Early life,education,and career
Born in Kalidjati,West Java,Indonesia,Bruggink became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1960. [1] He received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Auburn University in 1971,cum laude, [1] a Master of Arts in speech from that institution the following year, [1] and a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1975, [2] where he was a Hugo Black Scholar and Note and Comments Editor of the Alabama Law Review. [1]
He was a law clerk to Judge Frank Hampton McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama from 1975 to 1976, [2] and then entered private practice as an associate with the firm of Hardwick,Hause &Segrest in Dothan,Alabama from 1976 to 1977. [1] He was an assistant director of the Alabama Law Institute from 1977 to 1979,during which time he established the Office of Energy and Environmental Law and served as its first director. [1] He then returned to private practice as an associate with the law firm of Steiner,Crum &Baker in Montgomery,Alabama until 1982. [1] Bruggink was appointed Director,Office of Appeals Counsel of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board in November 1982,and served in that position until his appointment as judge of the Court of Federal Claims. [1]
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