William Curtis Bryson
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| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review | |
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Assumed office September 10, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Morris Arnold |
| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review | |
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In office May 19, 2011 – September 10, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ralph Winter |
| Succeeded by | Richard Tallman |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
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In office September 29, 1994 – January 7, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Howard Markey |
| Succeeded by | Todd Hughes |
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Solicitor General of the United States Acting |
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In office January 20, 1993 – June 7, 1993 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Ken Starr |
| Succeeded by | Drew Days |
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In office January 20, 1989 – May 26, 1989 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charles Fried |
| Succeeded by | Ken Starr |
| Personal details | |
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August 19, 1945 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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Harvard University (BA) University of Texas, Austin (JD) |
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.
Born in Houston, Texas, Bryson graduated from St. John's School in 1963 and went on to receive 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.
At the Department of Justice he served successively as Assistant to the United States Solicitor General, from 1978 to 1979; Chief, Appellate Section of the Criminal Division, from 1979 to 1982; Special Counsel, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section in the Criminal Division from 1982 to 1986 (where he received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service in 1984); Deputy U.S. solicitor general, from 1986 to 1994; and Deputy associate U.S. attorney general (acting associate U.S. attorney general) in 1994.
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