RANDALL R. RADER was appointed to the United States Claims Court by President George H. W. Bush in 1989 and served on that court until his appointment to the Federal Circuit in 1990. Prior to his appointment, Judge Rader served as Minority Chief Counsel, Staff Director, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights from 1987 to 1988. He also served as General Counsel and Chief of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution from 1981 to 1986, and as Counsel in the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1980. Judge Rader taught Patent Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and at the George Washington University National Law Center, and Comparative Patent Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Judge Rader is the author of a casebook entitled Patent Law, published by West Publishing in 1998.
George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
1978 J.D., Doctor of JurisprudenceBrigham Young University, Provo, Utah,
1974 B.A., Bachelor of Arts Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Patent Law, University of Virginia School of LawTrial Advocacy, George Washington University National Law CenterPatent Law, George Washington University National Law CenterComparative Patent Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Recipient, Outstanding Young Federal Lawyer Award by Federal Bar Association,
1983
Past Employment Positions:
Representative Virginia Smith, Legislative Assistant,
1978
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1981House Committee on Ways and Means to Representative Philip M. Crane, Legislative Director, Counsel,
1981
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1986Judiciary, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, Minority Chief Counsel, Staff Director, Senate Committee,
1987
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1988United States Claims Court, Judge,
1988
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1990Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution, General Counsel and Chief of the Senate Committee,
1981
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1986House of Representatives, Counsel,
1975
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1980
Birth Information:
1949, Hastings, Nebraska, United States of America
