Eugene R. Sullivan
Hon. Eugene R. Sullivan | |
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Official portrait | |
| Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | |
| Assumed office September 30, 2002 | |
| Chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | |
| In office September 30, 1990 – October 1, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Robinson O. Everett |
| Succeeded by | Walter T. Cox III |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | |
| In office May 27, 1986 – September 30, 2002 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Albert B. Fletcher Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Erdmann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 2, 1941 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy Georgetown University |
Eugene Raymond Sullivan is a senior federal judge based in Washington, D.C., nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 1986. President George H. W. Bush appointed him as the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in 1990. When not recalled to active judicial service, Sullivan is a co-founder and senior counsel of the D.C. law firm of Freeh Sporkin and Sullivan LLP. Prior to becoming a federal judge, Sullivan served in the U.S. government in various positions such as a White House lawyer during Watergate and general counsel of the Department of the U.S. Air Force. In addition, Sullivan is a West Point graduate, a Vietnam combat veteran and qualified as a tanker, an U.S. Army Airborne Ranger, a Ranger instructor, and a jumpmaster in the U.S. Army. In 2010, Sullivan was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
A tribute to his service was read into the Congressional Record on June 5, 2002.