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Andrew Effron
2011 - Present
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Andrew S. Effron is a senior Article I federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He joined the court on August 1, 1996, following a nomination from President Bill Clinton. Effron served as chief judge from 2006 to 2011. His term ended on September 30, 2011.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Stamford, Connecticut, Effron earned his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1970, where he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Political Review. Effron earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1975, where he was executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.[2][3]
Professional career
- 1996 - Present: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- 2011 - Present: Senior judge
- 1996-2011: Judge
- 1995-1996: Minority counsel
- 1988-1995: General counsel
- 1987-1988: Counsel
- 1977-1987: Attorney-adviser, office of general counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
- 1976-1977: Trial counsel, chief of military justice, and defense counsel, Office of the staff Judge Advocate, Fort McClellan, Alabama.
- 1970-1976: Legislative aide, Congressman William A. Steiger (R-Wis.)[2]
Today, Judge Effron is the director "of the Military Justice Review Group, an organization established by the Secretary of Defense to undertake a comprehensive review of the statutes and rules governing the military justice system." Judge Effron is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University and is a professional lecturer in law at George Washington University.[3][4]
Judicial career
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Andrew S. Effron |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 21 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 21, 1996
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 9, 1996
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| Reported: July 10, 1996
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| Confirmed: July 12, 1996
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| Vote: Voice
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Effron was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on June 21, 1996, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Wiss. Hearings on his nomination were held in the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services on July 9, 1996. Effron's nomination was reported by U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), on July 10, 1996. Effron was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 12, 1996, on a voice vote. He served as chief judge of the court from 2006 to 2011. His term expired on September 30, 2011. He was succeeded on the court by Judge Kevin A. Ohlson.[5][6][1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, "Judges," accessed October 14, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Capitol Words.org, "Nomination of Andrew S. Effron to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces," July 16, 1996
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georgetown University Law Center, "Our faculty - Andrew S. Effron," accessed May 20, 2016
- ↑ George Washington University Law School, "Adjunct faculty - Andrew Effron," accessed May 20, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1169 - Andrew S. Effron — The Judiciary," accessed May 20, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 968 - Kevin A. Ohlson - The Judiciary," accessed May 18, 2016
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| Preceded by: Robert Wiss |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 1996–2011 |
Succeeded by: Kevin A. Ohlson
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
