Frederick Dorsey

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Frederick Dorsey

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Prior offices

Superior Court of the District of Columbia

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Education

Bachelor's

Ohio Wesleyan University, 1963

Graduate

Kent State University, 1965

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1972

Frederick Dorsey was a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. President George H.W. Bush (R) appointed Dorsey to the court August 22, 1990. Dorsey retired from the court May 14, 2003.

Education

Dorsey received an undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.A. from Kent State University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Military service

Dorsey served in the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1969.

Career

Dorsey's professional career included working as an assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County. He also worked for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as an attorney and as acting general counsel. Dorsey also worked with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he held the following roles: director of the Office of Policy Implementation, charter member of Senior Executive Service, associate general counsel, and director of systematic programs.

In 1982, Dorsey became principal deputy corporation counsel for the District of Columbia. In 1984, he was appointed as People's Counsel of the District of Columbia.

He was appointed to the court in August 1990.

See also

• Superior Court of the District of Columbia

External links

• The Daily Washington Law Reporter, Judge Biographies: Dorsey, Frederick D.

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