Comment by afarrell

yes, at a certain point in the sophistication of the economy, there should be some system that leads us to have a few judges who have reasonable expertise in one area or industry (aside from bankruptcy and of course the law). I suspect that the hard part here is avoiding the same type of regulatory capture that you see with executive agencies. Both Wheeler and Pai worked in the telecom industry before leading the FCC. I suspect that the fact that judges are appointed for live/good behavior would help a bit with this.

I think this has happened by coincidence a few times actually. I know that back in the early 1800s, the District of Massachusetts handled a ton of fishing/whaling related cases.