Workedin the front line of adjudgementfor many years. Judgeda lotofimportantanddifficultintellectualpropertyand bargaining cases which carried weight as a chief umpire.
"There's a lot of common sense and good judgment we're looking for, and it's not easy to find, " says Rich Kaufman, former professional chair umpire, current director of officials for the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) and chiefumpire at the U.S. Open.