Susan G. Braden
| Susan G. Braden | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims | |
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Assumed office March 13, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith |
| Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims | |
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Assumed office July 14, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Roger Barry Andewelt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 8, 1948 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University School of Law |
Susan Gertrude Braden (born November 8, 1948) is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Judge Braden was appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush, and was appointed Chief Judge of that court by President Donald Trump on March 13, 2017.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Braden received a Bachelor of Arts from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1970, and a J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1973. She also attended a post graduate course at the Harvard Law School in the summer of 1979. From 1973 to 1978, Braden worked for the Cleveland Field Office of the United States Department of Justice. She was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Department's Antitrust Division, Energy Section from 1978 to 1980. She then served as Senior Attorney Advisor to the Commissioner and Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1980 to 1983, and as Special Counsel to the Chairman from 1984 to 1985.
Braden entered private practice in 1985 and joined the law firm of Baker & McKenzie in 1997. She also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama in 1990. Braden litigated complex federal and administrative law cases in private practice in trial and appellate courts. In particular, her work in the intellectual property area received favorable notice in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Law Journal, Journal of the American Bar Association, and Interfaces on Trial: Intellectual Property and Interoperability In The Global Software Industry. In 1996, Braden was honored by the Computer Law Association for winning multiple decisions in the Eastern District of New York, the Eastern District of Texas, the Second Circuit, and a certified question to the Supreme Court of Texas in Computer Assocs. Int'l, Inc. v. Altai Inc., a landmark case that changed the application of copyright law to computer software. In 1998, she also won a companion case brought in France before the Cour de Appel de Paris.
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