Carolyn Dineen King
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Carolyn Dineen King (born 1938, Syracuse, New York) is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Her chambers are in Houston, Texas.
Judge King graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1959, and earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1962. After being turned down for a position in the United States Attorney's office in Houston because she was female,[1] she joined Fulbright & Jaworski as a corporate and securities lawyer. From 1962-1979, she was in private practice in Houston.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the Fifth Circuit, where she has written over 4400 opinions. She served as Chief Judge of the court from 1999 to 2006. In 2002, at the request of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, she became the first woman to chair the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
In 2007, Judge King received the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award from the American Judicature Society.[2]
Judge King served under the name "Carolyn Dineen Randall" from 1979 to 1988. She is married to senior Fifth Circuit Judge Thomas Morrow Reavley.
Judge King is widely considered to be a political and judicial moderate.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Carolyn Dineen King Bio
- ^ http://www.ajs.org/ajs/awards/Devitt%20Award/King%20press%20release.pdf
- ^ The New York Times > National > Death Sentences in Texas Cases Try Supreme Court's Patience
