THE
FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR JOURNAL
VOLUME 9
1999-2000
STUDENT EDITORIAL BOARD
| Editor-in-Chief Essentino A. Lewis, Jr. |
| Senior Articles Editor Rebecca A. Fleming |
Senior Managing Editor Kimberly S.I. Essary |
| Articles Editors Christina M. Salerno Rita M. Wisthoff-Ito |
Managing Editors Michelle Harrison-Davis |
| Notes Editors Roya M. Hanna Kelly L. Shubic |
Case Comments Editors Andrew K. O’Connell Claudia F. Rozenberg |
| Associate Editors |
| Trish L. Hessel Ali Pournader |
Stephen Riechert Philip M. Wright |
| Staff Members |
| Kate Briscoe Kunle Fagbenle Daniel Gardner Stephanie Genser |
Joseph Henriquez Brian Higgins Leslie Hill Michelle Hill |
Daniel Kazmier Matthew Klecka Martha Midalgo Sara Waniewski |
| Faculty Advisor Professor Kimberly Moore |
ASSOCIATION JOURNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
| EDITOR Kimberly A. Moore University of Maryland School of Law Baltimore, MD |
FOUNDING EDITOR Gerald H. Bjorge Keil & Weinkauf Washington, DC |
| ASSOCIATE EDITORS |
| Pamela I. Banner Banner & Witcoff, LLP Washington, DC |
J. Christopher Carraway Klarquist Sparkman, LLP Portland, OR |
T. Robert Rehm, Jr. Steptoe & Johnson Washington, DC |
| Elizabeth Miller Roesel Shaw Pittman LLP Washington, DC |
Michael J. Schaengold Patton Boggs, LLP Washington, DC |
Christopher R. Yukins Holland & Knight, LLP Washington, DC |
| CONTRIBUTING EDITORS |
| Patents Katherine Kelly Lutton Fish & Richardson, LLP Menlo Park, CA International Trade Munford Page Hall II Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Washington, DC Environment & Nat. Resources Robert Percival University of Maryland School of Law Baltimore, MD |
Trademarks Helen Hill Minisker Banner & Witcoff, LLP Washington, DC Taxes George Soba Deloitte & Touche, LLP Washington, DC Vaccines Marlene K. Tandy HIMA Arlington, VA |
Contracts Scott M. McCaleb Wiley, Rein & Fielding, LLP Washington, D.C. Government Personnel Mary L. Jennings U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Washington, DC Veterans Appeals Stephen L. Purcell Disabled Veterans of America Washington, DC |
| OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR ASSOCIATION |
| Michael Dergosits, President Dergosits & Noah San Francisco, CA |
Philip C. Swain, President Elect Foley Hoag & Eliot, LLP Boston, MA |
| Marc A. Smith, Treasurer Department of Justice Washington, DC |
M. Page Hall II, Secretary Dorsey & Whitney Washington, DC |
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | EX OFFICIO |
|---|---|
| George E. Hutchinson, Esquire Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Washington, DC |
The Honorable Jan Horbaly The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Washington, DC |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
| Mark J. Abate Morgan & Finnegan New York, NY |
Kevin R. Casey Ratner & Prestia Valley Forge, PA |
Sara B. Rearden Merit Systems Protection Board Washington, DC |
| Robert Baechtold Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinta New York, NY |
Timothy Q. Delaney Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, LLP Chicago, IL |
Michael J. Schaengold Patton Boggs, LLP Washington, DC |
| James W. Brady, Jr. Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP Washington, DC |
Donald R. Dunner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Washington, DC |
Charles F. Schill Foley & Lardner Washington, DC |
| Anne E. Brooks Occidental Chemical Corp. Dallas, TX |
Francis X. Gindhart Patton Boggs Washington, DC |
Ronald L. Smith Disabled American Veterans Washington, DC |
| Stephen L. Purcell Disabled American Veterans Washington, DC |