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Helen Wilson Nies

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1980–1982

Helen Wilson Nies , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Helen Wilson Nies (August 7, 1925 – August 7, 1996) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after previously serving as a United States Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Education

  • University of MichiganB.A., 1946
  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D., 1948

Career

Attorney, Office of Alien Property, U.S. Department of Justice, 1948-1951; Branch counsel, U.S. Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-1952; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., 1960-1978; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1978-1980; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1994

Biography

Helen Wilson Nies (August 7, 1925 – August 7, 1996) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after previously serving as a United States Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

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