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Karen LeCraft Henderson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1986–1990
Karen LeCraft Henderson , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Karen LeCraft Henderson (born July 11, 1944) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 1990 as a U.S. circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was previously a district judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina from 1986 to 1990.
Education
- Duke UniversityB.A., 1966
- University of North Carolina School of LawJ.D., 1969
Career
Private practice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969-1970; Office of the Attorney General, State of South Carolina, 1973-1983; Assistant attorney general, 1973-1978; Senior assistant attorney general/director, Special Litigation Section, 1978-1982; Deputy attorney general/director, Criminal Division, 1982-1983; Private practice, Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, 1983-1986
Biography
Karen LeCraft Henderson (born July 11, 1944) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 1990 as a U.S. circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was previously a district judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina from 1986 to 1990.
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