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Edward J. Damich

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Federal Claims Judge

Tenure

2013 - Present

Years in position

13

Prior offices:

United States Court of Federal Claims Special Master

Education

Bachelor's

Stephens College

Law

Catholic University

Graduate

Columbia University

Edward J. Damich is afederal judge for theUnited States Court of Federal Claims. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. He assumedsenior status at the end of his fifteen-year term.^[1]

Education

Damich received an A.B. degree from St. Stephen's College and aJ.D. from Catholic University. He earned an LL.M. and J.S.D. at Columbia University.^[1]

Professional career

• 1995-1998: Chief Intellectual Property Counsel,Senate Judiciary Committee
• 1992-1993: Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal
• Distinguished Visiting Professor of Intellectual Property, Catholic University
• Adjunct professor, George Washington University
• Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center
• Adjunct professor, George Mason University
• Adjunct professor, Widener University^[1]

Judicial career

Federal Claims

Damich was nominated to theUnited States Court of Federal Claims by PresidentBill Clinton and was confirmed by theSenate on October 22, 1998. Damich immediately began service on the court.^[1]

Awards and associations

• First President, National Federation of Croatian Americans
• May 2009: Loren A. Smith Award^[1]

See also

• United States Court of Federal Claims

External links

Suggest a link

• United States Court of Federal Claims, "Edward J. Damich," accessed April 9, 2014

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  •  Edward Meyers  •  Robin M. Meriweather  •  Stephen Schwartz (United States Court of Federal Claims)  •  Ryan Holte  •  Richard Hertling  •  Mindy Michaels Roth  •  Herbrina D. Sanders  •  Matthew Solomson  •  Eleni Roumel  •  Kathryn Davis  •  Thompson Michael Dietz  •  Zachary Somers  •  Molly Silfen  •  Philip Hadji
Senior judges	Susan G. Braden  •  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  •  John Paul Wiese  •  Eric G. Bruggink  •
Former Article I judges	Alex Kozinski  •  Emily C. Hewitt  •  Francis M. Allegra  •  Lawrence M. Baskir  •  Lawrence J. Block  •  Lynn J. Bush  •  Christine Odell Cook Miller  •  George W. Miller  •  Bohdan A. Futey  •  Robert H. Hodges Jr.  •  Lawrence S. Margolis  •  James F. Merow  •  Loren A. Smith  •  Robert J. Yock  •  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  •

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