September 16 18 , 2016

1. The Judiciary September 16 18, 2016

2. The Honorable Eric V. Moyé • Harvard Law School Class of 1979 “We Live to Serve”

3. HLS Black Alumni in the Judiciary

4. HLS Black Alumni in the Judiciary

5. Honorable George N. Leighton (Ret.) Senior Judge on U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Harvard Law School Class of 1943 Howard University Class of 1940 Judge, First District Appellate Court of Illinois (1969–1976) Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County (1964–1969) Master in Chancery, Circuit Court of Cook County (1960–1964) Assistant State Attorney General of Illinois (1949–1951)

6. Honorable George N. Leighton (Ret.)

7. Honorable Dennis Edwards, Jr. Judge, Court of Claims, New York Harvard Law School Class of 1944

8. Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr. Judge, General Sessions bench, Memphis, Tennessee Harvard Law School Class of 1953 Rutgers University Class of 1950 Referee, Memphis Juvenile Court system (1976–1987)

9. Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr.

10. Honorable Theodore R. Newman, Jr. (Ret.) Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, District of Washington, D.C. Harvard Law School Class of 1958 Brown University Class of 1955 Associate Justice, Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1970–1976)

11. Honorable Theodore R. Newman, Jr. (Ret.)

12. Honorable Judith W. Rogers Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Washington, D.C. Harvard Law School Class of 1964 Radcliffe College Class of 1961 Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1988–1994) Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1983–1988)

13. Honorable Judith W. Rogers

14. Honorable Robert Mack Bell (Ret.) Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals (1991–2014) Harvard Law School Class of 1969 Morgan State University Class of 1966 Judge, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (1984–1991) Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore (1980–1984) Judge, District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City (1975–1980)

15. Honorable Robert Mack Bell (Ret.)

16. Honorable Ulysses W. Boykin Judge, State of Michigan Circuit Court, Third Circuit Harvard Law School Class of 1970 Hampton University Class of 1967

17. Honorable Rudolph F. Pierce Former Associate Justice of Massachusetts Superior Court Harvard Law School Class of 1970 Hampton University Class of 1967 U.S. Magistrate

18. Honorable Rudolph F. Pierce

19. Honorable Deborah A. Batts Senior Judge,U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1972 Radcliffe College (A.B., 1969) Law Clerk,Honorable Lawrence Pierce, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1972–1973)

20. Honorable Deborah A. Batts

21. Honorable Deborah A. Batts Excerpted from an interview conducted by The HistoryMakers … Explains her legal philosophy: “If, if I have an ultimate goal as a judge, it’s to make sure that I’m fair. That if I have any preconceived ideas about a, a, a case or a topic that, that is set aside. And I am conscious of it but it does not inform the opinion.” Explains how her personal identity informs her legal philosophy: “I’m African American, I’m a woman, and I’m gay. So I encompass three different experiences, if you will, in, in our society. And how that informs the way that I view a defendant or a plaintiff is, I mean, it, it, is there. It does not influence the result but it certainly influences how I view the person as they’re brought before me.”

22. Honorable Deborah A. Batts

23. Honorable Marie Oliver Jackson District Court Judge, Massachusetts Harvard Law School Class of 1972 Mount Holyoke College Class of 1969 Special Justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court Presiding Justice of the Woburn District Court

24. Honorable Marie Oliver Jackson

25. Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. (Ret.) Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Washington, D.C. Harvard Law School Class of 1973 Princeton University Class of 1970 Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1979–1997) U.S. Magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1976–1979)

26. Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. (Ret.)

27. Honorable Theodore Roosevelt Sherrod, Jr. Administrative Law Judge with the Illinois Department of Revenue’s Office, Illinois Harvard Law School Class of 1973

28. Honorable R. Townsend Robinson Picture Not Available Deputy Assistant Director for Judges Programs, The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Harvard Law School Class of 1974

29. Honorable James Randolph Spencer Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Assumed Senior Status in March 2014 Harvard Law School Class of 1974 Clark Atlanta University Class of 1971

30. Honorable Julia Dobbs Gibbs Administrative Law Judge, Falls Church, Virginia Harvard Law School Class of 1975 Wellesley College

31. Honorable Julia Dobbs Gibbs

32. Honorable Alford J. Dempsey, Jr. Judge, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia  Harvard Law School Class of 1976 Morehouse College Class of 1972 Judge of the Magistrate Court of Fulton County (1992–1995)

33. Honorable Alford J. Dempsey, Jr. Excerpted from an interview conducted by The HistoryMakers … Recalls his first day as a judge on the Fulton County Superior Court: “Well, I came in and I go out and get on the bench, and I’m sitting there, and I’m looking around. And I’m just looking around and the sheriff comes on over after a little bit and says, he leans over and says, Judge, you got to start the court (laughter). And so I had, I was sitting there and forgot that I had to start court, you know. And so, it was a great way (laughter) to start a career.” Reflects on his service as a judge: “I was called to the, to be a judge. I wasn’t, that wasn’t my goal, it wasn’t my objective. But like a lot of things, when folk in the community said, Dempsey, you need to do this for us, that’s why I got involved in this.”

34. Honorable Alford J. Dempsey, Jr.

35. Honorable Henry W. McCoy Chief Administrative Law Judge at Dept. of Employment Services, Washington, D.C. Harvard Law School Class of 1976 Howard University Class of 1973

36. Honorable Abraham P. Jones Former Supreme Court Judge, State of North Carolina Harvard Law School Class of 1977 Harvard College Class of 1974 Judge, North Carolina Superior Court

37. Honorable Abraham P. Jones

38. Honorable William F. Kuntz, II Picture Not Available Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1977 Harvard College Class of 1972

39. Honorable Robert P. Young, Jr. Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Harvard Law School Class of 1977 Harvard College Class of 1974 Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals (1995–1999)

40. Honorable Robert P. Young, Jr.

41. Honorable Fern A. Fisher Deputy Chief Administrative Judge, New York City Courts and Director of New York State Access to Justice Program Harvard Law School Class of 1978 Howard University Class of 1975 Housing Court Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York and Kings Counties (1989–1990); Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York (1990–1993); Supreme Court Justice, New York County (1993-2007; 2008–present); Administrative Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York (1994–2009)

42. Honorable Fern A. Fisher

43. Honorable William McKinley Jackson Presiding Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. Harvard Law School Class of 1978 Brown University Class of 1975

44. Honorable Jacques C. Leroy (Ret.) District Court, Springfield District, Massachusetts Harvard Law School Class of 1978 College Saint Martial Class of 1965 Administrative Justice, Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents

45. Honorable Zoe A. Bush Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. Harvard Law School Class of 1979 Wellesley College Class of 1976 Chief Administrative Judge, Board of Contract Appeals for the District of Columbia Presiding Judge, Family Court of the District of Columbia