Circuit Judge Evan Wallach Sworn-In

Chief Judge Rader swearing in Circuit Judge Wallach while Senator Reid holds the Lincoln Bible.

Chief Judge Rader swearing in Circuit Judge Wallach while Senator Reid holds the Lincoln Bible.

Circuit Judge Evan Wallach was sworn in today as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

One interesting feature of the swearing in ceremony was that the Lincoln Bible was used.

Circuit Judge Wallach’s bio reads as follows:

Evan J. Wallach was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in 2011, confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 2011, and assumed the duties of his office on November 18, 2011. Prior to his appointment, he served for sixteen years as a judge of the United States Court of International Trade, having been appointed to that court by President William J. Clinton in 1995.

Judge Wallach worked as a general litigation partner with an emphasis on media representation at the law firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1982 to 1995. He was an associate at the same firm from 1976 to 1982.

While working with the firm, Judge Wallach took a leave of absence to serve as General Counsel and Public Policy Advisor to Senator Harry Reid from 1987 to 1988. From 1989 to 1995, he served in the Nevada National Guard as a Judge Advocate. In 1991, while on leave from his firm, he served as an Attorney/Advisor in the International Affairs Division of the Judge Advocate of the Army at the Pentagon.

Judge Wallach, a recognized expert in the law of war, has taught at a number of law schools, including Brooklyn Law School, New York Law School, George Mason University School of Law, and the University of Müenster in Münster, Germany.

Judge Wallach has received a number of awards, including: the ABA Liberty Bell Award in 1993; the Nevada Press Association President’s Award in 1994; and the Clark County School Librarians Intellectual Freedom Award in 1995.

Judge Wallach served on active duty in the Army of the United States from 1969 to 1971. During his military career, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Nevada Medal of Merit, the Valorous Unit Citation, a Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the RVN Cross of Gallantry with Palm.

Judge Wallach received his B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arizona in 1973, his J.D. from the University Of California, Berkeley in 1976, and an LLB with honors in International Law from Cambridge University in 1981.

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