Congressional Directory for the 117th Congress (2021-2022), October 2022.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse
333 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 2002, Washington, DC 20001
phone (202) 354-3320, fax 354-3412
BERYL A. HOWELL, chief judge; born in Fort Benning, GA; daughter of
Col. (Ret.) Leamon and Ruth Howell; Killeen High School, Killeen, TX,
1974; B.A. with honors in philosophy, Bryn Mawr College (president and
member, Honor Board, 1976-78); J.D., Columbia University School of Law,
1983 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1981-82; International Fellows
Program, 1982-83, Transnational Law Journal, notes editor); law clerk to
Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, District of New Jersey, 1983-84; litigation
associate, Schulte, Roth and Zabel, 1985-87; Assistant United States
Attorney, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New
York, 1987-93; Deputy Chief, Narcotics Section, 1990-93; Senior Counsel,
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and
the Law, 1993-94; Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition, 1995-96;
General Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1997-2003;
Executive Managing Director and General Counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-
09; Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission, 2004-11; Member,
Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency, 2008; Adjunct
Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of Law, 2010;
appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
President Obama on December 27, 2010, took oath of office on January 21,
2011; became Chief Judge in March 2016; appointed by Chief Justice
Roberts to serve on the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Committee on
Information Technology, 2013-16, and to the Judicial Conference, 2016-
present. Awards include U.S. Attorney's Special Achievement Award for
Sustained Superior Performance, 1990, 1991; Drug Enforcement
Administration Commendations, 1990, 1992, 1993; Attorney General's
Director's Award for Superior Performance, 1991; Federal Bureau of
Investigation Award and New York City Department of Investigation Award
for public corruption investigation and prosecution, 1992; Freedom of
Information Hall of Fame, 2001; First Amendment Award, Society of
Professional Journalists, 2004; Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director's Award, 2006; Book chapters and law review article
publications include Seven Weeks: The Making of the USA PATRIOT Act, The
George Washington Law Review, 2004; FISA's Fruits in Criminal Cases: An
Opportunity for Improved Accountability, UCLA Journal of International
Law and Foreign Affairs, 2007; Book Chapters include: Real World
Problems of Virtual Crime, in Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked
Environment, 2007; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Has the
Solution Become the Problem, in Protecting What Matters: Technology,
Security, and Liberty Since 9/11, 2006; and articles in the New York Law
Journal, Journal of Internet Law, Vermont Bar Journal, and Yale Journal
of Law and Technology.
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, judge; born in New York, NY; daughter of
Konstantine and Irene Kollar; attended bilingual schools in Mexico,
Ecuador, and Venezuela and Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in
Washington, DC; received B.A. degree in English at Catholic University
(Delta Epsilon Honor Society); received J.D. at Catholic University's
Columbus School of Law (Moot Court Board of Governors); law clerk to
Hon. Catherine B. Kelly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1968-69;
attorney, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division,
Appellate Section, 1969-72; chief legal counsel, Saint Elizabeths
Hospital, Department of Health and Human Services, 1972-84; received
Saint Elizabeths Hospital Certificate of Appreciation, 1981; Meritorious
Achievement Award from Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health
Administration (ADAMHA), Department of Health and Human Services, 1981;
appointed judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President
Reagan, October 3, 1984, took oath of office October 21, 1984; served as
Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, January 1996-April 1997;
received Achievement Recognition Award, Hispanic Heritage CORO Awards
Celebration, 1996; appointed judge, U.S. District Court
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for the District of Columbia by President Clinton on March 26, 1997,
took oath of office May 12, 1997; appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist
to serve on the Financial Disclosure Committee, 2000-02; presiding judge
of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2002-09;
appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to the Judicial Resources
Committee of the Judicial Conference, 2009-16; appointed by Chief Judge
Beryl A. Howell to the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial
Disabilities and Tenure, 2017.
JAMES E. BOASBERG, judge; born in San Francisco, CA, 1963; son of
Emanuel Boasberg III and Sarah Szold Boasberg; graduated St. Albans
School, Washington, DC, 1981; B.A., magna cum laude, in history from
Yale College, 1985; M.St. in modern European history from Oxford
University, 1986; J.D. from Yale Law School, 1990; law clerk to Judge
Dorothy W. Nelson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,
1990-91; associate, Keker and Van Nest in San Francisco, CA, 1991-94;
associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd and Evans in Washington, DC,
1995-96; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,
1996-2002; visiting lecturer, George Washington Law School, 2003;
Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, 2002-11; United
States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 2011-present;
appointed to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, May 2014.
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, judge; appointed March of 2011; prior to
joining the Court, engaged in private practice in Washington, DC, as a
member of Trout Cacheris, specializing in complex criminal and civil
trials and appeals; earlier, partner at Venable, Baetjer, Howard, and
Civiletti; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of
Columbia, 1980-86; received Department of Justice Special Achievement
Awards for work on murder and sexual assault cases; J.D., cum laude,
Harvard Law School, 1979; A.B., cum laude, Harvard College, 1976; law
clerk to the Honorable Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; lectured on corporate criminal
investigations and has been a regular teacher at the National Institute
of Trial Advocacy, the Georgetown University Law Center CLE Intensive
Session in Trial Advocacy Skills, and the Harvard Law School Trial
Advocacy workshop; while in private practice, was elected to serve as a
DC Bar delegate to the ABA House of Delegates; active in the ABA
Litigation Section, the ABA Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime
Committee, and DC Bar and Women's Bar Association committee activities;
member of the Parent Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Council
on Developmental and Learning Disorders; served on the Board of the DC
Rape Crisis Center and other educational and community organizations.
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, judge; appointed to the District Court in March
2012. In April 2016, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Contreras to
the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term
starting May 19, 2016. Prior to joining the District Court, Judge
Contreras served from 2006 to 2012 as the Chief of the Civil Division of
the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Columbia. In that
capacity, he supervised 39 Assistant United States Attorneys who defend
and bring civil cases on behalf of the United States. Judge Contreras
was awarded his B.S. from Florida State University in 1984 and his J.D.,
cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1991, where
he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Editor of the University of
Pennsylvania Law Review. Following law school, Judge Contreras joined
the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, where he was an Associate
in the General Litigation Group. In 1994, Judge Contreras joined the
United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia as an
Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division, where he was
responsible for a wide array of cases, including employment, Federal
Tort Claims Act, Administrative Procedure Act, Bivens and Affirmative
Civil Enforcement matters. In 2003, Judge Contreras left the DC Office
to become the Chief of the Civil Division for the United States
Attorney's Office in Delaware, where he oversaw that civil program and
personally handled a wide variety of matters, including environmental
and health care fraud cases.
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, judge; born in Mobile, AL, 1966; son of
Paulette Reid Cooper and William Madison Cooper; graduated Trinity
Preparatory School, Winter Park, Florida, 1984; B.A., summa cum laude,
in economics and political science, Yale University, 1988, and member of
Phi Beta Kappa; research analyst, Strategic Planning Associates,
Washington, DC, 1988-90; J.D., with distinction, Stanford Law School,
1993; president, Volume 45, Stanford Law Review, 1992-93; board member,
East Palo Alto Community Law Project, 1992-93; law clerk to then-Chief
Judge Abner J. Mikva, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, 1993-94; United States Department of Justice, Special Assistant
to the Deputy Attorney General, Washington, DC, 1994-96; associate
(1996-2000) and partner (2000), Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin LLC,
Washington, DC; partner, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC (2000-10) and
London (2010-12); partner, Covington and Burling
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LLP, London (2012-13) and Washington, DC (2013-14); appointed to the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 28,
2014.
TANYA S. CHUTKAN, judge; born in Kingston, Jamaica; daughter of Dr.
Winston Chutkan and Noelle Chutkan, Esq.; B.A., George Washington
University, 1983; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1987
(associate editor, Law Review; Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Fellow);
associate, Hogan and Hartson LLP, 1987-90; associate, Donovan, Leisure,
Rogovin, Huge and Schiller, 1990-91; staff attorney and supervisor,
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1991-2002; counsel
and partner, Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, 2002-14; steering
committee, Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section of the District of
Columbia Bar, 2000-03; nominated judge, U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia by President Obama; confirmed by the Senate on June
4, 2014; took the oath of office on July 25, 2014.
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, judge; born in Springfield, OH, 1961; son of Dr.
Howard A. Moss and Adrienne Moss. A.B., summa cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa, philosophy, Hamilton College in 1983; J.D., Yale Law School,
1986; law clerk to Judge Pierre Leval, United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York, 1986-87; law clerk to Justice John
Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court, 1988-89; private practice at
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, first as associate then as partner, 1989-
96; Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, 1996-2001; Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, 1996-98; Acting Assistant Attorney General,
1998-2000; Assistant Attorney General, 2000-01; partner, Wilmer, Cutler,
Pickering, Hale and Dorr, 2001-14; chair of the firm's Regulatory and
Government Affairs Department; confirmed to the bench November 2014.
AMIT MEHTA, judge; born in Patan, India; son of Priyavadan and
Ragini Mehta; B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in political
science and economics, Georgetown University, 1993; J.D., Order of the
Coif, University of Virginia, 1997; law clerk to Judge Susan P. Graber,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-1999;
associate, counsel and partner, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, 1999-2002, 2007-
14; staff attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of
Columbia, 2002-07; judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia, 2014-present.
TIMOTHY J. KELLY, judge; born in Glen Cove, NY, 1969; son of
Timothy Noel Kelly and Helen Ann Kelly (Stevens); graduated Delbarton
School, Morristown, NJ, 1987; A.B., cum laude, Duke University, 1991;
J.D., Georgetown University, 1997; Senior Associate Editor, American
Criminal Law Review, 1996-97; associate, Arnold & Porter, Washington,
DC, 1997-2001, 2002-03; loaned associate to the Legal Aid Society of the
District of Columbia, 1999-2000; law clerk to the Honorable Ronald L.
Buckwalter, United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, 2001-02; Assistant United States Attorney for the District
of Columbia, 2003-07; trial attorney, Public Integrity Section, Criminal
Division, United States Department of Justice, 2007-13; Recipient of the
Assistant Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service, 2012;
treasurer, District of Columbia Bar's Criminal Law and Individual Rights
Section Steering Committee, 2013-16; chief counsel for National Security
and Senior Crime Counsel to ranking member (2013-14) and chairman (2015-
17) Charles E. Grassley of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary;
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 2017-present.
TREVOR N. McFADDEN, judge; born in Alexandria, VA, 1978; son of
William J. and Carol (Prester) McFadden; attended the American School in
London and Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA; B.A., magna cum
laude, in English and political science, from Wheaton College, IL, 2001;
J.D., Order of the Coif and Virginia Law Review, University of Virginia,
2006; law clerk to Judge Steven M. Colloton, United States Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2006-07; counsel to the Deputy Attorney
General, United States Department of Justice, 2007-09; Assistant United
States Attorney, District of Columbia, 2009-13; associate and partner,
Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Washington, DC, 2013-17; acting Principal Deputy
Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United
States Department of Justice Criminal Division, 2017; confirmed to the
bench October 2017.
DABNEY L. FRIEDRICH, judge; B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
economics, Trinity University, 1988; diploma in legal studies from
University College, Oxford University, 1989; J.D., Yale Law School,
1992; law clerk to Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia, 1992-94; associate, Latham & Watkins
in San Diego, CA, 1994-95; Assistant United States Attorney for the
Southern District of California, 1995-98; Assistant United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-2002; counsel to
ranking member and chairman Orrin G. Hatch of the U.S. Senate Committee
on the Judiciary, 2002-03; associate counsel to President George W.
Bush, 2003-
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06; member, United States Sentencing Commission, 2006-17; adjunct law
professor, George Washington Law School, 2014; United States District
Judge for the District of Columbia, December 2017-present.
CARL J. NICHOLS, judge; B.A., cum laude and with high honors in
Philosophy, Dartmouth College, 1992; J.D., with high honors and Order of
the Coif, The University of Chicago Law School, 1996; law clerk to Judge
Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia, 1996-97; law clerk to Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of
the United States, 1997-98; associate and partner, Boies, Schiller &
Flexner LLP, 1998-2005; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-08; Principal Deputy
Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2008-09;
partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr LLP, 2010-19; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, June 2019-present.
SENIOR JUDGES
THOMAS F. HOGAN, senior judge; born in Washington, DC, 1938; son of
Adm. Bartholomew W. (MC) (USN) Surgeon Gen., USN, 1956-62, and Grace
(Gloninger) Hogan; Georgetown Preparatory School, 1956; A.B., Georgetown
University (classical), 1960; master's program, American and English
literature, George Washington University, 1960-62; J.D., Georgetown
University, 1965-66; Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, Georgetown
University Law Center, May 1999; St. Thomas More Fellow, Georgetown
University Law Center, 1965-66; American Jurisprudence Award:
Corporation Law; member, bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland;
law clerk to Hon. William B. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia, 1966-67; counsel, Federal Commission on Reform of Federal
Criminal Laws, 1967-68; private practice of law in the District of
Columbia and Maryland, 1968-82; adjunct professor of law, Potomac School
of Law, 1977-79; adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law
Center, 1986-88; public member, officer evaluation board, U.S. Foreign
Service, 1973; member: American Bar Association, State Chairman,
Maryland Drug Abuse Education Program, Young Lawyers Section (1970-73),
District of Columbia Bar Association, Bar Association of the District of
Columbia, Maryland State Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar
Association, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Defense Research
Institute, The Barristers, The Lawyers Club; chairman, board of
directors, Christ Child Institute for Emotionally Ill Children, 1971-74;
served on many committees; USDC Executive Committee; Conference
Committee on Administration of Federal Magistrates System, 1988-91;
chairman, Inter-Circuit Assignment Committee, 1990-96; appointed judge
of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President
Reagan on October 4, 1982; chief judge, June 19, 2001; member: Judicial
Conference of the United States, 2001-08; Executive Committee of the
Judicial Conference, July 2001-08, Chair 2005-08; Edward J. Devitt
Distinguished Service to Justice Award, 2011; Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2011-13; member,
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2009-16, Presiding Judge, 2014-
16.
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, senior judge; born in San Antonio, TX, 1943; son
of Nell Elizabeth Synder and Larimore S. Lamberth, Sr.; South San
Antonio High School, 1961; B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1966;
LL.B., University of Texas School of Law, 1967; permanent president,
class of 1967, University of Texas School of Law; U.S. Army (Captain,
Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1968-74; Vietnam Service Medal, Air
Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with
Oak Leaf Cluster); Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1974-
87 (chief, Civil Division, 1978-87); President's Reorganization Project,
Federal Legal Representation Study, 1978-79; honorary faculty, Army
Judge Advocate General's School, 1976; Attorney General's Special
Commendation Award; Attorney General's John Marshall Award, 1982; vice
chairman, Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee, Section on
Administrative Law, American Bar Association, 1979-82, chairman, 1983-
84; chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1989-91; co-chairman,
Committee of Article III Judges, Judiciary Section 1989-present;
chairman, Federal Litigation Section, 1986-87; chairman, Federal Rules
Committee, 1985-86; deputy chairman, Council of the Federal Lawyer,
1980-83; chairman, Career Service Committee, Federal Bar Association,
1978-80; appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia by President Reagan, November 16, 1987; appointed by Chief
Justice Rehnquist to be presiding judge of the United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1995-2002.
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, senior judge; born in Buffalo, NY, 1944; son of
Cecil A. and Charlotte Wagner Friedman; B.A., political science, Cornell
University, 1965; J.D., cum laude, School of Law, State University of
New York at Buffalo, 1968; admitted to the bars of the District of
Columbia, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Courts of Appeals
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for the D.C., Federal, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh
Circuits; law clerk to Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia, 1968-69; law clerk to Judge Roger
Robb, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-
70; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1970-74;
assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, 1974-76;
associate independent counsel, Iran-Contra investigation, 1987-88;
private law practice, White and Case, partner, 1979-94; associate, 1976-
79; member: American Bar Association, Commission on Multidisciplinary
Practice, 1998-2000, District of Columbia Bar (president, 1986-87),
American Law Institute (1984) and ALI Council, 1998-present (member of
Executive Committee as Secretary, 2013-present), American Academy of
Appellate Lawyers, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Women's
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Washington Bar Association,
Hispanic Bar Association, Assistant United States Attorneys Association
of the District of Columbia (president, 1976-77), Civil Justice Reform
Act Advisory Group (chair, 1991-94), District of Columbia Judicial
Nomination Commission (member, 1990-94; chair, 1992-94), Advisory
Committee on Procedures, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
(1982-88), Grievance Committee; U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia (member, 1981-87; chair, 1983-85); fellow, American College of
Trial Lawyers; fellow, American Bar Foundation; board of directors:
Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation (president, 1991-94),
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (1988-92), Washington Legal Clinic
for the Homeless (member, 1987-92; vice-president, 1988-91), Stuart
Stiller Memorial Foundation (1980-94), American Judicature Society
(1990-94); board of trustees, District of Columbia Public Defender
Service (1989-92); member: Cosmos Club, Lawyers Club of Washington;
recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award, the University at Buffalo Law
Alumni Association (1998); Civil Justice Award, Academy of Court
Appointed Masters (2007); Judicial Honoree, the 138th Annual Banquet of
the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2009); Buffalo Law
Review Award, the University at Buffalo Law Review (2016); Judge Charles
R. Richey Equal Justice Award, the George Washington University Law
School (2016); appointed judge, U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia by President Clinton, June 16, 1994, and took oath of office
August 1, 1994; U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Federal
Criminal Rules.
REGGIE B. WALTON, judge; born in Donora, PA, 1949; son of the late
Theodore and Ruth (Garard) Walton; B.A., West Virginia State College,
1971; J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 1974;
admitted to the bars of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1974; United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1975;
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1976; United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1977; Supreme Court of the
United States, 1980; United States District Court for the District of
Columbia; Staff Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, 1974-76;
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1976-80;
Chief, Career Criminal Unit, Assistant United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia, 1979-80; Executive Assistant United States
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1980-81; Associate Judge,
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-89; deputy presiding
judge of the Criminal Division, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, 1986-89; Associate Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1989-91; Senior White House
Advisor for Crime, The White House, 1991; Associate Judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001; Presiding Judge of the
Domestic Violence Unit, Superior Court of the District of Columbia,
2000; Presiding Judge of the Family Division, Superior Court of the
District of Columbia, 2001; Instructor: National Judicial College, Reno,
Nevada, 1999-present; Harvard University Law School, Trial Advocacy
Workshop, 1994-present; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Georgetown
University Law School, 1983-present; co-author, Pretrial Drug Testing--
An Essential Component of the National Drug Control Strategy, Brigham
Young University Journal of Public Law (1991); co-author, Business and
Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (4th ed. 2016); co-author, Tough
Cases (2018); Distinguished Alumnus Award, American University,
Washington College of Law (1991); The William H. Hastie Award, The
Judicial Council of the National Bar Association (1993); Commissioned as
a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor (1990, 1991); Governor's Proclamation
declaring April 9, 1991, Judge Reggie B. Walton Day in the State of
Louisiana; The West Virginia State College National Alumni Association
James R. Waddy Meritorious Service Award (1990); Secretary's Award,
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (1990); Outstanding Alumnus
Award, Ringgold High School (1987); Director's Award for Superior
Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney (1980); Profiled in
book entitled Black Judges on Justice: Perspectives From The Bench by
Linn Washington (1995); appointed district judge, United States District
Court for the District of Columbia by President George W. Bush,
September 24, 2001, and took oath of office October 29, 2001; appointed
by President Bush in 2004 to serve as the Chairperson of the National
Prison Rape Reduction Commission, a two-year commission created by the
United States Congress tasked with the mission of identifying methods to
curb the incidents of prison rape; appointed by former
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Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on Judicial Conference Criminal Law
Committee, 2005-11; member, United States Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, 2007-14; Presiding Judge, 2013-14; appointed by
Chief Justice Roberts to serve on Judicial Conference Committee on Court
Administration and Management, 2014-20; appointed by Secretary of
Defense James Mattis to serve on Defense Advisory Committee on
Investigations, Prosecution and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed
Forces, 2017-21; sitting by designation, United States District Court
for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2016-present; assisted in
creation of and presides over reentry court in United States District
Court for the District of Columbia, 2016-present; serves on American Law
Institute Committee on the Model Penal Code for Sexual Assault and
Related Offenses, 2013-present; active youth mentor and participant in
Big Brother program.
JOHN D. BATES, senior judge; born in Elizabeth, NJ, 1946; son of
Richard D. and Sarah (Deacon) Bates; B.A., Wesleyan University, 1968;
J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 1976; U.S. Army (1968-71,
1st Lt., Vietnam Service Medal, Bronze Star); law clerk to Hon. Roszel
Thomsen, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1976-77;
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-97 (Chief, Civil
Division, 1987-97); Director's Award for Superior Performance (1983);
Attorney General's Special commendation Award (1986); Deputy Independent
Counsel, Whitewater Investigation, 1995-97; private practice of law,
Miller and Chevalier (partner, 1998-2001), Chair of Government Contracts
Litigation Department and member of Executive Committee), Steptoe and
Johnson (associate, 1977-80); District of Columbia Circuit Advisory
Committee for Procedures, 1989-93; Civil Justice Reform Committee of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1996-2001; Treasurer,
DC Bar, 1992-93; Publications Committee, DC Bar, 1991-97 (chair, 1994-
97); DC Bar Special Committee on Government Lawyers, 1990-91; DC Bar
Task Force on Civility in the Profession, 1994-96; DC Bar Committee on
Examination of Rule 49, 1995-96; Chair, Litigation Section, Federal Bar
Association, 1986-89; Board of Directors, Washington Lawyers Committee
for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, 1999-2001; appointed to the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia in December, 2001; member,
Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial
Conference, 2003-09; member, United States Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, 2006-13, presiding judge, 2009-13; Director,
Administrative Office of United States Courts, 2013-14; Chairman,
Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2015-2019;
Chair, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure; 2019-
present; adjunct professor, Georgetown Law Center, 2013-2017; adjunct
professor, James Rogers School of Law, University of Arizona, 2017-
present.
RICHARD J. LEON, judge; born in South Natick, MA, 1949; son of
Silvano B. Leon and Rita (O'Rorke) Leon; A.B., Holy Cross College, 1971;
J.D., cum laude, Suffolk Law School, 1974; LL.M., Harvard Law School,
1981; law clerk to Chief Justice McLaughlin and the Associate Justices,
Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1974-75; law clerk to Hon. Thomas F.
Kelleher, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-76; admitted to the bar,
Rhode Island, 1975, and District of Columbia, 1991; Special Assistant
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1977-78; Assistant
Professor of Law, St. John's Law School, New York, 1979-83; Senior Trial
Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
1983-87; Deputy Chief Minority Counsel, U.S. House Select ``Iran-
Contra'' Committee, 1987-88; Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General,
Environment Division, 1988-89; partner, Baker and Hostetler, Washington,
DC, 1989-99; Commissioner, The White House Fellows Commission, 1990-92;
Chief Minority Counsel, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee ``October
Surprise'' Task Force, 1992-93; Special Counsel, U.S. House Banking
Committee ``Whitewater'' Investigation, 1994; Special Counsel, U.S.
House Ethics Reform Task Force, 1997; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown
University Law Center, 1997-present; partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and
Pease, Washington, DC, 1999-2002; Commissioner, Judicial Review
Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-01; master, Edward Bennett
Williams Inn of Court; appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of
Columbia by President George W. Bush on February 19, 2002; took oath of
office on March 20, 2002.
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, senior judge; son of Emmet A. Sullivan and
Eileen G. Sullivan; born in Washington, DC; graduated McKinley High
School, 1964; B.A., Howard University, 1968; J.D., Howard University Law
School, 1971; recipient of Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship, assigned to
the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC, 1971-72; law
clerk to Judge James A. Washington, Jr., 1972-73; joined the law firm of
Houston and Gardner, 1973-80, became a partner; thereafter, was a
partner with Houston, Sullivan and Gardner; board of directors of the DC
Law Students in Court Program; DC Judicial Conference Voluntary
Arbitration Committee; Nominating Committee of the Bar Association of
the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court Committee on Grievances;
adjunct professor at Howard University School of Law; adjunct professor
at American University, Washington College of Law; member: National Bar
Association, Washington Bar Association, Bar Associa
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tion of the District of Columbia; appointed by President Reagan to the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia as an associate judge, 1984;
deputy presiding judge and presiding judge of the probate and tax
division; chairperson of the rules committees for the probate and tax
divisions; member: Court Rules Committee and the Jury Plan Committee;
appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve as an associate judge
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1991; chairperson for the
nineteenth annual judicial conference of the District of Columbia, 1994
(the Conference theme was ``Rejuvenating Juvenile Justice-Responses to
the Problems of Juvenile Violence in the District of Columbia'');
appointed by chief judge Wagner to chair the ``Task Force on Families
and Violence for the District of Columbia Courts''; nominated to the
U.S. District Court by President Clinton on March 22, 1994; and
confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1994; appointed by Chief
Justice Rehnquist to serve on the Judicial Conference of the U.S.
Committee on Criminal Law, 1998-2005; District of Columbia Judicial
Disabilities and Tenure Commission, 1996-2001; chair of the District of
Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission since 2005; appointed by Chief
Justice Roberts to serve on the Judicial Conference of the U.S.
Committee on Space and Facilities, 2012, re-appointed by the Chief
Justice in 2015; only person in the District of Columbia to have been
appointed to three judicial positions by three different U.S.
Presidents; recipient of the Ollie May Cooper Award, awarded by the
Washington Bar Association; the Thurgood Marshall Award of Excellence,
awarded by the Howard University Alumni Association; the Howard
University Distinguished Alumni Award, awarded by the President and
Board of Trustees of Howard University; American Inns of Court
Professionalism Award for the District of Columbia Circuit for 2015; the
National Bar Association's Gertrude E. Rush Award; the Charles Hamilton
Houston Medallion of Merit, awarded by the Washington Bar Association;
named Judge of the Year for 2017 by the Bar Association of the District
of Columbia; founder and current director of the Frederick B. Abramson
Scholarship Foundation.
Officers of the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
Bankruptcy Judge.--Elizabeth L. Gunn.
United States Magistrate Judges: G. Michael Harvey, Robin M.
Meriweather, Zia M. Faruqui.
Clerk of Court.--Angela D. Caesar.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge.--Lisa J. Klem.