Jane A. Restani

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Jane A. Restani (born February 27, 1948 in San Francisco, California) is currently the Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade. She was appointed to the Court on November 16, 1983 by President Ronald Reagan.

Restani graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969, receiving a B.A. with distinction. She attended the University of California, Davis School of Law, receiving her J.D. in 1973. While at University of California, Davis she was an articles editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Kappa Phi.

After graduation from law school she was admitted to practice law in California in 1973 and began her legal career in the Civil Division of the Justice Department, where she practiced in various sections from 1973 until her appointment to the Court of International Trade in 1983.