DLA Piper is a multinational law firm with offices in over 40 countries throughout the Americas,Asia Pacific,Europe,Africa,and the Middle East. In 2021,it had a total revenue of US$3.47 billion,an average profit per equity partner of US$2.5 million,and was the third largest law firm in the United States as measured by revenue.
Henry Jacob Friendly was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1959 until his death in 1986. Friendly was one of the most prominent U.S. federal judges of the 20th century.
Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1977 to 2022.
Sandra Lea Lynch is an American lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. Lynch served as chief judge of the First Circuit from 2008 to 2015.
Francisco Augusto Besosa is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Kim McLane Wardlaw is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals court. Wardlaw was considered as a possible candidate to be nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Diana Jane Gribbon Motz is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
John Joseph Gibbons was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and later a partner at the law firm of Gibbons P.C. After service ub the US Navy he began his legal career at Crummy &Consodine and later became a partner of the firm,which incorporated his name into its title. He was nominated to the Third Circuit by President Richard Nixon in December 1969 and served on that court until his retirement in 1990. During the last three years he served as chief judge and during his tenure wrote more than 800 legal opinions. After retirement Gibbons returned to his original firm and worked on human rights cases,in commercial arbitration and intellectual property disputes. He received a lifetime achievement award from The American Lawyer in 2005 and in 2006 was named as one of the National Law Journal's "100 most influential lawyers".
James Louis Robart is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Robert Dorsey Watkins was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Kathy Jane Branstetter Stranch is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Susan Laura Carney is an American lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Charles Frederick Lettow is a senior judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims,appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush.
Mary Ellen Coster Williams is a senior judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims,appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush.
George Wesley Miller was a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims,appointed to that court in 2004 by President George W. Bush.
Margaret Mary Sweeney is a senior judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims,appointed to that court in 2005 by President George W. Bush. She served as chief judge from July 12,2018 to October 19,2020.
Kara Farnandez Stoll is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
William Luke Marbury Jr. was a prominent 20th-century American lawyer who practiced with his family's law firm of Marbury,Miller &Evans. He was known to be a childhood friend of alleged Soviet spy Alger Hiss.
Paul Brian Matey is an American attorney who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Prior to Matey's judicial service,he was a partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense and Litigation practice groups at the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. He was previously Senior Vice President,General Counsel,and Secretary at University Hospital in Newark,New Jersey.
Zachary Noah Somers is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
