Anne Elise Thompson

Judge Anne Elise Thompson

Personal

Birthday:

1934

Birthplace:

Philadelphia, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Chicago, Illinois, 1964-1965
Grant writer, United Progress, Incorporated, 1966-1967
Assistant deputy public defender for Mercer-Somerset-Hunterdon region, Trenton, New Jersey, 1967-1970
Municipal prosecutor, Lawrence Township, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 1970-1972
Judge, Trenton [New Jersey] Municipal Court, 1972-1975
Prosecutor, Mercer County, New Jersey, 1975-1979

Education

Name of School:

Howard University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1955

Name of School - Second:

Temple University

Degree - Second:

M.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1957

Name of School - Third:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Third:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Third:

1964

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Court Name:

New Jersey District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

11/2/1979

Retirement from Active Service:

6/1/2001