A.
RAYMOND RANDOLPH
Judge Randolph was appointed United States Circuit Judge in July 1990 and took
senior status on November 1, 2008. He is
a graduate of Drexel University (1966) and the University of
Pennsylvania Law School (summa cum laude 1969). After clerking for Judge Henry J. Friendly of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Randolph served as an
Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General from 1970 to 1973, and, from 1975 to
1977, as a Deputy Solicitor General. From
1979 to 1980, Judge Randolph was Special Counsel to the Ethics Committee of the
U.S. House of Representatives. He has
also served as Special Assistant Attorney General for Utah, Montana, and New
Mexico. Prior to his appointment to the
bench, he was a partner with the firm of Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz. Judge
Randolph has taught courses in civil procedure and injunctions at Georgetown
University Law Center and is a Distinguished Professor of Law at George Mason
Law School, teaching advanced constitutional law. He served on the U.S. Judicial Conference's
Codes of Conduct Committee as a member (1992-1995) and as chairman (1995-
1998).