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Emmet G. Sullivan

Emmet G. Sullivan

District of Columbia District Court

Born 1947 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 2312

Emmet Gael Sullivan (born June 4, 1947) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Howard University. He worked in private practice for more than a decade at Houston & Gardner, becoming a name partner in 1980. He was appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge in 1992 by President George H. W. Bush, and to the federal bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.

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Gender
Male
Race
African American

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1974–1984
  2. Superior Court of the District of Columbia
    Law clerk , Hon. James Washington · 1972–1973
  3. Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Washington, D.C.
    Law clerk · 1971–1972

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    1994–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)

Education

  1. Howard University School of Law
    Howard University School of Law
    J.D. · 1971
  2. Howard University
    B.A. · 1968