Delissa Ridgway
| Delissa Ridgway | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of International Trade | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 3/17/1998 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Nicholas Tsoucalas |
| Personal History | |
| Undergraduate: | U. of Missouri, 1975 |
| Law School: | Northeastern U. Law, J.D., 1979 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Missouri, M.S. |
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Delissa Ridgway is a Article III federal judge for the United States Court of International Trade. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. [1]
Early life and education
Ridgway graduated from Missouri with her Bachelor's degree in 1975 and later graduated from Northeastern Law with her J.D. degree in 1979[1].
Professional career
Ridgway began her legal career as a law clerk for Federal judge June L. Green in theDistrict of Columbia in 1979 before becoming a private practice attorney in Washington, DC from 1979 to 1994 and also was nominated by President Clinton as Madam Chairperson of the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission from 1994 to 1998 and also served as a adjunct professor at American University's Washington College of Law from 1992 to 1994.[1]
Judicial career
Court of International Trade
Ridgway was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1998 to a seat vacated by Nicholas Tsoucalas as Tsoucalas assumed senior status[1]. Ridgway was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 11, 1998 on a majority voice vote and received commission on March 17, 1998[2].
Awards and associations
Awards
- Frederick B. Abramson Award, D.C. Bar, 1996
- “Distinguished Women in International Law”, Federal Bar Association, 1997
- Earl W. Kintner Award, Federal Bar Association, 2000
- Washington, D.C.’s “Woman Lawyer of The Year”, 2001
- Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, University of Missouri Columbia, 2003[1]
Associations
- Member, American Law Institute
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Charter Fellow, Federal Bar Foundation
- Former National Council, Federal Bar Foundation
- Former Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar
- Former Secretary, District of Columbia Bar
- President, Women's Bar Association, 1992-1993
- American Bar Association’s Commission on the Status of Women, 2002
- Delegate to the United Nations representing the National Association of Women Lawyers[1]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Judge Ridgway Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of Delissa Ridgway, June 8, 2009(Search for Delissa Ridgway)
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Donald Pogue • Jane Restani • Gregory Carman • Richard Eaton • Leo Gordon • Delissa Ridgway • Timothy Stanceu | ||
| Senior judges |
Judith Barzilay • Thomas Aquilino • Richard Goldberg • Kenton Musgrave • Nicholas Tsoucalas • | ||
| Former Article III judges | Evan Wallach • Dominick DiCarlo • Nils Boe • Morgan Ford • Frederick Landis • Herbert Maletz • Bernard Newman • Paul Rao • Edward Re • Scovel Richardson • Samuel Rosenstein • James Watson • | ||
| Former Chief judges | |||
