Yesterday, the White House announced that President Obama has nominated Edward DuMont to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Federal Circuit when Chief Judge Michel retires at the end of May.
DuMont is a partner at WilmerHale where he is a Supreme Court and appellate litigator. He has argued 18 cases before the Supreme Court. His practice includes appeals in a diverse array of subject areas including patent, trademark, antitrust, and constitutional issues. Prior to joining WilmerHale in 2002, DuMont worked in the Justice Department as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and as Associate Deputy Attorney General where he handled cases on computer crime, e-commerce, and privacy. After graduating from Stanford Law School, DuMont clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the Seventh Circuit.
While DuMont does not appear to have an extensive background in patents and patent law (as many patent practitioners were hoping), Patently-O reports that his recent patent appeals include Tivo v. Echostar, Princo v. ITC (pending en banc rehearing), Airgo IP v. ArvinMeritor, Agfa Corp. v. Creo Prods., Purdue v. Endo, US Philips v. ITC. He does appear to have a distinguished civil litigation career, especially at the appellate level.
Judge O’Malley’s nomination is still pending in the Senate as well. No date has yet been set for her confirmation hearing. Her nomination has garnered fairly wide-spread support. It will be interesting to see whether the bar is similarly enthusiastic about Mr. DuMont’s nomination.
July 26, 2010 at 10:06 am |
[...] on March 10 to replace Judge Alvin Schall who took senior status October 5, 2009. Meanwhile, Edward DuMont was nominated on April 14 and has yet to have his hearing date scheduled. He was nominated to [...]
October 25, 2010 at 12:23 pm |
[...] a lame duck Senate session? The other 2 vacancies are only about 4 and 5 months, respectively. Edward DuMont was nominated in April. He still hasn’t even gotten a hearing before the Judiciary [...]
December 21, 2010 at 10:37 am |
[...] She will bring the court’s active membership to 10 with two other nominations pending. Edward DuMont was nominated by President Obama in April and Jimmie Reyna in September. Neither has received a [...]
December 22, 2010 at 9:17 pm |
[...] Edward DuMont Nominated to Federal Circuit [...]
January 7, 2011 at 9:55 am |
[...] of 42 of those 43 who were not confirmed in the 111th Congress. This includes the nominations of Edward DuMont and Jimmie Reyna to the Federal Circuit. DuMont was originally nominated in April 2010 and Reyna [...]
February 10, 2011 at 3:22 pm |
[...] Circuit nominations pending? Whither Edward DuMont? He was nominated long before Reyna on April 14 and has yet to receive a hearing. Is something going on here or is the Senate merely playing [...]
April 5, 2011 at 12:40 pm |
[...] Edward DuMont was nominated April 14, 2010 to the other vacant seat. As of next week, his nomination will have been pending for a year. He [...]
October 10, 2011 at 11:12 am |
[...] Federal Circuit is currently short by two active judges. Edward DuMont was nominated by President Obama to fill Judge Paul Michel’s seat, but DuMont’s nomination appears to [...]
November 8, 2011 at 2:03 pm |
[...] Edward Dumont’s nomination continues to languish in the Judiciary Committee where it has been for 19 months. No hearing for [...]