Randall Ray Rader (born April 21, 1949) is a former United States Circuit Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Randall Ray Rader
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Born 1949 in Hastings, NE
FJC ID: 1952
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 62/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 990/year
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1990–2014Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1990–2014
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
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2010–2014
- U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of UtahCounsel · 1981–1988
- Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryChief counsel and minority staff director · 1987–1988
- Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryChief counsel · 1981–1986
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and MeansLegislative director · 1978–1981
- U.S. Rep. Philip Crane of IllinoisCounsel · 1978–1981
- U.S. Rep. Virginia Smith of NebraskaLegislative assistant · 1975–1978
Appointments
1990–2014 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1978- Brigham Young UniversityB.A. · 1974