Former Court of International Trade Judge Richard Goldberg of Lake Melissa, North Dakota, died July 18, according to the court. He was 95. Following a stint as assistant state's attorney for Cass County, North Dakota, Goldberg was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps, then worked as an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., before returning to Fargo to run his family's grain business until it was sold to Anheuser-Busch in 1983. Goldberg was elected to the state Senate in North Dakota four times. During the Ronald Reagan administration he served as deputy undersecretary for international affairs and commodity programs in the Department of Agriculture, later becoming undersecretary. President George H.W. Bush appointed him to CIT, where he served for more than three decades. Survivors include his wife, Mary, son, John, and daughter, Julie.
Court of International Trade Senior Judge Kenton Musgrave died in his home state of Florida on March 14, the court announced. He was 95. President Ronald Reagan appointed Musgrave to the trade court in 1987, and he was in active service for 10 years; he was given senior status in 1997. Musgrave's previous positions included assistant general counsel for Lockheed Aircraft and Lockheed International and vice president-general counsel for Mattel. He is survived by his daughter, Ruth Musgrave Warren, and her two children.
Richard “Dick” Belanger, longtime and prominent customs lawyer, died Nov. 25 of cancer. He was 75. Belanger, a Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient, began his career with the U.S. Customs Service before moving to Sharretts Paley, Powell Goldstein and then Sidley Austin, where he retired after 20 years.