Lynn Jeanne Bush (born December 30, 1948)Joint Committee on Printing,
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', p. 860. is a

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of the

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, appointed to that court in 1998 by President

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Early life, education, and career

Born in

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, to John E. Bush III and Alice (Saville) Bush, Bush received a

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from

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in 1970, after which she received a

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, followed by a J.D. from the

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in 1976.United States Court of Federal Claims page on Lynn J. Bush
. Admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1976 and to the District of Columbia Bar in 1977, she was a trial attorney for the Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division,

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from 1976 to 1987, and then moved to the

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, where she was senior trial attorney for Naval Facilities Engineering Command until 1989, and counsel for Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake until 1996. She then became an administrative judge for the

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Board of Contract Appeals from 1996 until 1998.

Federal judicial service

On June 22, 1998, Bush was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be a judge of the

. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 26, 1998, and received her commission that day. She assumed

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on October 22, 2013.

Personal life

Bush has one son, Brian Bush Ferguson.

References

External links

United States Court of Federal Claims page on Lynn J. Bush
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