United States Court of Federal Claims

United States Court of Federal Claims
(Fed. Cl.)
Location	Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Washington, D.C.)
Appeals to	Federal Circuit
Established	1982 (predecessor court established in 1855)
Authority	Article I tribunal
Created by	Federal Courts Improvement Act 28 U.S.C. §§ 1491–1509
Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate advice and consent
Judges	16
Judge term length	15 years
Chief Judge	Elaine D. Kaplan
www.uscfc.uscourts.gov

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, and took its current name in 1992. The court is the successor to trial division of the United States Court of Claims, which was established in 1855.

The courthouse of the Court of Federal Claims is situated in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (on Madison Place across from the White House) in Washington, D.C.,^[1] but, for convenience, cases may be heard elsewhere in the country.^[2]