William Curtis Bryson

William Bryson
Bryson in 2016
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office September 10, 2013 – May 18, 2018
Preceded by	Morris S. Arnold
Succeeded by	José A. Cabranes
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office May 19, 2011 – May 18, 2018
Preceded by	Ralph K. Winter Jr.
Succeeded by	David B. Sentelle
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office January 7, 2013
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
In office September 29, 1994 – January 7, 2013
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Howard Thomas Markey
Succeeded by	Todd M. Hughes
Acting Solicitor General of the United States
In office January 20, 1993 – June 7, 1993
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Ken Starr
Succeeded by	Drew S. Days III
In office January 20, 1989 – May 26, 1989
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Charles Fried
Succeeded by	Ken Starr
Personal details
Born	(1945-08-19) August 19, 1945 (age 79) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Spouse	Julia Penny Clark
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD)

William Curtis Bryson (born August 19, 1945) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also served a 7-year term as a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, until 2018, and on September 1, 2013, became the presiding judge of that court.^[1]