Sharon Prost (born May 24, 1951) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Sharon Prost
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Born 1951 in Newburyport, MA
FJC ID: 2892
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 572/year
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 2001–Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 2001–
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 · 2014–2021
- deputy chief counsel, and chief counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryMinority chief counsel · 1993–2001
- U.S. SenateChief labor counsel · 1989–1993
associate, and acting solicitor, National Labor Relations BoardAssistant · 1984–1989
U.S. Department of the TreasuryAttorney · 1983–1984- Federal Labor Relations AuthorityField attorney · 1980–1983
- General Accounting OfficeSpecialist and auditor · 1976–1980
- U.S. Civil Service CommissionLabor relations specialist · 1973–1976
Appointments
- 2001–present
2001–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
LL.M. · 1984- American University, Washington College of LawJ.D. · 1979
- George Washington UniversityM.B.A. · 1975
- Cornell UniversityB.S. · 1973