The Federal Circuit web site reports that Senior Judge Arthur Gajarsa has retired from the Federal Circuit. The announcement reads:
Circuit Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa retired from the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 30, 2012, concluding a distinguished judicial career during which he served the judiciary and his nation with distinction.
In his parting message to the court, Judge Gajarsa said:
“It has been indeed an honor and privilege to have worked with all of you during the past 15 years. You made my work at the court easy to perform and a pleasure to undertake. My success and the success of the court are attributable not only to my judicial colleagues, but also to the fine members of the court team. I shall miss all of you and I look forward to observing the continued fine work of the court in the future.
I am looking forward to retirement as of June 30, not as the end of my career, but the beginning of a new one.”
The University of New Hampshire School of Law notes that Judge Gajarsa will serve as the first Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property:
Judge Arthur Gajarsa, recently retired from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, will be joining us as the first Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property. He will begin teaching this fall and will be working with us to enhance our practice-ready curriculum, as well as providing strategic guidance as we build the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property into a global hub for innovation.