Timothy B. Dyk

Professional career

• Private practice: Practiced in Washington, D.C., from 1964 to 2000, first at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, then as chair of the Issues and Appeals practice at Jones Day, specializing in First Amendment law.
• Lecturer, Yale Law School, 1989-present
• Lecturer, Georgetown University Law Center, 1989-present
• Visiting professor and lecturer, University of Virginia School of Law, 1987-1988
• Lecturer, Yale Law School, 1986-1987
• Lecturer, Georgetown University Law Center, 1986-present
• Visiting professor and lecturer, University of Virginia School of Law, 1984-1985
• Lecturer, Georgetown University Law Center, 1983-present
• Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1964-2000
• Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1963-1964
• Law clerk, Hon. Earl Warren, Supreme Court of the United States, 1962-1963
• Law clerk, Hon. Stanley Reed and Hon. Harold Burton, Supreme Court of the United States, 1961-1962

Judicial service

• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2000-present
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• President Bill Clinton nominated Dyk on January 26, 1999, to replace Glenn L. Archer Jr. The Senate confirmed him on May 24, 2000, and he assumed office the next day. The American Bar Association rated him “Unanimously Qualified”.
• Current role: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2000–present).
• Law clerkships: held the role of clerk for Supreme Court Justices Stanley Reed and Harold Burton (1961–1962) and for Chief Justice Earl Warren (1962–1963), during which he was involved in the landmark Gideon v. Wainwright case.
• Academic roles: Lecturer at Georgetown University Law Center, visiting professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, and lecturer at Yale Law School.

Education

• Harvard University · A.B., 1958

Personal record

Born 1937 · Boston, MA