2013	Succeeded by Todd Hughes

William Curtis Bryson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

^ FISCOR 2013 membership
^ United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History: 1990–2002 / compiled by members of the Advisory Council to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in celebration of the court's twentieth anniversary. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 2004. p. 57.
^ http://www.uscourts.gov/JudgesAndJudgeships/JudicialVacancies/FutureJudicialVacancies.aspx

Sources

Bryson, William C.; Sara S. Beale (1986). Grand jury law and practice (Looseleaf, 2 vol.). Wilmette, Ill.: Callaghan.

Bibliography

On June 22, 1994, Bryson was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated by Howard Thomas Markey. Bryson was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received his commission the following day. Bryson took senior status on January 7, 2013.^[3]

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William Curtis Bryson