Bohdan Futey

Judge Futey was nominated Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims on January 30, 1987, and entered on duty May 8, 1987.  He graduated from Western Reserve University receiving a B.A. in 1962 and an M.A. in 1964; he received a Doctor of Law degree from Cleveland Marshall Law School in 1968.

Judge Futey formerly served as Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States from May 1984 until his appointment to the Federal bench.  Previously he was partner in the law firm of Bazarko, Futey and Oryshkewych, 1975 – 1984; Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Cleveland, 1974-75; Chief Assistant Police Prosecutor, City of Cleveland, 1972-74; and a partner in the law firm of Futey & Rakowsky, 1968 – 1972.

He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Ukrainian American Bar Association.  He is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, the U.S. District Court of Northern Ohio, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Judge Futey has been actively involved with Democratization and Rule of Law programs since 1991 organized by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Department of State, and USAID in Ukraine.  He has participated in judicial exchange programs, seminars, and workshops and has been a consultant to the working group on Ukraine’s Constitution and Ukrainian Parliament.  He also served as an official observer during the Parliamentary elections in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 , 2012 and 2015 and Presidential elections in 1994, 1999, 2004, 2010 and 2014; conducted briefings on Ukraine’s Election Law and guidelines for international observers. Judge Futey was an advisor for democracy programs to the International Republican Institute (IRI), the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), and the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation.

Judge Futey is a visiting professor at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy teaching Comparative Legal Systems to LLM students at the Law School.  Also, he is a professor at the Ukrainian Free University in Munich.  He has lectured at Passau University, Germany; Kyiv State University; Lviv University; Precarpathian University, Ivan-Frankivsk; and at the Transcarpathain State University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.

Judge Futey has authored three books and more than 40 articles, focused on the democracy development in Ukraine.