The Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger, III has served on the Federal Circuit since 1990 and assumed senior status in 2006. Judge Clevenger received his L.L.B. from Yale University in 1966, after which he served as a law clerk to Justice Byron White on the Supreme Court of the United States and practiced privately with the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.

The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa has served on the Federal Circuit since 1997. Judge Gajarsa received his Before his J.D. from Georgetown in 1967, after which he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph McGarraghy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Garjarsa has also practiced privately for nearly twenty years, lastly with the law firm of Joseph, Gajarsa, McDermott & Reiner.

The Honorable Sharon Prost has served on the Federal Circuit since 2001 Judge Prost received her J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University in 1979, after which she held numerous public positions, including serving as Chief Labor Counsel for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and as Minority Chief Counsel, Deputy Chief Counsel and Chief Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee.

For 2009, the IP Institute CLE program is privileged to welcome three special guests from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: the Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger, III, Senior Circuit Judge; the Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge; and the Honorable Sharon Prost, Circuit Judge.