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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

One Federal Plaza, New York NY 10278-0001, phone 212-264-2800

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

One Federal Plaza, New York NY 10278-0001, phone 212-264-2800

JANE A. RESTANI, chief judge, 2003-present; born February 27, 1948 in San Francisco, CA; parents, Emilia C. and Roy J. Restani; B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1969; J.D., University of California at Davis, 1973; law review staff writer, 1971-72; articles editor, 1972-73; member, Order of the Coif; elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the State of California, 1973; joined the civil division of the Department of Justice under the Attorney General's Honor Program, 1973 as a trial attorney; assistant chief commercial litigation section, civil division, 1976-80; director, commercial litigation branch, civil division, 1980-83; assumed the duties of a judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade on November 25, 1983; husband, Ira Bloom.

GREGORY W. CARMAN, Judge; born in Farmingdale, Long Island, NY, January 31, 1937; son of Nassau County District Court Judge Willis B. and Marjorie Sosa Carman; B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1958; national exchange student, 1956-57, studying at the University of Paris through Sweet Briar College Junior Year in France Program; J.D., St. John's University School of Law (honors program), 1961; Member, St. John's Law Review; University of Virginia Law School, JAG (with honors), 1962; Master in Taxation Program, New York University School of Law; Captain, U.S. Army, 1958-64, stationed with the 2d Infantry Division, Fort Benning, GA; awarded Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service, 1964; admitted to the New York bar, 1961; practiced law with the firm of Carman, Callahan & Sabino, Farmingdale, NY; admitted to practice in U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1962; certified by Judge Advocate General to practice at general court martial trials, 1962; admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of New York and Southern District of New York, 1965; Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966; Supreme Court of the United States, 1967; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 1982; Councilman for the Town of Oyster Bay, 1972-80; Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 97th Congress; appointed to Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee and Select Committee on Aging, 1981-82; Member, International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy Subcommittee of House Banking Committee, 1981-82; U.S. congressional Delegate, International I.M.F. Conference, 1982; nominated by President Ronald Reagan, confirmed and appointed Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, March 2, 1983; served as Acting Chief Judge, 1991; Chief Judge, 1996-2003; Statutory Member, Judicial Conference of the United States; Member, Executive Committee; Member, Judicial Branch Committee, and Subcommittees on Long Range Planning, Benefits, Civic Education, and Seminars, of the Judicial Conference of the United States; Member, Bicentennial Commission of Nassau County; Rotary International, 1964-present; named a Paul Harris Fellow of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International; Chairman, United Way, Town of Oyster Bay, 1973-76; Member, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; Past President, Savings and Loan League Committee, New York Chapter of the American Bar Association; Member: American Bar Association; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Member, New York State Bar Association; Member, New York State Bar Association's Committee on Courts and the Community; recipient of 1996 Special Recognition Award from New York State Bar Association's Committee on Courts and the Community; Director and Member, Respect for Law Alliance, Inc.; former Member and Chair, Board of Directors of SUNSGLO, The Center for the Study of the United Nations System and the Global Legal Order; Member, Executive Board, The Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court, and President, 2003-04; Past President, Protestant Lawyers Association of Long Island; former Member, Vestry, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Farmingdale, NY, 1992-94; Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity; District Committee Member, Nassau County Council of Boy Scouts of America; Past vice-chair, Paumanok Boy Scout District; former District Chair, United Cerebral Palsy; Member, Holland Society; Recipient of 1999 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Jurisprudence from The Holland Society of New York; Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Nova Southeastern University, 1999; Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Touro College Law Center, 2000; Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, St. John's University, 2002; Inaugural Lecturer, The Honorable Dominick L. DiCarlo U.S. Court of International Trade Lecture, John Marshall Law School, 2003; [[Page 850]] Distinguished Alumni Citation, St. Lawrence University, 2003; Public Service Award, Italian Board of Guardians, 2003; Sigma Chi, social fraternity; married to Nancy Endruschat (deceased); children: Gregory Wright Carman, Jr., John Frederick Carman, James Matthew Carman, and Mira Catherine Carman; married to Judith L. Dennehy, 1995.

DONALD C. POGUE, was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) by President Clinton in 1995; one of the nine members of the Court, he serves as chair of the Court's Budget and Long Range Planning Committee; served as judge in Connecticut's Superior Court, appointed to the bench in 1994; served as chairman of Connecticut's Commission on Hospitals and Health Care; appointed as Commissioner by Governor O'Neill in 1989, and named chairman by Governor Weicker; practiced law in Hartford for 15 years with the firm of Kestell, Pogue, & Gould; lectured on labor law, at the University of Connecticut School of Law; assisted in teaching the Harvard Law School's program on negotiations and dispute resolution for lawyers; chaired the Connecticut Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section; graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College; graduate work at the University of Essex, England; J.D., from Yale Law School; Masters of Philosophy, Yale University; listed in Martindale- Hubbell and in the Best Lawyers in America; resides in Connecticut with wife, Susan, since their marriage in 1971.

EVAN J. WALLACH, judge; born in Superior, AZ, November 11, 1949; son of Albert A. and Sara F. Wallach; married to Katherine Colleen Tobin, 1992; graduate of Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA, 1967; attended Diablo Valley Junior College, Pleasant Hill, CA, 1967-68; news editor Viking Reporter; member Alfa Gamma Sigma, National Junior College Honor Society, member Junior Varsity Wrestling Team; enlisted United States Army, January, 1969, PVT-SGT, served as Recognizance Sergeant 8th Engineer Bn., 1st Calvary Division (Air Mobile), Republic of Vietnam, 1970-71, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Valorous Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal; attended University of Arizona, 1971-73, graduated B.A., Journalism (high honors), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alfa, Rufenacht French language prize, Douglas Martin Journalism Scholarship; attended University of California, Berkeley, 1973-76, graduated J.D., 1976, research assistant to Prof. Melvin Eisenberg, member of University of California Honor Society; Associate (1976-82) and Partner (1983-95) Lionel Sawyer and Collins, Las Vegas, NV with emphasis on media representation; attended Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, LL.B. (international law) (honors), 1981, member Hughes Hall College Rowing Club, Cambridge University Tennis Club; General Counsel and Public Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D) of Nevada, 1987-88; served CAPT-MAJ Nevada Army National Guard, 1989-95; served as Attorney / Advisor, International Affairs Division; Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, February-June, 1991-92; Meritorious Service Medal (oak leaf cluster); Nevada Medal of Merit; General Counsel, Nevada Democratic Party, 1978-80, 1982-86; General Counsel, Reid for Congress campaign, 1982, 1984; Reid for Senate campaign, 1986, 1992; General Counsel, Bryan for Senate campaign, 1988; Nevada State Director, Mondale for President campaign, 1984; State Director, Nevada and Arizona Gore for President campaign, 1988; General Counsel Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus, 1990-95; General Counsel, Society for Professional Journalists, 1988-95; General Counsel, Nevada Press Association, 1989-95; awarded American Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, 1993; Nevada State Press Association President's Award, 1994; Clark County School Librarians Intellectual Freedom Award, 1995; Law of War, Adjunct Professor, New York Law School, 1997-present; Brooklyn Law School 2000 to present; member Nevada Bar, 1977; District of Columbia, 1988; U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1977; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989; author, Legal Handbook for Nevada Reporters (1994); Comparison of British and American Defense Based Prior Restraint, ICLQ (1984); Treatment of Crude Oil As A War Munition, ICLQ (1992); Three Ways Nevada Unconstitutionally Chills The Media; Nevada Lawyer (1994); Co-Editor, Nevada Civil Practice Handbook (1993). Extradition to the Rwandan War Crimes Tribunal: Is Another Treaty Required, USCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, Spring / Summer, 1998. The Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes Trials: Did They Provide An Outline For International Criminal Procedure? Columbia Journal of Translational Law, Spring, 1999; Webmaster, International Law of War Association, lawofwar.org; Afghanistan, Yamashita and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander? The Army Lawyer, June 2003. The Logical Nexus Between the Decision to Deny Application of the Third Geneva Convention to the Taliban and Al Queda and the Mistreatment of Prisoners of War in Abu Ghraib, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, April, 2005.

JUDITH M. BARZILAY, judge, U.S. Court of International Trade; born January 3, 1944, Russell, KS; husband, Sal (Doron) Barzilay; children, Ilan and Michael; parents, Arthur and Hilda Morgenstern; B.A., Wichita State University, 1965; M.L.S., Rutgers University School of Library and Information Science, 1971; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 1981, Moot Court Board, 1980-1981; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice (International Trade [[Page 851]] Field OFfice), 1983 to 1986; litigation associate, Siegel, Mandell and Davidson, New York, NY, 1986 to 1988; Sony Corporation of America, 1988 to 1998; customs and international trade counsel, 1988-1989; vice- president for import and export operations, 1989-1996; vice-president for government affairs, 1996-1998; executive board of the American Association of Exporters and Importers, 1993-1998; appointed by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the United States Customs Service, 1995-1998; nominated for appointment January 27, 1998 by President Clinton (D); sworn-in as judge June 3, 1998.

DELISSA A. RIDGWAY, judge; born June 28, 1955 in Kirksville, MO; B.A. (honors), University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975; graduate work, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975-76; J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 1979; Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge (Washington, D.C.), 1979-94; Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the U.S. (1994- 98); U.S. Court of International Trade (1998-Present); Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School (1999-Present); Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington College of Law / The American University (1992-94); District of Columbia Bar, Secretary (1991-92), Board of Governors (1992-98); President, Women's Bar Association (1992-93); American Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession (2002-present); Federal Bar Association, National Council (1993-2002, 2003-present), Government Relations Committee (1996-present), Public Relations Committee Chair (1998-99); Executive Committee, National Conference of Federal Trial Judges (2004-present); Founding Member of Board, D.C. Conference on Opportunities for Minorities in the Legal Profession (1992-93); Chair, D.C. Bar Summit on Women in the Legal Profession (1995-98); Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Member, American Law Institute; Fellow, Federal Bar Foundation; Earl W. Kintner Award of the Federal Bar Association (2000); Woman Lawyer of the Year, Washington, DC (2001); Distinguished Visiting Scholar-in-Residence, University of Missouri-Columbia (2003).

RICHARD K. EATON, judge; born, Walton, NY, August 22, 1948; married to Susan Henshaw Jones; two children: Alice and Elizabeth; attended Walton public schools; received B.A., Ithaca College, 1970; J.D., Union University Albany Law School, 1974; professional experience: Eaton and Eaton, partner (1975-76); Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York, NY, associate (1983-91) and partner (1993-95); Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, partner (1995-2000); served on the staff of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1977-79, 1980-83, 1991-93); confirmed by the United States Senate October 22, 1999.

TIMOTHY C. STANCEU was appointed to the U.S. Court of International Trade by President George W. Bush and began serving on April 15, 2003. In assuming this responsibility, he returned to public service after a thirteen-year career in private practive in Washington, DC with the law firm Hogan & Hartson L.L.P, during which he represented clients in a variety of matters involving customs and international trade law. During the fifteen years prior to his law practice, Judge Stanceu's career in the Federal Government included a term as Deputy Director of the Office of Trade and Tariff Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where his responsibilities involved the regulatory and enforcement matters of the U.S. Customs Service and other agencies. Prior to that position, he served as Special Assistant to the Treasury Department's Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and in several positions at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he concentrated on the development and review of regulations on various environmental subjects. Judge Stanceu is a native of Canton, Ohio. He is a 1973 graduate of Colgate University and received a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1979.

THOMAS J. AQUILINO, Jr., senior judge; born in Mount Kisco, NY, December 7, 1939; son of Thomas J. and Virginia B. (Doughty) Aquilino; attended Cornell University, 1957-59; B.A., Drew University, 1959-60, 1961-62; University of Munich, Germany, 1960-61; Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1965-66; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 1966- 69; research assistant, Prof. L.F.E. Goldie (Resources for the Future-- Ford Foundation) (1967-69); administrator, Northern Region, 1969 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition; served in the U.S. Army, 1962- 65; law clerk, Hon. John M. Cannella, U.S. district court for the Southern District of New York, 1969-71; attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, 1971-85; admitted to practice New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for Second and Third Circuits, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. district courts for Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York, Interstate Commerce Commission; adjunct professor of law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984-95; Mem., Drew University Board of Visitors, 1997- present; appointed by President Reagan on February 22, 1985; confirmed by U.S. Senate, April 3, 1985; assumed senior status on December 10, 2004; married to Edith Berndt Aquilino; children: Christopher Thomas, Philip Andrew, Alexander Berndt. [[Page 852]]

NICHOLAS TSOUCALAS, senior judge; born August 24, 1926 in New York, NY; one of five children of George M. and Maria (Monogenis) Tsoucalas; received B.S. degree from Kent State University, 1949; received LL.B. from New York Law School, 1951; attended New York University Law School; entered U.S. Navy, 1944-46; reentered Navy, 1951-52 and served on the carrier, U.S.S. Wasp; admitted to New York bar, 1953; appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1955-59; appointed in 1959 as supervisor of 1960 census for the 17th and 18th Congressional Districts; appointed chairman, Board of Commissioners of Appraisal; appointed judge of Criminal Court of the City of New York, 1968; designated acting Supreme Court Justice, Kings and Queens Counties, 1975-82; resumed service as judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York until June 1986; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade by President Ronald Reagan on September 9, 1985, and confirmed by U.S. Senate on June 6, 1986; assumed senior status on September 30, 1996; former chairman: Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, Federal Bar Association, and the Subcommittee on Public Order and Responsibility of the American Citizenship Committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association; member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association; founder of Eastern Orthodox Lawyers' Association; former president: Greek-American Lawyers' Association, and Board of Directors of Greek Orthodox Church of ``Evangelismos'', St. John's Theologos Society, and Parthenon Foundation; member, Order of Ahepa, Parthenon Lodge, F.A.M.; married to Catherine Aravantinos; two daughters: Stephanie (Mrs. Daniel Turriago) and Georgia (Mrs. Christopher Argyrople); five grandchildren.

R. KENTON MUSGRAVE, senior judge, U.S. Court of International Trade; born Clearwater, FL, September 7, 1927. Attended Augusta Academy (Virginia); B.A., University of Washington, 1948; editorial staff, Journal of International Law, Emory University; J.D., with distinction, Emory University, 1953; assistant general counsel, Lockheed Aircraft and Lockheed International, 1953-62; vice president and general counsel, Mattel, Inc., 1963-71; director, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., 1968-72; commissioner, BSA (Atlanta), 1952-55; partner, Musgrave, Welbourn and Fertman, 1972-75; assistant general counsel, Pacific Enterprises, 1975-81; vice president, general counsel and secretary, Vivitar Corporation, 1981-85; vice president and director, Santa Barbara Applied Research Corp., 1982-87; trustee, Morris Animal Foundation, 1981-; director Emeritus, Pet Protection Society, 1981-; director, Dolphins of Shark Bay (Australia) Foundation, 1985-; trustee, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, 1987-; trustee, The Ocean Conservancy, 2000-present; vice president and director, South Bay Social Services Group, 1963-70; director, Palos Verdes Community Arts Association, 1973-79; member, Governor of Florida's Council of 100, 1970-73; director, Orlando Bank and Trust, 1970-73; counsel, League of Women Voters, 1964-66; member, State Bar of Georgia, 1953-; State Bar of California, 1962-; Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1962-87 and chairman, Corporate Law Departments Section, 1965-66; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1962; Supreme Court of Georgia, 1953; California Supreme Court, 1962; U.S. Customs Court, 1967; U.S. Court of International Trade, 1980. Married May 7, 1949 to former Ruth Shippen Hoppe, of Atlanta, GA. Three children: Laura Marie Musgrave (deceased), Ruth Shippen Musgrave, Esq., and Forest Kenton Musgrave. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1987; confirmed by the Senate on November 9, and took oath of office on November 13, 1987.

RICHARD W. GOLDBERG, senior judge; born September 23, 1927 in Fargo, ND; J.D. from the University of Miami, 1952; served on active duty as an Air Force Judge Advocate, 1953-56; admitted to Washington, DC bar, Florida bar and North Dakota bar; from 1959 to 1983, owned and operated a regional grain processing firm in North Dakota; served as State Senator from North Dakota for eight years; taught military law for the Army and Air Force ROTC at North Dakota State University; was vice-chairman of the board of Minneapolis Grain Exchange; joined the Reagan administration in 1983 in Washington at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Served as Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs and later as Acting Under Secretary; in 1990 joined the Washington, DC law firm of Anderson, Hibey and Blair; appointed judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1991; assumed senior status in 2001; married: two children, a daughter and a son.

Officers of the United States Court of International Trade

Clerk.--Leo M. Gordon (212) 264-2814.

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