Catharine F. Easterly
Catharine F. Easterly | |
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| Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals | |
| Assumed office February 10, 2012 | |
| Nominated by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Noël A. Kramer[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catharine Friend Easterly December 18, 1970[2] Boston, Massachusetts[3] |
| Spouse | Aaron Zebley[4][5] |
| Relatives | Harry Easterly (grandfather) [6] Littleberry Mosby (7th great-grandfather) [10] |
| Education | Yale College (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Catharine Friend Easterly (born December 18, 1970) is an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia.
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Easterly was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Harry and Patsy Easterly, and raised in Richmond, Virginia, where she graduated from St. Catherine's School. She majored in history at Yale College, graduating in 1992, and received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996. She has three siblings.[5]
Career[edit]
During her law school summers Easterly worked at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. After law school, Easterly worked as an appellate public defender in New York for four and a half years, first at the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County and then at the Office of the Appellate Defender in New York City.[2]
From 2001 to 2003, Easterly practiced civil and criminal litigation at a law firm in New York and then as a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C. During this period her clients included the Metropolitan Opera.[2] In April 2003, she returned to D.C.'s Public Defender Service, where she worked in the Special Litigation Division until she was appointed to the bench. In that role she litigated civil and criminal cases, wrote amicus briefs, and testified before the Council of the District of Columbia.[citation needed]
Easterly was nominated for the D.C. Court of Appeals by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011,[11] and confirmed by the Senate on November 18, 2011.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Easterly is married to American attorney and former FBI special agent Aaron Zebley. They have two daughters.[5] Jen Easterly is her sister-in-law.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, jnc.dc.gov. Accessed March 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c Testimony of Catharine Easterly, nominee for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- ^ "Official bio of Catharine F. Easterly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Opening Statement of Catharine F. Easterly, nominee to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, September 23, 2011". Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ a b c Profile, govinfo.gov. Accessed March 20, 2024.
- ^ "Harry Watkey Easterly Jr. Obituary (2005) Richmond Times-Dispatch". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
- ^ President Obama Nominates Catherine Friend Easterly for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. Accessed March 20, 2024.
- ^ U.S. Senate Confirms Nominations of Corinne A. Beckwith and Catharine F. Easterly to Court of Appeals
- ^ "Weddings/Celebrations: Jennie Koch, Jason Easterly". The New York Times. April 4, 2004. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
External links[edit]
- Official bio of Judge Easterly Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
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