Ellen Segal Huvelle

Ellen Segal Huvelle is a federal judge sitting in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.cite news
url=http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/huvelle-bio.html
title=Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle
publisher=United States Department of Justice
accessdate=2008-06-11
quote=] She has overseen several significant cases. In a case decided in May of 2001, Huvelle "upheld federal regulations that restrict the sale of consumers' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers."cite news
url=http://money.cnn.com/2001/05/16/living/q_bankrate/
title= For privacy, opt out: Protect your private information from stalkers, telemarketers, identity thieves
publisher=CNN Money
author=Holden Lewis
date=May 16, 2001
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=] Later that year, Huvelle heard requests by family members of Vince Foster seeking access to pictures of his body taken after his death. In November 2005, she accepted the guilty plea in the high-profile prosectution of lobbyist Michael Scanlon.

Huvelle was appointed to the United States District Court in October 1999. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1970, a Masters in City Planning from Yale University in 1972, and a J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1975. Following law school, she served as law clerk to Chief Justice Edward F. Hennessey of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. From 1976 until 1984, Judge Huvelle was an associate at the firm of Williams & Connolly and in 1984, she became a partner at that firm. She was appointed Associate Judge of the D.C. Superior Court in September 1990 and served in the Civil, Criminal and Family Divisions until her appointment to the federal bench. Judge Huvelle has been a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a member of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, and has taught trial practice at Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop and at the University of Virginia School of Law.cite news
url=http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/huvelle-bio.html
title=Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle
publisher=United States Department of Justice
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

In 1983 Huvelle was one of three attorneys who drafted an amicus brief on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America in the landmark case of "Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.".

As a partner at Williams & Connolly, Huvelle represented several notable clients including hotel magnate Leona Helmsley and fight promoter Don King. Huvelle is married to labor lawyer Jeffrey Huvelle.

Senator Patrick Leahy cited the long delays in Huvelle's confirmationas US District Court Judge as a troubling example of problems in the confirmation process.cite news
url=http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200112/121101b.html
title=Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on Judicial Nominations
publisher=United States Senate
author=Patrick Leahy
date=December 11, 2001
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

Judicial opinions

Privacy and "opt out"

According to "CNN" Huvelle played a key role in ensuring that ordinary consumers can opt out of information collection on their personal information.cite news
url=http://money.cnn.com/2001/05/16/living/q_bankrate/
title= For privacy, opt out: Protect your private information from stalkers, telemarketers, identity thieves
publisher=CNN Money
author=Holden Lewis
date=May 16, 2001
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

A.C.L.U. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

Huvelle ruled on "A.C.L.U. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice", 265 F.Supp.2d 20.cite news
url=http://www.fedcrimlaw.com/visitors/punchltd/2003/08-18-03.html
title=A.C.L.U. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 265 F.Supp.2d 20 (D.D.C. 2003)
publisher=Punch & Jurists weekly newsletter
volume=10
issue=33
date=August 18 2003
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

Murat Kurnaz v. George W. Bush

Huvelle made a ruling on Guantanamo captive Murat Kurnaz's habeas corpus petition in "Murat Kurnaz v. George W. Bush".cite news
url=http://www.pegc.us/archive/Kurnaz_v_Bush/order_ESH_20050411.pdf
title=Murat Kurnaz v. George W. Bush
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=
date=April 12, 2005
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

XM Radio

In the summer of 2006Huvelle amalgamated related cases into a class action against "In re XM Satellite Radio Holdings Securities Litigation", C.A. No. 06-0802.cite news
url=http://bankrupt.com/CAR_Public/061027.mbx
title=XM SATELLITE: Consolidated Complaint in D.C. Stock Suit Filed
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publisher=bankrupt.com
author=
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accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

former Interior Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles

Huvelle ruled on the sentencing of former Interior Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles.cite news
url=http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/ethics/index.html
title=ETHICS: Griles seeks community service with motorized-recreation group
page=
pages=
publisher=Project on Government Oversight
author=Dan Berman
date=June 16, 2007
accessdate=2008-05-08
quote=]

References

External links

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publisher=Legal Times
author=Emma Schwartz
date=January 17, 2007
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