William S. Greenberg

William S. Greenberg is a United States Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He used to be a New Jersey attorney in private practice.

Biography

Greenberg received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 from Johns Hopkins University. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1967 from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark.^[1] He served in the United States Army Reserve for 27 years, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. He has been a partner at McCarter & English, LLP, a position he has held since 1993. In 2006, he founded the New Jersey State Bar Association Military Legal Assistance Program. From 2009 to 2011, he was the Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board at the Department of Defense. From 2011 to 2012, he served as Chairman of the Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He was named New Jersey Lawyer of the Year in 2009 by the New Jersey Law Journal. He received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in 2011. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Military Law at Seton Hall University School of Law.^[2]

Court of Appeals nomination

On November 15, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Greenberg to serve as a United States Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.^[3] The office is an Article I judgeship, with a fifteen-year term appointment. The Senate confirmed his nomination by unanimous consent on December 21, 2012.

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