Karen LeCraft Henderson

Personal

Birthday: 
1944
Birthplace: 
Oberlin, OH
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969-1970
Office of the Attorney General, State of South Carolina, 1973-1983; assistant attorney general, 1973-1978; senior assistant attorney general/director, Special Litigation Section, 1978-1982;
deputy attorney general/director, Criminal Division, 1982-1983
Private practice, Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, 1983-1986

Education

Name of School: 
Duke University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1966
Name of School - Second: 

University of North Carolina School of Law

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation's oldest, and clearly one of its most accomplished, public institutions. From the colonial period until the present day, graduates from the University's School of Law have played powerfully disproportionate roles in leading the state, the south and the nation. Our law faculty includes world-class scholars, award-winning teachers and noted practitioners. Carolina Law's student body is among the most highly credentialed and intellectually diverse in America. Our signature offerings in civil rights, banking, intellectual property, entrepreneurial and securities law, critical studies, bankruptcy, and constitutional inquiry are among the best to be found in the academy. And our expansive array of skills and capstone courses provides impressive links between theory and practice. Carolina is a remarkable place to study law.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1969

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Court Name: 

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
6/16/1986
Termination Date: 
7/11/1990
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
7/5/1990