William Curtis Bryson

Judge William Curtis Bryson

Personal

Birthday:

1945

Birthplace:

Houston, TX

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1973-1974
Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1978
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1979
Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1982
Special counsel, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1986
Deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1994
Deputy associate attorney general (acting associate attorney general), U.S. Department of Justice, 1994

Education

Name of School:

Harvard University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1969

Name of School - Second:

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1973

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Court Name:

Federal Circuit Appeals Court

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

9/29/1994

Retirement from Active Service:

1/7/2013