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Randolph Moss

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Biography

Judge Randolph Daniel Moss was appointed to the District Court on November 14, 2014. Judge Moss received an A.B., summa cum laude, from Hamilton College in 1983, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1986.

After law school, Judge Moss served as a law clerk first for Judge Pierre N. Leval of the Southern District of New York and then for Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court. Following his clerkships, he worked at the law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering from 1989 to 1996. He next joined the United States Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, where he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General from 1996 to 1998, Acting Assistant Attorney General from 1998 to 2000, and Assistant Attorney General from 2000 to 2001.

After leaving the Department of Justice, Judge Moss returned to the Washington office of his previous law firm, now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where he chaired the Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. He left the firm upon his confirmation to the bench in November 2014.

Professional Experience
Judge
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Co-Chair, Government and Regulatory Litigation Practice Group
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr LLP
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Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
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special counsel to the attorney general, 1996; deputy assistant attorney general, 1996-1998; acting assistant attorney general, 1998-2000; assistant attorney general, 2000-2001
Attorney
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
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Law clerk
Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States
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Law clerk
Hon. Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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Education
Yale Law School
J.D
Editor, Yale Law Journal
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Hamilton College
B.A
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Professional Associations
District of Columbia Bar
Member
- Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Publication
Publication
Websites & Blogs
Website
United States District Court, District of Colombia
Website
Federal Judicial Center Biography
Contact & Map
333 Constitution Avenue N.W.
Washington , DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 354-3020