Paul Williams, Chairman

Judge Williams received his law degree from The Boston University School of Law in 1967. He served as a trial attorney with the Naval Facilities Engineering command from 1967 until 1972, as Special Assistant to the Command Counsel for the Naval Ordnance Systems Command from 1972 until 1974, and as Trial Attorney, with the Navy Contract Appeals Division from 1974 until 1977. He was appointed a Member of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, effective 25 October 1977, and became chairman of the Board effective 1 October 1985. In 1988 he was appointed as a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

Judge Williams is a frequent lecturer in the field of Federal Procurement Law. For over 20 years, he was a member of the Adjunct Faculty for the University of Virginia at Falls Church, Virginia. He also was a member of the Adjunct faculty for Penn State University School of Law at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he received the Edward C. First Adjunct Faculty Achievement Award in 1998.

He has been an active participant on various ADR committees and training programs and has served as a neutral on numerous ADR matters involving a wide variety of federal procurement issues. He established a formal ADR program at the Board and has aggressively promoted its use. The Board’s ADR program received the 2003 Office of Federal Procurement Policy and Acquisition Council Award for Excellence.

Mark N. Stempler, Vice Chairman

Born in Washington, D.C. Received his B.S. in Commerce with Distinction from the University of Virginia. Received his J.D. from Georgetown University. Served as Trial Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Litigation Office, Department of the Navy (August 1976-November 1980); Senior Trial Attorney (December 1980-July 1982); Associate Chief Trial Attorney (August 1982-May 1985); Assistant Counsel, Naval Sea Systems Command (June 1985-February 1986). Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the D.C. Court of Appeals. Appointed to the Amend Services Board of Contract Appeals on February 28, 1986. Appointed Vice-Chairman on October 1, 1994.

Eunice Whitney Thomas, Vice Chairman

Received a B.A. degree from Pembroke College in Brown University and an LL.B. degree from Yale University. Admitted to the California and New York Bars. Associate, Chadbourne and Parke, New York, NY; Assistant General Counsel, Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, California; Assistant General Counsel, Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY; Trial Attorney, Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, effective June 5, 1988 and as Vice-Chairman on June 13, 2000.

Jack Delman

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 7, 1951. Received J.D. in 1976 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Awarded the Benjamin R. Jones Award for outstanding legal writing in the public interest. Received B.A. in 1973, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Queens College, City University of New York. Law Clerk to President Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Berks County, PA (1976-1977). Served in Office of General Counsel, General Services Administration, Washington, DC (1977-1987), specializing in claims review and litigation. Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, New York and Pennsylvania. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Adjunct professor at Webster University, Bolling Air Base, since 1989, teaching graduate courses in federal acquisition law. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on August 10, 1987.

Monroe E. Freeman, Jr.

Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, May 23, 1937. Received an A.B. degree from Georgetown University, College of Arts and Sciences, in 1958. Served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1964. Received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1967. Engaged in private practice of law, specializing in government contract claims and litigation, as associate and partner in vom Baur, Coburn, Simmons and Turtle, Washington, D.C., from 1967 to 1979. Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on February 4, 1980.

Terrence S. Hartman

Born in York, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 1957. Received B.S. degree with honors from Syracuse University in 1979 and J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982. Served as law clerk to the Honorable H. Robert Mayer, Judge, United States Claims Court, from 1982 to 1984. Employed as a Trial Attorney and Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, respectively from October 1984 to March 1990 and March 1990 to February 1993. Admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia. Appointed Administrative Judge, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, on February 7, 1993.

David W. James, Jr.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 6, 1937. Received A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from University of Notre Dame in 1959 and J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1965. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar and to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the 4th Circuit. Served in Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Navy, in Bureau of Naval Weapons (1965-66), Naval Air Systems Command (1966-68), as Assistant to the General Counsel (1968-73), and as Counsel, Naval Ship Systems Command (redesignated Naval Sea Systems Command) (1973-76). Was international patent agent in firm of Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff, Mexico City (1976-78). Engaged in private practice of law, specializing in government contract protests, claims, and litigation, as partner in Kominers & James (1978-80), in Lewis, Kominers & James, Washington, D.C. (1980-88), and in Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer & Quinn, Washington, D.C. (1988-1990). Author of occasional public contract law articles. Appointed Administrative Judge, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, effective October 9, 1990.

John Lane

Born September 8, 1940, in New York, New York. Received A.B. degree from College of the Holy Cross in 1961 and LL.B. degree from Fordham Law School in 1964, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1964, and practiced with Sullivan & Cromwell. In 1965, joined Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Air Force, where he specialized in government contract matters, and served as Air Force Legal Member of the Armed Services Procurement Regulation Committee. Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1967. In 1968, returned to private practice, specializing in government contract law, with Sellers, Conner & Cuneo in Washington, D.C., until 1970 and then with the government contract department of Reavis, Pogue, Neal & Rose in Washington, D.C. (now part of Crowell & Moring). Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, effective December 4, 1972. Member of the Federal and New York State Bar Associations. Chairman, Committee on Current Federal Procurement Statutes, Regulations and Forms, ABA Section of Public Contract Law (1972-1973). Senior Editor, Public Contract Law Journal (1977 to 1978). Author of several articles on Government contract law.

Reba Page

Born in Paducah Kentucky . Received B.A. (1971) and M.S. (1983) degrees in Biology and J.D. (1976) from University of Louisville. Admitted to Kentucky, Florida, and District of Columbia Bars, and a member of the American Bar Association. Appointed Administrative Judge, Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals on July 1, 1994; appointed Chairman of the Engineer Board on January 30, 1999. Member of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on July 12, 2000 by merger of the ASBCA and Engineer Board. Division Counsel for the Corps of Engineers Ohio River Division (1988-1994) and Division Trial Attorney (1986-88). Served as Assistant District Counsel, Louisville District (1984-1986). Twice received Department of Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Superior Civilian Service Award, Commanders Award, and the E. Manning Seltzer Award. Prior to entering federal service, was Deputy Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection and in corporate practice. Lectures and publishes on government contracts and dispute resolution.

Carol N. Park-Conroy

Carol Park-Conroy was appointed an Administrative Judge on the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), effective October 23, 1989. In addition to presiding over hearings and writing decisions on federal government procurement and contract matters pending on her ASBCA trial docket, Judge Park-Conroy also serves as a neutral in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings involving a wide variety of federal construction, supply and service contracts. She is a frequent speaker and author of articles addressing Government contract issues and Board practice and procedures, in particular ADR.

Judge Park-Conroy is an active member of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Public Contract Law, where she currently is the Section’s Budget and Finance officer and a Co-Chair of the Section’s ADR Committee. She previously served on the Section’s Council and as its representative on the Advisory Committee of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. Judge Park-Conroy is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the National Association of Women Judges, where she was an officer of District 4. Additionally, she served on the Steering Committee of the Government Contracts and Litigation Section of the District of Columbia Bar, with four years as the Steering Committee’s Co-Chair.

She received her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her J.D., with honors, from George Washington University. Judge Park-Conroy is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars. Prior to her ASBCA appointment, she served as a Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice and was engaged in private practice with the law firm O’Connor & Hannan, Washington, D.C., as an associate and partner. She was also a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph C. Waddy, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Michael T. Paul

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 4, 1946. Received a B.A. degree from the Catholic University of America, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1969 and an M.A. degree in history from the same institution in 1970. Did postgraduate work in history at the University of Virginia, 1971-1973, and received a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia Law School in 1978. Served as law clerk to the Honorable Albert V. Bryan, Sr., Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Employed as a private attorney in Washington, D.C., from 1980 to 1983, and served as Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, from 1983 to 1987. Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, United Stated Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States Claims Court, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on August 31, 1987.

Robert T. Peacock

Born in Richmond, Indiana in 1947. Received B.A., University of Maryland 1969; J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 1972; M.S., Georgetown University, 1980. Admitted to Maryland Bar (1972); licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland (1980). Served on active duty as a Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force assigned to: Moody Air Force Base, Vaaldosta, Georgia (February 1973 to July 1974); Headquarters, Turkish -United States Logistics Command, Ankara, Turkey August 1974-July 1976); and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals from August 1976 to April 1979; Legal Assistant to the Chairman and Trial Examiner, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals from April 1, 1979 to October, 1985. Appointed a member of the Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals on October 21, 1985. Appointed Vice Chairman Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals effective February 13 1994. Member, ASBCA, July 12, 2000 to present. Published books and monographs include: Peacock, Robert, T. and Ting, Peter D. Contract Disputes Act. Annotated, Federal, Publications, Inc. (1998); Peacock, Robert, T. A Complete Guide to the Contract Disputes Act, The American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section, (1986).

Cheryl L. Scott

National Merit Scholar. A.B., 1970, The College of William and Mary, General Honors, Phi Beta Kappa. J.D., 1973, Duke University School of Law, Merit Scholarship, Southern Regional Moot Court Champion (with two teammates). Associate, Davidson, Dawson, & Clark, New York, New York 1973-1977. Associate, Spengler, Carlson, Gubar, Churchill & Brodsky, New York, New York, 1977-1979. Concentration in tax, litigation, contract, real estate, tax-exempt organizations, and general practice. United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, Trial Attorney, then Senior Trial Counsel, 1980-1985. Extensive complex litigation. Assistant General Counsel, Everest Legal Systems, Inc., 1985-1986, Contract, litigation, and general corporate practice. Returned to Department of Justice, 1987. Left position as Senior Trial Counsel in October, 1990 when appointed to the Department of the Interior Board of Contract Appeals. Appointed Chief Administrative Judge, August, 2000. Appointed Administrative Judge, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, January 2001. Admitted to practice in New York and Virginia. Member of the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Past President: Board of Contract Appeals Judges Association, Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association, Prettyman-Leventhal American Inn of Court, Senior Executives Association, Board of Contract Appeals Judges Chapter. Member, Public Contract Law Section, American Bar Association, Associate Editor, Public Contract Law Journal, Member, National Association of Women Judges.

Richard Shackleford

Born Wake Forest, North Carolina, 1946. B.A., North Carolina Statue University at Raleigh, 1968. In 1968-69 headed a youth development program. From 1969 to 1972 served as Assistant Program Director of Student Union at North Carolina State. Received JD degree from Howard University law Center, 1975. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar. Served in the Office of General Counsel at the General Services Administration as follows: 1973-1975 law clerk; 1975-1977 house counsel for personal property procurement and disposal; 1977-1983 trial attorney; and 1983-1987 chief counsel. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, effective August 16, 1987.

Peter D. Ting

Born September 15, 1944, in New York City. Received a B.S. degree (1968) and a J.D. degree (1971) from the University of Tennessee. Received an LL.M. degree (Environmental Law) from George Washington University in 1976. Admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1972 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1973. Also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, United States Tax Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Served as Attorney-Advisor, Procurement Division, Office of General Counsel, General Services Administration, from 1972-1974. Served as trial attorney, Claims and Litigation Division, Office of General Counsel, GSA, from 1974-1975, specializing in environmental litigation. Served as trial attorney, Claims and Litigation Division, Office of General Counsel, GSA, from 1975-1978, specializing in litigation before the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals. Promoted to senior trial attorney in 1978. Appointed as Chief Counsel for Appeals, Claims and Litigation Division, GSA, in 1979, and served in that position until 1983. As Chief Counsel for Appeals, supervised a staff of 12 to 14 trial attorneys and specialized in construction litigation. Frequent speaker and lecturer on government contract subjects. Appointed as a member of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, effective April 18, 1983.

Elizabeth A. Tunks

Judge Tunks was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on January 2, 1945. She received a B.A. from Michigan State University in East Lansing Michigan in 1967, and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1970. She attended Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana, and received her J.D. in 1977. She is admitted to practice in Louisiana and the District of Columbia. After graduating from law school, Judge Tunks clerked for the Honorable Veronica D. Wicker of the Eastern District of Louisiana. She moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1978 to join the Office of General Counsel of the Navy where she spent a year in the Pentagon as an attorney-advisor to the Comptroller of the Navy. In 1979, she transferred to the Litigation Office. She became a Senior Trial Attorney in 1984. On June 1, 1987, she was appointed a Member of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.

Rollin A. Van Broekhoven

Born in Dallas, Texas, on June 3, 1940. Received a B.S. degree from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, in June 1962; a J.D. (cum laude) degree in 1968 from Baylor Law School where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Baylor Law Review; an LL.M. (Government Procurement Law) degree from the National Law Center, George Washington University; D Phil and D Litt degrees from Oxford Graduate School and Post-Doctoral research, Oxford University; DPS (Hon) degree from Gordon College; and a Distinguished Graduate from the post graduate Judge Advocate Officer's Advanced Course, the Judge Advocate General's School, University of Virginia School of Law, in 1970. Admitted to the Texas Bar in 1968, Court of Military Appeals in 1970, United States Court of Claims in 1970, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1996, and the United States Supreme Court in 1975. Practiced law with the Waco, Texas law firm of Sheehe, Jones, Cureton, Westbrook and Lovelace in 1968. Served with the U.S. Army as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, 1968-1969; Deputy Chief, Procurement Law Division, and Government Trial Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe, 1970-1971; General Counsel, U.S. Army Procurement Agency, Europe, 1971-1974; Assistant to the General Counsel of the Army (Executive, Army Legal Member of the Armed Services Procurement Regulation Committee, Recorder and Counsel to the Army Contract Adjustment Board, and Principal Assistant to the Deputy General Counsel (Logistics) 1975-1977; and Deputy Counsel, Naval Supply Systems Command, 1977 1979. Frequent lecturer and author on government contract, jurisprudence and bioethics subjects. Member of American, Federal, and Texas Bar Associations. Vice Chairman of the Government Law Department of the Section of Economics of Law Practice and Member, Public Contract Law Section, American Bar Association, Vice Chairman of the Government Law Practice Committee of the Federal Bar Association and President, International Committee on Fundraising Organizations. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on January 7, 1980.

Alexander Younger

Born in New York, New York, on October 5, 1943. A.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1965. J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1969. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1970. Associate, Rhyne & Rhyne, Washington, D.C., 1969-1970. Associate, Cole and Groner, Washington, D.C., 1970-1971. Trial Attorney, 1971-1976, and Assistant Chief, 1976-1978, Frauds Section, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Assistant Director, 1978-1982, and Senior Trial Counsel, 1982-1984, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice. Administrative Judge, Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals, 1984-1987. Adjunct Lecturer in Law, Washington College of Law, American University. Member, Construction Industry Panel, American Arbitration Association. Appointed to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on August 31, 1987.