2003 Membership

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
2002 Membership

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is nominally composed of eleven federal district court judges designated by the Chief Justice of the United States. As of August 2002, the following ten judges were members of the Court:

Honorable Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Presiding Judge

Honorable William H. Stafford, Jr.

Honorable Stanley S. Brotman

Honorable Harold A. Baker

Honorable Michael J. Davis

Honorable Claude M. Hilton

Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton

Honorable John E. Conway

Honorable James G. Carr

Honorable James Robertson

Karen Sutton
Clerk of the Court

Beverly Queen
Deputy Clerk

Dr. Allan Kornblum
Legal Advisor

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review is composed of three federal judges named by the Chief Justice of the United States. Its purpose is to hear appeals of applications for search or surveillance that have been denied by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It convened for the first time on September 9, 2002 to consider a Justice Department appeal. The membership of the FIS Court of Review as of September 2002 was:

Honorable Ralph Guy
Presiding Judge

Honorable Edward Leavy

Honorable Laurence Silberman