Gladys Kessler
| Gladys Kessler | |
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| Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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Assumed office January 22, 2007 |
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| Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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In office June 16, 1994 – January 22, 2007 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Michael Boudin |
| Succeeded by | Amy Berman Jackson |
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January 22, 1938 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University B.A. Harvard Law School LL.B. |
| Profession | Judge |
Gladys Kessler (born January 22, 1938) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
After receiving her B.A. from Cornell University and LL.B. from Harvard Law School, she was hired by the National Labor Relations Board. She worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams (D–NJ), later convicted in the Abscam scandal, and subsequently for U.S. Congressman Jonathan B. Bingham (D–NY). Kessler worked for the New York City Board of Education, and then opened a public interest law firm. In June 1977, she was appointed Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and from 1981 to 1985 served as Presiding Judge of the Family Division. She was President of the National Association of Women Judges from 1983 to 1984, and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association Conference of Federal Trial Judges and the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Court Administration and Management.
On March 22, 1994, President Clinton nominated Kessler to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Boudin. She was confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994 and received her commission on June 16, 1994. She took senior status on January 22, 2007 and was succeeded by Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
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