Randolph Moss

Randolph D. Moss
Personal details
Alma mater	Hamilton College A.B. Yale Law School J.D.
Profession	Attorney

Randolph D. Moss is a Washington, D.C. attorney in private practice and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Biography

Moss received a Artium Baccalaureus degree, summa cum laude, in 1983 from Hamilton College. He received a Juris Doctorate in 1986 from Yale Law School. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1986 to 1987, and then served as a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court, from 1988 to 1989. He worked at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering from 1989 to 1996. From 1996 to 2001, he worked at the United States Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, in a number of capacities. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, from 1996 to 1998, Acting Assistant Attorney General, from 1998 to 2000, and as Assistant Attorney General, from 2000 to 2001. After his service in the Justice Department, he returned to his previous law firm, now known as Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP, where chairs the firm's Regulatory and Government Affairs Department.

Nomination to district court

On April 3, 2014, President Obama nominated Moss to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert L. Wilkins, who terminated service on the court due to his elevation to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on January 24, 2014. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.