American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
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The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers is a non-profit organization consisting of the Fellows who have been elected to the Academy. It was founded in 1990. Its mission is to "advance the highest standards and practices of appellate advocacy and to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers."
The activities of the Academy are supported by the dues and initiation fees paid by the Fellows. Those nominated for membership must have at least 15 years practice experience in appellate law.
Its headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland
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The activities of the Academy are supported by the dues and initiation fees paid by the Fellows. Those nominated for membership must have at least 15 years practice experience in appellate law.
Its headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a major incorporated city in the central part of Montgomery County and forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The 2010 U.S...
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Members
- John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United StatesChief Justice of the United StatesThe Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
- Timothy B. DykTimothy B. DykTimothy Belcher Dyk is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.- Education and early career :The son of noted women's suffragist Ruth Belcher Dyk, Dyk was born in Boston, Massachusetts...
, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Eric J. MagnusonEric J. MagnusonEric John Magnuson is an American lawyer in private practice. He was the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2010.-Education and professional background:...
, Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the Minnesota Supreme CourtMinnesota Supreme CourtThe Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota and consists of seven members. The court was first assembled as a three-judge panel in 1849 when Minnesota was still a territory. The first members were lawyers from outside of the region who were appointed by... - Robert D. DurhamRobert D. DurhamRobert D. Durham is a current Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Previously Durham was a judge for the Oregon Court of Appeals and a lawyer in private practice.-Education:...
, JusticeJusticeJustice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
of the Oregon Supreme CourtOregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol... - Paul L. FriedmanPaul L. FriedmanPaul L. Friedman is a US District Court Judge in Washington, D.C.-Education:Friedman was born in Buffalo, New York. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1965, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society and a member of Zeta Beta Tau. He received a J.D...
, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia