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Biographies of
Administrative Law
Judges
Chief Administrative
Law Judge Marc R.
Hillson
Marc R. Hillson,
Chief Administrative
Law Judge, joined
OALJ in July, 2003.
Prior to this appointment,
he served as an ALJ,
and then as a member
of the Departmental
Appeals Board at the
Department of Health
and Human Services.
Previously, he served
as an ALJ with the
Social Security Administration's
Office of Hearings
and Appeals, and as
a manager, litigator
and rulemaker with
the Environmental
Protection Agency
and the Department
of Labor. He is a
graduate of Duke University
and New York University
Law School.
Administrative
Law Judge Jill S.
Clifton
Judge Jill S. Clifton
joined OALJ on February
26, 2001. She became
an ALJ in 1990, serving
6 years with the U.S.
Department of Health
and Human Services'
Departmental Appeals
Board, and before
that, 5 years with
the Social Security
Administration's Office
of Hearings and Appeals.
Her experience also
includes private law
practice in western
Colorado, serving
9 years as a U.S.
Magistrate Judge,
primarily in Grand
Junction and in Denver,
and 4 years as a prosecutor.
Judge Clifton received
her BA from the University
of Florida and JD
from the University
of Denver College
of Law.
Administrative
Law Judge Peter M.
Davenport
Judge Peter M. Davenport
joined OALJ on January
10, 2005. He became
an ALJ in 1994, serving
with Social Security's
Office of Hearings
and Appeals, first
in Paducah, Kentucky
and then in Lexington,
Kentucky. Prior to
becoming an ALJ, he
was an Assistant United
States Attorney for
the Eastern District
of Kentucky (1983-1994)
and was in private
practice in Lexington,
Kentucky. He is a
graduate of the University
of Kentucky, the University
of Kentucky College
of Law and has a LLM
from George Washington
University.