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On the recordNovember 8, 2011
Judge Evan Wallach has been my friend for a very long time. I have known him since he was a lawyer in Nevada. He worked at Lionel Sawyer & Collins for almost 2 decades. He is a good man and a good jurist, and I believe he is a wonderful nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also a scholar. Judge Wallach graduated from the University of Arizona and then got his law degree from UC Berkeley. But one law degree wasn't enough, so he went on to get another degree at the renowned University of Cambridge Law School in England. Now he passes on that great wealth of knowledge to others. Since 1997, he has served as an adjunct law professor, teaching the law of war and other courses at Brooklyn Law School, New York Law School and several other worthy institutions. Judge Wallach is also a patriot with a long history of serving his country in our armed forces. He and his two older brothers volunteered to serve in Vietnam, and Judge Wallach was awarded the Bronze Star. But his service to his country didn't end there. My friend served in the Nevada Army National Guard from 1989 until 1995 as an attorney- advisor. During the Gulf War, in 1991, he took a leave of absence from his law practice--where he was a partner--to serve as an active-duty attorney- advisor. He served in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army at the Pentagon.…
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Nov 8, 2011

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