MG Alfred A. Valenzuela is a retired United States Army major general who commanded United States Army South (USARSO) at Fort Buchanan,Puerto Rico and San Antonio,Texas. Served as Deputy Commanding General DCINC ) US Southern Command,Panama/Miami.
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is a federal court of record that was established under Article I of the United States Constitution,and is thus referred to as an Article I tribunal (court). The court has exclusive national jurisdiction to provide independent federal judicial oversight and review of final decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
Alan George Lance Sr. is an American attorney,politician,and jurist who serves as a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Lance previously served as the Idaho Attorney General and as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives.
Haldane Robert Mayer is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Richard D. Bennett is a United States Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Born in Maryland,Bennett is a graduate of Severn School,the University of Pennsylvania,and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney and the United States Attorney for Maryland,and was awarded multiple commendations for his service. In private practice,Bennett was a partner in a major Maryland law firm,where he specialized in white collar criminal defense,and was recognized by a respected national publication as one of the "Best Lawyers in America." Appointed to the federal bench in 2003,he took senior status in 2021. While maintaining an active trial docket in the District of Maryland,Bennett has increasingly been sitting by designation with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Bruce Edward Kasold is an American lawyer and former judge. He was appointed as a judge to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by President George W. Bush in December 2003. He served as the chief judge of the Court from August 2010 to August 2015. Kasold is a graduate of Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School in Riverhead,New York. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1973,and his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Law School in 1979. Kasold also earned a Master of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 and a Master of Laws equivalent from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 1984.
Mary Jeannette Schoelen is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Ronald M. Holdaway is a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and retired United States Army brigadier general.
John J. "Jack" Farley III is a retired judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Donald Louis Ivers is an American lawyer who served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Jonathan R. Steinberg was an American lawyer who served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Lieutenant General Dana Kyle Chipman,USA is a retired American military lawyer who served from 2009 to 2013 as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
William S. Greenberg is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Previously he was a New Jersey attorney in private practice.
Todd Michael Hughes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Margaret Bartley is an American lawyer and judge from Maryland. She is the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Major General Thomas E. Ayres is a retired American military lawyer who served as the 20th Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. On January 18,2018,President Donald Trump nominated him to become General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15,2018.
Amanda Lee Meredith is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Prior to becoming a judge,she served as the deputy staff director and general counsel of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Joseph Leo Toth is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He is a veteran of the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps.
Anna Elizabeth Blackburne-Rigsby is the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals,the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. After graduating from Duke University and getting her Juris Doctor from Howard University. She works very closely with her husband Robert Rigsby and has great influence from her mother,Laura D. Blackburne.
Lane I. McClelland is a retired United States Coast Guard captain and military lawyer who serves as the Chief Judge of the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals. Judge McClelland is the first woman to serve as Chief Trial Judge of the Coast Guard and the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals.
