Linda Kay Davis
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Tenure
2012 - Present
Years in position
13
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Linda Kay Davis is a senior judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1] She retired from the court on June 30, 2012.[2] After her retirement she began serving as a senior judge on the court.[3][4] She was first appointed to the court in 1995.[5]
Education
Davis attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio from 1962 until 1964, when she transferred to the University of California at Berkeley where she earned her B.A. in 1968. She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1972.[6]
Career
- 2012-present: Senior judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- 1995-2012: Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- 1976-1995: Trial Attorney, Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
- 1973-1976: Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia[6]
Awards
- Division's John Doar Award, 1993
- Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award, June 22, 1995[6]
See also
- News: Two DC judges seek appointment as senior judges, April 25, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Judges of the Superior Court of DC
- ↑ DC Judicial Nomination Commission "Notice of Judicial Vacancy Created by the Retirement of the Honorable Linda Kay Davis," April 18, 2012
- ↑ List of District of Columbia Superior Court Judges
- ↑ DC Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Press Release "Tenure Commission Begins Review of Judges Frank E. Schwelb and Linda Kay Davis," April 13, 2012
- ↑ Blog of Legal Times "D.C. Court of Appeals Senior Judge Seeking Reappointment," April 19, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Linda Kay Davis Biography
