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Eugene Sullivan
2002 - Present
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Eugene Sullivan is a senior Article I federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He joined the court on May 27, 1986, following a nomination from President Ronald Reagan. His term ended on September 30, 2002. He served as chief judge of the court from 1990 to 1995.[1]
Early life and education
Born in St. Louis, Mo., Sullivan earned his bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy in 1964, and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center upon his completion of military service. During the last year of his legal studies, Sullivan was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.[2]
Military career
A biography from the Thayer Leader Development Group described Sullivan's military career thusly,[2]
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...he served in the Army for 5 years and qualified as a tanker, an Airborne Ranger, a Ranger Instructor, and a Jumpmaster. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal and other decorations in Vietnam. Judge Sullivan was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame. [3] |
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Professional career
After law school, Judge Sullivan clerked for Judge Marion Charles Matthes of the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Following his clerkship, he was an associate with the Patton Boggs law firm in Washington, D.C. In 1974, he served on President Nixon's legal defense team during the Watergate investigation. From 1974 to 1982, Sullivan was counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1982 to 1986, Sullivan was deputy general counsel and, later, general counsel of the U.S. Air Force. During this period, he was also general counsel of the National Reconnaissance Office. Additionally, from 1984 to 1986, he was governor of Wake Island, a U.S. territory in the Pacific.[2]
Judicial career
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Eugene R. Sullivan |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
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| Confirmed 84 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: February 25, 1986
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: May 8, 1986
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| Reported: May 8, 1986
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| Confirmed: May 20, 1986
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| Vote: Voice
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Sullivan was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on February 25, 1986, to a seat vacated by Judge Albert Fletcher, Jr. Hearings on his nomination were held in the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services on May 8, 1986. Sullivan's nomination was reported by U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), on May 8, 1986. Sullivan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 20, 1986, on a voice vote. He served as chief judge of the court from 1990 to 1995. His term expired on September 30, 2002. He was succeeded on the court by Judge Charles Erdmann.[4][5][6]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, "Judges," accessed May 20, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Thayer Leader Development Group, "Board of Advisors, The Honorable Eugene Sullivan," accessed May 20, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 922 - Eugene R. Sullivan — The Judiciary," accessed May 20, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 2056 - Charles E. Erdmann - The Judiciary," accessed May 17, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Albert Fletcher, Jr. |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 1986–2002 |
Succeeded by: Charles Erdmann
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
