Judith Ann Yannello (born 1943) is a former judge of the

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and the

United States Court of Federal Claims The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, Fed. Cl. or C.F.C.) is a United States federal court that hears monetary claims against the U.S. government. It was established by statute in 1982 as the United States Claims Court, ...

from 1982 to 1987. Born in

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, Yannello received a

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from

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in 1964, followed by a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1967.U.S. Government Printing Office, ''Official Congressional Directory, 1987-1988'' (1987), p. 1101-1102.Federal Judicial Center page on Judith Ann Yannello
She was a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Claims from 1967 to 1968, and then a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the

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from 1968 to 1973, when she entered

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In 1976, Yannello became an administrative judge on the

, and in 1977, she became a trial judge of the U.S. Court of Claims. On October 1, 1982, she was reassigned by

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under the

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to the newly created U.S. Claims Court. She resigned from the Claims Court on May 31, 1987, and returned to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, where she continued to serve until 1996.

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* 1943 births Living people Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims United States Article I federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter Lawyers from Buffalo, New York Barnard College alumni Cornell Law School alumni 20th-century American judges {{US-judge-stub