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Jane A. Restani

Jane Restani
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
In office
November 16, 1983 – March 1, 2015
Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Herbert Maletz
Succeeded by Gary Stephen Katzmann
Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
In office
November 1, 2003 – November 1, 2010
Preceded by Gregory Carman
Succeeded by Donald Pogue
Personal details
Born (1948-02-27) February 27, 1948 (age 69)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis

Jane A. Restani (born February 27, 1948 in San Francisco, California) is a Senior Judge of the United States Court of International Trade. She was appointed to the Court on November 16, 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. She served as chief judge of the Court from 2003 to 2010.

She graduated first in her class in 1966 from Mercy High School (San Francisco). She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969 in political science, cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of the Tower and Flame Honor Society. She received teaching credentials in 1970 from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1973, she received her Juris Doctor (fifth in her class) at the University of California, Davis School of Law. She was a law review staff writer in her second year, and articles editor in her third. She was a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Kappa Phi.

She was admitted to practice law in California in 1973 and began her legal career in the Civil Division of the Justice Department, where she served as a trial attorney from 1973 to 1976. She served as assistant chief of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division from 1976 to 1980. She served as Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division from 1980 to 1983.


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