Neal E. Kravitz
Neal E. Kravitz | |
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| Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office October 21, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Paul Rainey Webber, III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Neal Elliot Kravitz[1] October 18, 1957[1] Fort McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, U.S.[1] |
| Education | Yale College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Neal Elliot Kravitz (born October 18, 1957) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2][3]
Education and career
[edit]Kravitz earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
After graduating, he served as a law clerk for Henry Anthony Politz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In 1984, Kravitz joined the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia as a staff attorney.[3]
D.C. Superior Court
[edit]President Bill Clinton nominated Kravitz on May 1, 1998, to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Paul Rainey Webber, III. On September 3, 1998, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On September 24, 1998, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On October 21, 1998, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[4]
On August 21, 2013, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint him to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c States, United; Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental (1998). Nominations of Natalia M. Combs Greene, Patricia A. Broderick, and Neal E. Kravitz: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, September 3, 1998, Nominations of ... to be Associate Judges, D.C. Superior Court, Washington, DC. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-057684-3.
- ^ "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "PN1076 - Nomination of Neal E. Kravitz for The Judiciary, 105th Congress (1997-1998)". www.congress.gov. 1998-10-21. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Honorable Neal E. Kravitz 2013 Reappointment Report | cjdt". cjdt.dc.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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