Corinne Ann Beckwith
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| Corinne Ann Beckwith | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| District of Columbia Court of Appeals | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 11/2011-present |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | Kalamazoo College, B.A. |
| Law School: | University of Michigan Law School |
| Grad. School: | University of Illinois, M.S. |
Corinne Ann Beckwith is a judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She was nominated to the court by Barack Obama and sworn in on February 3, 2012. [1]
Federal judgeship nomination
Beckwith was nominated to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals by President Obama on March 31, 2011.[2] Beckwith is nominated to the seat vacated by Inez Reid. [3] At the time of her nomination, Beckwith was an attorney in the Appellate Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. [2]
Education
Beckwith received her B.A. from Kalamazoo College, her M.S. from University of Illinois and her her J.D. from University of Michigan Law School, where she was Editor in Chief of the Michigan Law Review.[2]
Professional career
- Appellate Attorney for the Public Defender Service, 1999-present
- Division Supervisor, 2009-present
- Law Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens [4]
- Law Clerk to Richard Cudahy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Michigan public defender
- Instructor of Law at Wayne State University Law School
- Assistant press secretary to U.S. Senator Carl Levin [5]
See also
- News: Judges confirmed to DC Court of Appeals, February 12, 2012
- News: Five judges appointed to DC courts, December 2, 2011
References
- ↑ Blog of Legal Times "D.C. Appeals Court Judge Corinne Beckwith Sworn In", February 6, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 White House Press Release "President Obama Nominates Corinne Ann Beckwith to be an Appellate Judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals," March 31, 2011
- ↑ White House Press Release, "Nominations Sent to the Senate", March 31, 2011
- ↑ Blog of Legal Times, "Obama Nominates D.C. Court of Appeals Judge", April 1, 2011
- ↑ Grand Rapids Press, "Grand Rapids native Corinne Beckwith nominated to federal court by President Obama", April 1, 2011
