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Beryl Alaine Howell
Senior judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Beryl Alaine Howell serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Dec 22, 2010. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Dec 22, 2010
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1956
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaBarack Obama · Dec 22, 2010
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
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