Edward H. Meyers

Edward H. Meyers
Meyers in 2022
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 20, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byLawrence J. Block
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationVanderbilt University (BA)
Catholic University (JD)

Edward Hulvey Meyers (born 1972)[1] is an American attorney serving as a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Education

Meyers earned his Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Columbus School of Law, where he served as Associate Editor of The Catholic University Law Review.[2]

Career

Upon graduation from law school, Meyers served as a law clerk to Judge Loren A. Smith of the United States Court of Federal Claims. From 2006 to 2012, he was in private practice at Kirkland & Ellis. From 2012 to 2020, he was a partner at Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused on litigating bid protests, breach of contract disputes, and copyright infringement matters.[1][2]

Meyers has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003 and the American Bar Association since 2006.[1]

Claims court service

On October 16, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Meyers to serve as a judge for the United States Court of Federal Claims. On November 19, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Meyers to the seat vacated by Judge Lawrence J. Block, who retired on January 8, 2016.[3] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[4]

On January 6, 2020, his renomination was sent to the Senate.[5] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on January 8, 2020.[6] On March 12, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–6 vote.[7] On September 21, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 65–25 vote.[8] On September 22, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 66–27 vote.[9] He received his judicial commission on October 20, 2020.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Edward Meyers
  2. ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, October 16, 2019 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, November 19, 2019
  4. ^ "PN1286 – Nomination of Edward Hulvey Meyers for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Twenty-one Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 6, 2020
  6. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for January 8, 2020
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 12, 2020" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee.
  8. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward Hulvey Meyers to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims)". United States Senate. September 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims)". United States Senate. September 22, 2020.
  10. ^ Edward H. Meyers at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
2020–present 		Incumbent


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