Emmet G. Sullivan

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan

Personal

Birthday:

1947

Birthplace:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Washington, D.C., 1971-1972
Law clerk, Hon. James Washington, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1972-1973
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1974-1984
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1984-1992
Associate judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1992-1994

Education

Name of School:

Howard University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1968

Name of School - Second:

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 - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1971

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Court Name:

District of Columbia District Court

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/16/1994