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On October 22, [[1998]], at the age of forty-one, Judge Allegra was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] to be a judge on the [[United States Court of Federal Claims]]<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_199807/ai_n19794863/?tag=content;col1]</ref>. Over his judicial career, he has issued more than 170 published opinions, on topics including tax, government contracts, intellectual property, takings, and military and civilian employment. Judge Allegra is a member of the Information Technology Committee of the [[Judicial Conference of the United States]]. |
On October 22, [[1998]], at the age of forty-one, Judge Allegra was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] to be a judge on the [[United States Court of Federal Claims]]<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_199807/ai_n19794863/?tag=content;col1]</ref>. Over his judicial career, he has issued more than 170 published opinions, on topics including tax, government contracts, intellectual property, takings, and military and civilian employment. Judge Allegra is a member of the Information Technology Committee of the [[Judicial Conference of the United States]]. |
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Judge Allegra is an adjunct professor at the [[Georgetown University Law Center]]<ref>[http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/facinfo/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=JDAdjunct&ID=1595]</ref>. He is also frequent lecturer at [[Federal Judicial Center]] programs and at other programs involving intellectual property, tax, government contracts and the use of technology in judging. He is considered an expert on issues involving electronic discovery. <ref>http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/20</ref> |
Judge Allegra is an adjunct professor at the [[Georgetown University Law Center]]<ref>[http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/facinfo/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=JDAdjunct&ID=1595]</ref>, where he teaches Litigation with the Federal Government and a seminar on sovereign immunity. He is also frequent lecturer at [[Federal Judicial Center]] programs and at other programs involving intellectual property, tax, government contracts and the use of technology in judging. He is considered an expert on issues involving electronic discovery. <ref>http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/20</ref> |
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Francis Marion Allegra (born in 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American federal judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Early life and education
Judge Allegra grew up in Cleveland and graduated from St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio [1]. He graduated from Borromeo College of Ohio in 1978, with a degree in philosophy, and then, in 1981, received his juris doctorate (magna cum laude) from Cleveland-Marshall Law School at Cleveland State University. [2][3] Following graduation, he served as a law clerk to Chief Trial Judge Philip R. Miller of the U.S. Court of Claims from 1981 to 1982.
Professional career
From 1982 to 1984, Judge Allegra was an associate at the Cleveland law firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, where he specialized in tax and bond work. In 1984, he joined the Appellate Section of the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1984 through 1994, he was an appellate litigator, handling many of the Tax Division’s most complex cases in Federal courts of appeals throughout the country. During this period, Judge Allegra steadily rose through the Tax Division’s ranks, becoming first a Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division and then Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division.[2]
In 1994, Allegra was appointed Counselor to the Associate Attorney General (the third-highest ranking official at the Justice Department). Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Deputy Associate Attorney General.[2] In the latter role, Judge Allegra worked with the Tax and Antitrust Divisions, as well as with the National Economic and Domestic Policy Councils at the White House.
Judicial career
On October 22, 1998, at the age of forty-one, Judge Allegra was appointed by President Bill Clinton to be a judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims[4]. Over his judicial career, he has issued more than 170 published opinions, on topics including tax, government contracts, intellectual property, takings, and military and civilian employment. Judge Allegra is a member of the Information Technology Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Judge Allegra is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center[5], where he teaches Litigation with the Federal Government and a seminar on sovereign immunity. He is also frequent lecturer at Federal Judicial Center programs and at other programs involving intellectual property, tax, government contracts and the use of technology in judging. He is considered an expert on issues involving electronic discovery. [6]
Personal
Judge Allegra was married in 1996 and has two children. He is an avid mineral collector, who writes a column -- Legal Nuggets -- for the Mineralogical Record [7]. He is also active in Italian-American affairs, particularly with the Sons of Italy.