James F. Merow (March 16, 1932 – December 23, 2016)''Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000)'' (June 1999), p. 884.James Merow: Notice
was a senior judge of the

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(CFC). He served as a judge (trial commissioner) of the United States Court of Claims from 1978 to 1982, as an active judge on its successor, the CFC, from 1982 to 1998, and then as a senior judge until the time of his death. Born in

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,Federal Judicial Center page for James F. Merow
Merow received an A.A. and an

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from the

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in 1953, where he was made a member of

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and Omicron Delta Kappa.Court of Federal Claims biography of James F. Merow
He received a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School in 1956, where he served on the Board of Editors of the

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and was made a member of the

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. He was an officer in the

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from 1956 to 1959, and a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the

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, from 1959 to 1978. He became a trial judge of the U.S. Court of Claims in 1978, and on October 1, 1982, became a judge of the CFC by

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, holding a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 27. On June 20, 1983, President Ronald Reagan nominated Merow for reappointment to the CFC. He was confirmed by the

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on August 4, 1983, and received his commission on August 5, 1983. Merow assumed senior status on August 5, 1998.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merow, James F. 1932 births 2016 deaths Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims United States Article I federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan 20th-century American judges People from Salamanca, New York George Washington University alumni George Washington University Law School alumni