The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is an Article I court that exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the United States Armed Forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The court is composed of five civilian judges appointed for 15-year terms by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The court reviews decisions from the intermediate appellate courts of the services:the Army Court of Criminal Appeals,the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals,the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals,and the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
The Judge Advocate General's Corps also known as the "JAG Corps" or "JAG" is the legal arm of the United States Air Force.
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia,commonly referred to as DC Superior Court,is the trial court for the District of Columbia,in the United States. It hears cases involving criminal and civil law,as well as family court,landlord and tenant,probate,tax and driving violations. All appeals of Superior Court decisions go to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Margaret Ann "Meg" Ryan is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. She joined the court in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. Her term expired on July 31,2020.
Scott Wallace Stucky is a Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. His term as a judge began on December 20,2006,and expired on July 31,2021.
Denzil Price Marshall Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
On May 10,2010,President Barack Obama announced his selection of Elena Kagan for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan's nomination was confirmed by a 63–37 vote of the United States Senate on August 5,2010. When nominated,Kagan was Solicitor General of the United States,a position to which Obama had appointed her in March 2009. Kagan was the first Supreme Court nominee since Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981 to not be a sitting circuit court judge and the most recent such nominee as of 2023. She was the first Supreme Court nominee since William Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell Jr. in 1971 to not be a sitting judge on any court.
Paul Adam Engelmayer is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Judge Advocate General's Corps is the military justice branch or specialty of the United States Air Force,Army,Coast Guard,Marine Corps,and Navy. Officers serving in the JAG Corps are typically called judge advocates.
James Edgar Baker is an American attorney,judge,and academic. He is the former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was appointed to the Court on September 19,2000,by President Bill Clinton,and became its Chief Judge upon the expiration of Andrew S. Effron's term on September 30,2011. He is currently a professor of Law and Public Administration at Syracuse University and Director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law. Baker is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Charles Edgar "Chip" Erdmann is a Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. His term began on October 15,2002,and expired on July 31,2017.
Kevin Alan Ohlson is an American lawyer who serves as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Stephen H. Glickman is a senior judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals,the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. After graduating from law school,he worked as a law clerk on the Supreme Court of Connecticut and a seminar instructor at Yale University before moving to Washington,D.C.,where he worked at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. From 1980 until 1999,he worked at the law firm Zuckerman Spaeder,serving as managing partner from 1991 to 1998. He retired from the active service on June 25,2022.
John Edward Sparks is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and former commissioner to the chief judge of the same court.
Gregory Eaton Maggs is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was previously the Arthur Selwyn Miller Research Professor of Law and co-director of the National Security &U.S. Foreign Relations Law Program at the George Washington University Law School.
Gerald I. Fisher is a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He served an associate judge between 2001 and 2022.
Liam Patrick Hardy is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Michele A. Pearce is an American lawyer and former government official. She served as the Principal Deputy General Counsel (PDGC) of the Army from January 6,2020 to January 19,2021. As PDGC,Pearce was the first assistant to the General Counsel and the number two attorney in the Department of the Army. Her duties included providing legal and policy advice to the Secretary of the Army,the Secretariat,and other Army senior leaders.
Musetta Tia Johnson is an American lawyer and academic who is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Robert Edward Wiss was a lawyer who served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces from 1992 until his death in 1995. He retired from the United States Naval Reserve Judge Advocate General's Corps as a rear admiral in 1988.
