Jane Ann Restani (born February 27, 1948, in San Francisco, California) is a senior United States 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.
Jane A. Restani
United States Court of International Trade
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of International Trade
Born 1948 in San Francisco, CA
FJC ID: 3213
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 28/year
United States Court of International Trade · 1983–2015
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2003–2010
U.S. Department of JusticeCivil Division · 1973–1983- ↳trial attorney · 1973–1976
- ↳assistant chief, Commercial Litigation Branch · 1976–1980
- ↳director, Commercial Litigation Branch · 1980–1983
Appointments
U.S. Court of International TradeChief Judge1983–2015 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- University of California, Davis, School of LawJ.D. · 1973
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A. · 1969