Orrin Hatch: “it is my pleasure today to speak in support of Marian Blank Horn, who has been nominated for a second term on the U.S.…”

“it is my pleasure today to speak in support of Marian Blank Horn, who has been nominated for a second term on the U.S. Federal Court of Claims. Judge Horn is a distinguished United States Court of Federal Claims Judge whose legal career has been nothing short of stellar. Judge Horn graduated from Fordham University Law School in 1969, and began her career as an assistant district attorney in Bronx County, NY, before joining Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn, where she worked in the litigation division. From 1973 to 1975, Judge Horn was a project manager for a Study of Alternatives to Conventional Criminal Adjudication which was financed by the U.S. Department of Justice's Law Assistance Enforcement Administration. She also served as an adjunct professor at American University's Washington College of Law, where she taught the Introductory Legal Methods course. In 1975, Judge Horn joined the Office of General Counsel for the Department of Energy/Federal Energy Administration. From 1979 to 1981, Judge Horn served as the deputy assistant general counsel for Financial Incentives, Office of General Counsel, where she supervised all legal work related to financial incentives at the United States Department of Energy. In addition, she served as legal advisor to the assistant secretaries for Fossil Energy and Resource Applications, as well as the Office of Energy Research.”