District Judge Randolph D. Moss was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Barack Obama on November 14, 2014.
Before his appointment, Judge Moss was a partner and department chair at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He previously served at the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1996–1998), Acting Assistant Attorney General (1998–2000), and Assistant Attorney General (2000–2001). He has served on the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference, including as Chair from 2020 to 2023.
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1986
- Hamilton College, A.B., summa cum laude, 1983
Career
- District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2014–present)
- Chair, Criminal Law Committee, Judicial Conference (2020–2023)
- Partner and Department Chair, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (2001–2014)
- Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, DOJ (2000–2001)
- Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, DOJ (1998–2000)
- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, DOJ (1996–1998)
- Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (1989–1996)
- Law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court
- Law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York