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Beryl Alaine Howell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 2010
Beryl Alaine Howell , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Beryl Alaine Howell (born December 3, 1956) is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was appointed to the District of Columbia federal court in 2010 by President Barack Obama, and she served as its chief judge from 2016 to 2023.
Education
- Bryn Mawr CollegeB.A., 1978
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D., 1983
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1983-1984; Private practice, New York City, 1985-1987; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1987-1993; U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-2003; senior counsel, 1993-1996; general counsel, 1997-2003; Executive managing director and general counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-2009; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2004-2013; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2023
Biography
Beryl Alaine Howell (born December 3, 1956) is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was appointed to the District of Columbia federal court in 2010 by President Barack Obama, and she served as its chief judge from 2016 to 2023.
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