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Judge Gierke Named Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces announced Judge H.F. “Sparky” Gierke will become Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals on October 1, 2004.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces announced Judge H.F. “Sparky” Gierke will become Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals on October 1, 2004. Judge Gierke served on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1983 to 1991, when President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (formerly known as the Court of Military Appeals) in Washington, D.C.

Judge Gierke is known as a great teacher as well as a great judge. In addition to his full-time duties on the Court, Judge Gierke is an award-winning law professor at two law schools in the D.C. area: George Washington University and Catholic University. On weekends at his second home in Florida, Judge Gierke also find time to teach at the Orlando School of Law.

Judge Gierke had a distinguished career in private practice in Watford City before he became a judge. He served as President of the State Bar Association in 1982-83.

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