John L. Napier | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims | |
In office October 14, 1986 –July 31, 1989 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Kenneth R. Harkins |
Succeeded by | Robert H. Hodges Jr. |
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from South Carolina's 6th district | |
In office January 3,1981 –January 3,1983 | |
Preceded by | John Jenrette |
Succeeded by | Robin Tallon |
Personal details | |
Born | John Light Napier May 16,1947 Blenheim,South Carolina,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Pamela Ann Caughman |
Children | Page (Mrs. Alexander R. Morris) |
Alma mater | Davidson College (A.B.) University of South Carolina (J.D.) |
Occupation | attorney |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army Reserve |
Years of service | 1969–1977 |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
John Light Napier (born May 16,1947) is an American politician,lawyer,former member of the United States House of Representatives,and judge from South Carolina.
John Light Napier attended public schools in Marlboro County,South Carolina,before college. He graduated from Davidson College in 1969 and earned a J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1972,while serving as a first lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve (which he served in until 1977).
Napier was admitted to the bar in 1972,and also began to serve as legislative assistant to United States Senator Strom Thurmond,while serving as minority counsel on both the Subcommittee on Administrative Practices and Procedures and the Committee on Veterans Affairs. In 1976,he was made Senator Thurmond's chief legal assistant and legal counsel. In 1977,he was named Chief Republican Counsel to the Senate Special Committee on Official Conduct which was charged with writing the initial Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure for the US Senate. In 1978,Napier returned to the private practice of law in Bennettsville,South Carolina,which he maintained until 1980.
In 1980,Napier was elected to the 97th United States Congress as a Representative from South Carolina's 6th congressional district. He served in this capacity until 1983,having lost his bid for reelection in 1982 to Democrat Robin Tallon. He was named a Deputy Whip and served on the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committees. Working in tandem with his Congressional neighbor,Congressman Charlie Rose (Democrat,North Carolina),he was widely credited with coalition building and crafting the bipartisan legislation for the tobacco stabilization program vital to the agricultural community of the southeast.
Napier was nominated by President Reagan to the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1986. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. In this assignment he sat on a 16 member national trial court hearing government contracts,patents. takings,tax refunds,Indian claims,congressional references,and other complex litigation involving actions against the federal government. At the request of the Chief Judge and his colleagues,he chaired a special committee of the judges which led to a restructuring the Clerk's office and the Financial office at the Court. He resigned his commission to join a Washington law firm.
Following his defeat in the 1982 election,Napier returned to the private practice of law in Bennettsville,until 1986,when President Ronald Reagan appointed him as judge in the United States Claims Court. He resigned from the court in 1989 and returned to private practice. In 1992 he served as special outside counsel in the House Committee on House Administration’s investigation of the Congressional Post Office scandal.
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