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ROBERT E. KOPP
EMPLOYMENT:
Director, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Senior Executive
Service), 1981-2011; Retired December 31, 2011
Acting Director, Appellate Staff, 1980-1981
Deputy Director, Appellate Staff, 1975-1981
Appellate Litigation Counsel, Appellate Staff, 1978-1981
Assistant Director, Appellate Staff, 1973-1976
Attorney, Appellate Staff, 1966-1973
(Note: the Appellate Staff was known as the Appellate Section until 1979.)
MAJOR HONORS AND AWARDS:
Department of Justice John Marshall Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocacy 1976
Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, 1990 (“in recognition of his
outstanding career as a Federal litigator, his excellent leadership and managerial
skills, and the significant impact he has made on the development of the law and the
ability of each Administration to carry out its programs.”)
Distinguished Executive, Senior Executive Service, 1992, 2005
Beatrice Rosenberg Award, D.C. Bar, 2000
Stanley Rose Award, highest award of the Civil Division, 2010
ACTIVITIES:
Member, Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures of the D.C. Circuit, 1980-1986
Member, D.C. Circuit Special Committee on Gender, 1992-1995
Solicitor General’s representative on the Advisory Committee on Federal Rules,
1990-1997
Adjunct Professor, Howard Law School, 1996-1999
Panel member and participant in various Judicial Conferences of the D.C. Circuit.
Instructor, Department of Justice Appellate Advocacy Course (various years)
Attorney General’s Appellate Working Group, 1993-2011.
EDUCATION:
Oberlin College, B.A. 1963, magna cum laude
Harvard Law School, J.D. 1966, cum laude