Edward D. Re, Distinguished Professor of Law at St. John's University, Chief Judge Emeritus of the United States Court of International Trade, served in the administrations of both President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and as Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States. He was appointed a federal judge by President Johnson in 1968, and, by appointment of President Carter, served as Chief Judge from 1977 to his retirement from the federal bench in 1991. Among other books, he is the author of Remedies (Foundation Press), and Freedom's Prophet (Oceana Publications, Inc.) a liber amicorum in honor of Professor Zechariah Chafee, Jr.
Joseph R. Re is a graduate of Rutgers University College of Engineering, and St. John's University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He served as law clerk to the Honorable Howard T. Markey, Chief Judge of the United States court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and is a partner in the law firm of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear of Newport Beach, California, where he manages an intellectual property litigation practice. He is a member of the New York and California bars.