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Delissa Ridgway
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2019 - Present
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Delissa Ridgway is an Article III federal judge on senior status for the United States Court of International Trade. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). She retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, on January 31, 2019.[1]
Education
Ridgway graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia with her bachelor's degree in 1975 and from Northeastern Law with her J.D. degree in 1979.[1]
Professional career
- 1994-1998: Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, United States Department of Justice
- 1992-1994: Adjunct professor, Washington College of Law, American University
- 1979-1994: Attorney, Private Practice, Washington, D.C.
- 1979: Law clerk, Hon. June Green, United States District Court for the District of Columbia[1]
Judicial career
Court of International Trade
Ridgway was nominated by President Bill Clinton (D) on January 27, 1998, to a seat vacated by Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas when he assumed senior status.[1] Ridgway was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 11, 1998, on a majority voice vote. She received commission on March 17, 1998.[2] Ridgway retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, on January 31, 2019.[1]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2003: Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, University of Missouri Columbia
- 2001: Washington, D.C.’s “Woman Lawyer of The Year”
- 2000: Earl W. Kintner Award, Federal Bar Association
- 1997: “Distinguished Women in International Law”, Federal Bar Association
- 1996: Frederick B. Abramson Award, D.C. Bar[1]
Associations
- 2002: American Bar Association’s Commission on the Status of Women
- 1992-1993: President, Women's Bar Association
- Member, American Law Institute
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Charter Fellow, Federal Bar Foundation
- Former National Council, Federal Bar Foundation
- Former Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar
- Former Secretary, District of Columbia Bar
- Delegate to the United Nations representing the National Association of Women Lawyers[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Judge Ridgway Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ THOMAS, "Nomination of Delissa Ridgway," June 8, 2009(Search for Delissa Ridgway)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Nicholas Tsoucalas |
U.S. Court of International Trade 1998–2019 |
Succeeded by: Stephen Vaden
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
