Judge David Tatel served on the Unit­ed States Court of Appeals for the Dis­trict of Colum­bia Cir­cuit from 1994 to 2023. His pre­vi­ous three-decade career as a civ­il rights lawyer includ­ed pri­vate and gov­ern­ment posi­tions, focus­ing heav­i­ly on equal edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ty and access to jus­tice. Judge Tatel and his wife, Edie, have four chil­dren and eight grand­chil­dren. They live in Vir­ginia and Wash­ing­ton, D.C.