Margaret A. Ryan

Margaret A. Ryan (* in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American attorney and judge at the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces , the federal appeals court for the armed forces of the United States .

Ryan was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 15, 2006 to replace Judge HF Gierke , who resigned on September 30, 2006. Ryan was unanimously approved by the United States Senate on December 9, 2006 . She was sworn in on December 20, 2006; her term of office, which is limited by law to 15 years, ends on September 30, 2021.

Before joining the court, Ryan worked as a lawyer in various law firms. Most recently she worked for Wiley Rein LLP from 2004 until her appointment as judge . Before that, he worked at Bartlit Beck Palenchar & Scott from 2002 to 2004 and at Cooper Carvin & Rosenthal from 1999 to 2000 . Ryan served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988 to 1992 , and served again in the military justice system from 1995 to 1999 . As a member of this unit, she was stationed as a court advisor and chief judge in Okinawa , Japan and Quantico, Virginia . She then served as an adjutant to the Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak .

Ryan holds a BA from Knox College and her JD from the University of Notre Dame Law School as part of the Marine Corps' legal education program. At the university, she was also an Associate Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. Ryan worked for Judge J. Michael Luttig at the Fourth Circuit Court from 2000 to 2001 , then from 2001 to 2002 for Judge Clarence Thomas at the United States Supreme Court .

Security firm Blackwater sued the law firm Wiley Rein and former associate Margaret A. Ryan in January 2008 for $ 30 million in damages because Ryan and a team of attorneys she led, Blackwater believed in 2005 as part of the action found guilty of breach of their duties in their mandate while representing the company against a lawsuit brought by family members of four Blackwell employees killed on March 31, 2004 in Fallujah . The claims for damages against Wiley and Ryan were dismissed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on May 27, 2008 , and Blackwater appealed against the dismissal.

Individual evidence

1. ^ White House press release , November 15, 2006
2. ↑ US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Judges 
3. ↑ Blackwater Hits Wiley Rein With $ 30 Million Malpractice Suit , Law.com, Jan 25, 2008
4. ↑ Marisa McQuilken, Blackwater's Suit Against Wiley Rein Dismissed  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BLT May 28, 2008  
5. ↑ Marisa McQuilken, Blackwater Hopes to Revive Malpractice Suit Against Wiley Rein , BLT , June 12, 2008

Web links

• Margaret A. Ryan : Brief Biography of Pace University