Lynn Jeanne Bush (born December 30, 1948)Joint Committee on Printing,
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', p. 860. is a

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of the

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, appointed to that court in 1998 by President

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Early life, education, and career

Born in

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, to John E. Bush III and Alice (Saville) Bush, Bush received a

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from

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in 1970, after which she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, followed by a

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from the

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in 1976.United States Court of Federal Claims page on Lynn J. Bush
. Admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1976 and to the District of Columbia Bar in 1977, she was a trial attorney for the Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, of the

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from 1976 to 1987. She then moved to the

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, where she was senior trial attorney for Naval Facilities Engineering Command until 1989, and counsel for Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake until 1996. She then became an administrative judge for the

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Board of Contract Appeals from 1996 until 1998.

Claims court service

On June 22, 1998, Bush was nominated by President

to be a judge of the

. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 21, 1998, and received her commission the next day. She assumed senior status on October 22, 2013.

Personal life

Bush has one son, Brian Bush Ferguson.

References

External links

United States Court of Federal Claims page on Lynn J. Bush
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