- Judith Ann Wilson Rogers
Judith Ann Wilson Rogers (born
1939 ,New York City ) is ajudge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit . She was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton to replace current Associate JusticeClarence Thomas and is the first African-American female to sit on the circuit. She joined the circuit in1994 .She received an A.B. from
Radcliffe College in 1961, J.D. fromHarvard Law School in 1964 and anLL.M. from theUniversity of Virginia in 1988. She clerked on the Juvenile Court of theDistrict of Columbia and then worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia for three years.She worked in various legal jobs for the federal government and city of
Washington, D.C. throughout the 1970s, including as a special assistant for legislation in the Office of the Mayor, primarily underWalter Washington , from 1974-1979. She then worked as the corporation counsel to the city from 1979-1983.She was a judge on the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 1983-1988 and was its chief judge from 1988-1994.External links
* [http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2041 Federal Judicial Center Profile]
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