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September 16 18, 2016

The Judiciary

Part II

Honorable Zoe A. Bush

Honorable Thomas J. Motley

Judge, Superior Court of the

District of Columbia,

Washington, D.C.

Harvard Law School Class of 1979

Columbia College Class of 1976

Law Clerk, Judge Robert F. Collins

U.S. District Court

for the Eastern District of

Louisiana (1979–1980)


Excerpted from an interview conducted by The HistoryMakers …

Debra Lee, Class of 1980, on the Honorable Thomas J. Motley:

“The fellow I rode up with was named Thomas Motley. And he

ended up being in my section, and has turned out to be, you know,

one of my best friends in life.”

“He’s also a judge here in Washington [D.C.].”

“He’s also a judge here and—which goes to show you he took law

school much more seriously than I did.”

Honorable Eric V. Moyé

Judge, 14th Civil District Court,

Dallas County, Texas


Southern Methodist University

Class of 1976

Honorable Eric V. Moyé

Honorable Gary J. White

Judge, District Superior Court,

Stamford, Connecticut


College of Holy Cross Class of

1976

Presiding Judge, New Haven

Superior Court

Assistant Administrative Judge,

Danbury Superior Court

Honorable Gary J. White

Honorable David K. Getachew-Smith

Judge, Fulton County Juvenile

Court, Georgia


Yale College Class of 1976

Honorable Lee V. Coffee

Criminal Court Judge, State of

Tennessee


Northwestern University Class of

1978

Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals,

Third Circuit



Law Clerk, Hon. Vincent L.

Broderick, U.S. District Court for

the Southern District of New

York

Judge, U.S. District Court for the

District of New Jersey

Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.

Honorable Sharon V. Burrell

Judge, State of Maryland, Sixth

Judicial Circuit


Barnard College Class of 1979

Law Clerk, The Honorable Harry

A. Cole, Court of Appeals of

Maryland, 1982–1983

Honorable Sharon V. Burrell

Honorable Laura Taylor Swain

Judge, U.S. District Court,

Southern District of New York


Harvard-Radcliffe College (B.A., 1979)

Law Clerk, Honorable Constance

Baker Motley, U.S. District Court for

the Southern District of New York

(1982–1983); U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,

Eastern District of New York (1996–2000)

Honorable Laura Taylor Swain

Honorable Robert Raymond Reed

Judge, New York City Family

Court, Bronx County


Stanford University Class of 1981

Civil Court of the City of New

York, New York

Honorable Robert Raymond Reed

Honorable Karen Freeman-Wilson

Former Presiding Judge of the

Gary City Court, Indiana


Harvard College Class of 1982

Honorable Karen Freeman-Wilson

Honorable Lisa White Hardwick

Judge, Missouri Court of

Appeals, Western District,

Missouri


University of Missouri Class of

1982

Circuit Judge, Jackson County

(16th Judicial Circuit)

Honorable Lisa White Hardwick

Honorable Rick E. Lawrence

Judge, Maine District Court,

Lewiston, Maine



Honorable Eric Z. Lucas

Judge, Snohomish County

Superior Court, Washington

State


University of Washington Class of

1981

Administrative Appeals Judge,

Board of the Environmental

Hearing Office

Honorable Maurice A. Ross

Associate Judge of the Superior

Court of the District of

Columbia, Washington, D.C.



Honorable Maurice A. Ross

Honorable Vernon Speede Broderick


Southern District of New York



Honorable Willie J. Lovett, Jr.

Juvenile Court Judge in the

Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Fulton

County, Georgia



Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph W.

Hatchett, U.S. Court of Appeals,

Eleventh Circuit (1988–1989)

Honorable Victor A. Bolden


District of Connecticut



Honorable Victor A. Bolden

Honorable Curtis Vincent Gomez

Judge, U.S. District Court of

the Virgin Islands


George Washington University

Honorable George C. Hanks, Jr.


Southern District of Texas


Louisiana State University Class of

1986

Law Clerk, Judge Sim Lake of the

U.S. District Court for the Southern

District of Texas (1989–1991)

District Judge, 157th Civil District

Court of Texas (2001–2002)

Justice, First Court of Appeals of

Texas (2002–2010)

Honorable George C. Hanks, Jr.

Honorable Robert Leon Wilkins

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals,

District of Washington, D.C.


Rose-Hulman Institute of

Technology Class of 1986

Law Clerk, Judge Earl Gilliam of

the U.S. District Court for the

Southern District of California

Judge, U.S. District Court for the

District of Columbia (2010–2014)

Honorable Robert Leon Wilkins

Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright


District of Minnesota



Law Clerk, Honorable Damon J.

Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals for

the Sixth Circuit

Associate Justice, Minnesota

Supreme Court (2012–2016)

Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright

Honorable Sidney Barthwell, Jr.

Judge, 36th District Court

Magistrate, Detroit, Michigan


Wayne State University Class of

1986

Honorable Tynia D. Richard

Administrative Law Judge, New

York


Washington University Class of

1984

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Honorable Kimberly S. Budd

Judge, Massachusetts Superior

Court


Georgetown University Class of

1988

Law Clerk, Chief Justice in the

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Honorable Donald F. Gaffney

Judge, California Superior Court


California State University, Fullerton

Class of 1988

Honorable Denise Jefferson Casper


District of Massachusetts


Wesleyan University Class of 1990

Law Clerk, Edith W. Fine and J.

Harold Flannery, Massachusetts

Appeals Court (1995–1998)

Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson


District of Columbia,

Washington, D.C.


Harvard College Class of 1992

Law Clerk, Justice Stephen Breyer

of the U.S. Supreme Court (1999–

2000)

Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson

“I work extremely hard to reach the

right result in every case that comes

before me, because I truly believe that

‘to whom much is given, much is

expected.’” –The Honorable Ketanji B. Jackson


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Honorable Sherilyn P. Garnett

Judge, Los Angeles Superior

Court, California


University of California, Riverside

“Good, better, best.

I will never rest until my good is

better and my better is best.”

–The Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.


A Special Thank You to Everyone Who Helped to Create Our

“Visual Celebration” of HLS Alumni!

Visual Arts Committee

Alumni Relations Office

HLS Historical & Special Collections

Lesley Schoenfeld

Karen Suber, Class of 2006, Co-Chair

Julieanna Richardson, Class of 1980, Co-Chair

Elizabeth Carlson, Class of 2017

Kezmen Clifton, Class of 2017

Brandon Hill, Class of 2018

Corinne Irish, Class of 2004

Victor Kwansa, Class of 2011

Amos Jones, Class of 2006

Amanda Lamothe-Cadet, Class of 2018

Berta Matos, Class of 2006

John Matthews III, Class of 2007

Courtney Robinson, Class of 2018

Nina Simmons, Class of 1995

Jillian Simons, Class of 2018

Kristin Turner, Class of 2017

Tyra Walker, Class of 2018

Brandie Weddle, Class of 2006

David White, Class of 2017

Abraham Williamson, Class of 2018

Karen Chance Mercurius, Director

Sarah Bordeleau

Tom Greene

Ute Lutjens

Jackie Martocchio

Peter Mumma

Susan Whelihan

HLS Communications Lorin Granger

Linda Grant

Emily Newburger

Julie Vakoc

Charles Warren Visiting Professor

of American Legal History

Daniel R. Coquillette

A Special Thank You to Everyone Who Helped to

Create Our “Visual Celebration” of HLS Alumni!

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