William Curtis Bryson

Judicial Service

Education

• Harvard University, A.B., 1969
• University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1973

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1973-1974; Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1978; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1979; Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1982; Special counsel, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1986; Deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1994; Deputy associate attorney general (acting associate attorney general), U.S. Department of Justice, 1994

Other Federal Judicial Service

• Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, 2011-2018; presiding judge, 2013-2018

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography