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Denise K. Vowell

Prior offices:

United States Court of Federal Claims Special Master

Education

Bachelor's

Illinois State University, 1974

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 1981

Graduate

Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1998

Denise K. Vowell was a special master for theUnited States Court of Federal Claims. She was appointed to the court on February 1, 2006, and became the Chief Special Master on September 19, 2013.^[1]

Early life and education

Vowell earned her B.S. from Illinois State University in 1974, majoring in political science and philosophy. She earned herJ.D. from University of Texas School of Law in 1981. Vowell earned a master's degree while serving in the Army at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1998.^[1]

Military service

Vowell enlisted in the United States Army in 1973 and received a commission to the Women's Army Corps (WAC). After serving briefly as a military police officer, Vowell advanced to the legal education program. Upon retirement, she had advanced to the position of chief trial judge in January 2006.^[1]

Judicial career

Federal Claims, Special master

Vowell served on theUnited States Court of Federal Claims as a special master. She was appointed on February 1, 2006. She became the chief special master on September 19, 2013, whenPatricia Campbell-Smith was appointed to theUnited States Court of Federal Claims. She served as chief special master until September 1, 2015.^[1]

Awards and associations

• National Association of Women Judges, Chair of the Military Courts Committee^[1]

See also

• United States Court of Federal Claims

External links

• United States Court of Federal Claims, "Master Denise K. Vowell Official Biography"

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States Court of Federal Claims
Active judges	Chief Judge: Elaine Kaplan  •  David A. Tapp  •  Christian J. Moran  •  Nora Beth Dorsey  •  Brian H. Corcoran  •  Thomas Gowen  •  Armando Omar Bonilla  •  Edward Meyers  •  Robin M. Meriweather  •  Stephen Schwartz (United States Court of Federal Claims)  •  Ryan Holte  •  Richard Hertling  •  Katherine E. Oler  •  Mindy Michaels Roth  •  Herbrina D. Sanders  •  Matthew Solomson  •  Eleni Roumel  •  Kathryn Davis  •  Thompson Michael Dietz  •  Zachary Somers  •  Carolyn Lerner  •  Molly Silfen  •  Philip Hadji
Senior judges	Susan G. Braden  •  Lynn J. Bush  •  Edward J. Damich  •  Nancy B. Firestone  •  Marian Blank Horn  •  Charles F. Lettow  •  Margaret M. Sweeney  •  Thomas C. Wheeler  •  Mary Ellen Coster Williams  •  Victor J. Wolski  •  Robert H. Hodges Jr.  •  Loren A. Smith  •  John Paul Wiese  •  Eric G. Bruggink  •
Former Article I judges	Alex Kozinski  •  John Marvin Jones  •  Emily C. Hewitt  •  Francis M. Allegra  •  Lawrence M. Baskir  •  Lawrence J. Block  •  Lynn J. Bush  •  Edward J. Damich  •  Nancy B. Firestone  •  Christine Odell Cook Miller  •  George W. Miller  •  Bohdan A. Futey  •  Robert H. Hodges Jr.  •  Lawrence S. Margolis  •  James F. Merow  •  Loren A. Smith  •  John Paul Wiese  •  Robert J. Yock  •  Eric G. Bruggink  •  Thomas J. Lydon  •  Reginald W. Gibson  •  Daria J. Zane  •  Denise K. Vowell  •  Laura D. Millman  •  Sandra Dee Lord  •  George L. Hastings  •  Gary J. Golkiewicz  •  Patricia Campbell-Smith  •  John L. Napier  •  John-L-Napier.jpg  •  Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman  •  Lydia Kay Griggsby  •
Special Masters	Christian J. Moran  •  Nora Beth Dorsey  •  Brian H. Corcoran  •  Thomas Gowen  •  Katherine E. Oler  •  Mindy Michaels Roth  •  Herbrina D. Sanders  •
Former Chief judges	Alex Kozinski  •  Emily C. Hewitt  •  Lawrence M. Baskir  •  Edward J. Damich  •  Loren A. Smith  •  Eleni Roumel  •