§715 Staff Attorneys and Technical Assistants

Summary

Each court of appeals chief judge may hire a senior staff attorney if the court agrees. The chief judge (with the court) can remove that person. With the chief judge’s OK and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts’ approval of the numbers, the senior staff attorney may hire and fire necessary staff attorneys and secretarial and clerical employees. The number of staff attorneys cannot be more than the positions allowed by the yearly appropriation law. The chief judge of the Federal Circuit may hire a senior technical assistant with the court’s OK and remove that person with the court’s approval. With the court’s OK and the Director’s approval of numbers, the senior technical assistant may hire and fire technical assistants, but their number cannot exceed the number of circuit judges in regular active service.