Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George H.W. BushRepublican
Seat
CAFC1002
Nominated
March 3, 1992
Committee hearing
July 29, 1992
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Aug. 12, 1992
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 12, 1992
Commissioned
Aug. 17, 1992
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Oct. 5, 2009

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc. 24-1696 Decided Sept. 11, 2026
T-Mobile US, Inc. v. Kaifi LLC 25-1006 Decided Aug. 28, 2026
Dental Monitoring Sas v. Align Technology, Inc. 25-1752 Decided Aug. 10, 2026
Johnson v. United States 25-1017 Decided Aug. 4, 2026
Jackson v. Collins 24-2135 Decided June 26, 2026 Authored
Neal v. DVA 25-1755 Decided Feb. 27, 2026
Micron Technology Inc. v. Longhorn Ip LLC 23-2007 Decided Dec. 18, 2025
Sauer West LLC v. United States 24-1114 Decided Aug. 14, 2025
Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association 23-1687 Decided June 12, 2025
La Molisana S.P.A. v. United States 23-2060 Decided June 5, 2025
Ams-Osram USA Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc. 22-2185 Decided April 4, 2025
In Re FOREST 23-1178 Decided April 3, 2025
Sierra Wireless, Ulc v. Sisvel S.P.A. 23-1059 Decided March 10, 2025
Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC 23-2054 Decided March 4, 2025
Oman Fasteners, LLC v. United States 23-1661 Decided Jan. 7, 2025
Contour Ip Holding LLC v. Gopro, Inc. 22-1654 Decided Sept. 9, 2024
Smith v. McDonough 23-1378 Decided Aug. 28, 2024
Lewis v. McDonough 23-1298 Decided Aug. 1, 2024 Authored
Love v. McDonough 23-1465 Decided July 11, 2024
Ravi v. United States 22-1559 Decided June 25, 2024

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Jackson v. Collins Federal Circuit June 26, 2026
Opinion Lewis v. McDonough Federal Circuit Aug. 1, 2024
Opinion United States v. Katana Racing, Inc. Federal Circuit Aug. 3, 2023
Opinion Bean v. McDonough Federal Circuit April 26, 2023
Opinion Mattox v. McDonough Federal Circuit Jan. 9, 2023
Opinion Memmer v. United States Federal Circuit Sept. 28, 2022
Opinion Labonte v. United States Federal Circuit Aug. 12, 2022
Opinion Labonte v. United States Federal Circuit Aug. 12, 2022
Opinion of the Court In re Hornback Federal Circuit July 2, 2002
Opinion of the Court Pikulin v. United States Federal Circuit July 2, 2002
Opinion of the Court Kimco Realty v. United States Federal Circuit June 27, 2002