E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse and William B. Bryant Annex
333 Constitution Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
Full Name:
Harry Thomas Edwards
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
1940
Birth Place:
New York, NY
JD, University of Michigan Law School, 1970-1975
BS, Cornell Law School, 1962
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Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2005-present
Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1980-1994, 2001-2005
Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1994-2001
Vice President, National Academy of Arbitrators, 1971-1980
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, February 20, 1980
Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School,, 1970-1975, 1977-1980
Nominated by President Jimmy Carter, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, December 6, 1979
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 1975-1977
Attorney, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, 1965-1970
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, present
Fellow, American Bar Foundation, present
Member, American Law Institute, present
Member, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, National Academy of Sciences, present
Member, Institute for Judicial Administration Board of Directors, New York University School of Law, present
Former Chair, Amtrak Board of Directors
Former Co-Chair, Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community, National Academy of Sciences
Former Member, Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools
Former Member, Executive Committee, Order of the Coif
Former Vice President, National Academy of Arbitrators
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1994-2001
Chair, Board of Trustees, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 1978-1980