Mark A. Barnett

Mark Barnett
Mark Barnett
Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; April 5, 2021
Preceded by	Timothy C. Stanceu
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 28, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Judith Barzilay
Personal details
Born	Mark Allen Barnett; 1963 (age 60–61); Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Dickinson College (BA); University of Michigan Law School (JD)

Mark Allen Barnett (born 1963) is the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

Biography

Barnett was born in 1963 in Reading, Pennsylvania.^[1] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1985 from Dickinson College. He received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1988 from the University of Michigan Law School. After graduation, he served as an associate at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson. From 1995 to 2013, he served as an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Import Administration at the United States Department of Commerce, becoming Deputy Chief Counsel in 2005. From 2008 to 2009 he was detailed to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means, where he served as Trade Counsel for the Subcommittee on Trade.^[2]^[3]

Trade Court service

On July 12, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Barnett to be a United States judge for the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge Judith Barzilay, who took senior status on June 2, 2011.^[2] On September 19, 2012, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination and reported his nomination to the floor on December 6, 2012, by voice vote. On January 2, 2013, his nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, he was renominated to the same office. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.^[4] On May 23, 2013, he was confirmed by voice vote. He received his commission on May 28, 2013.^[3] He became Chief Judge on April 5, 2021, after Timothy C. Stanceu assumed senior status.

References

^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "President Obama Nominates Mark A. Barnett to Serve on the U.S. Court of International Trade". whitehouse.gov. 12 July 2012 – via National Archives.
^ ^a ^b Mark A. Barnett at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships". whitehouse.gov. 3 January 2013 – via National Archives.

External links

Mark A. Barnett at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Judge Mark A. Barnett Biography on U.S. Court of International Trade website

Legal offices
Preceded by Judith Barzilay	Judge of the United States Court of International Trade 2013–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Timothy C. Stanceu	Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade 2021–present	Incumbent