9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Seattle)
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. Morell E. Sharp, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1978-79; trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-80; assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Washington, 1980-83; private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1983-2000; confirmed May 2000; Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court of Review, 2014-present
Law School: Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1978
Career Highlights: Law clerk, Hon. Morell E. Sharp, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1978-79; trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-80; assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Washington, 1980-83; private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1983-2000; confirmed May 2000; Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court of Review, 2014-present
Law School: Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1978
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An unusual political deal led Democratic President Bill Clinton to nominate Republican lawyer Richard C. Tallman of Seattle to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The rare bipartisan exercise was no accident.
In 1995, Clinton wanted to place on the court liberal UC Berkeley School of Law professor William A. Fletcher, who'd been his Rhodes Scholar classmate at Oxford University. Senate Republic... (continued)
