Max Ian Stier (born c. 1966) is an American attorney who serves as the president and CEO of the

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Early life and education

Stier is the son of Serena Auster Stier and Herbert A. Stier. His mother is a mystery writer and adjunct assistant professor of law and art history at the

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; his father was an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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and a

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from

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Career

In 1982, he worked on the staff of

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Congressman

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. In 1992, he clerked for Chief Judge

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of the

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. In 1994, he served as a clerk for Justice

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of the

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. In 1995, Stier joined the Washington D.C. firm of

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where he was part of President

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's defense team during the

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. Stier was always concerned with the quality of government workers and was able to convince hedge fund manager Samuel Heyman to contribute $25 million to start up a non-for-profit dedicated to attracting qualified young people to government service, the

Personal life

Stier has been married twice. In 2004, he was remarried to fellow Stanford University law student

Florence Y. Pan Florence Yu Pan (born November 16, 1966) is an American lawyer who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of C ...

at the New Zealand embassy in Washington, D.C., and the couple have two sons. In 2016, President

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nominated Pan to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Her nomination expired in January 2017 with the end of the

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, but she was re-nominated June 15, 2021, by President Joe Biden.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stier, Max 1966 births 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American lawyers Living people Stanford Law School alumni Yale University alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States 21st-century American Jews Williams & Connolly people

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Career

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