Neal E. Kravitz Explained

Neal E. Kravitz
Office1:Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
President1:Bill Clinton
Term Start1:October 21, 1998
Predecessor1:Paul Rainey Webber, III
Birth Name:Neal Elliot Kravitz[1]
Birth Date:18 October 1957
Birth Place:Fort McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, U.S.
Education:Yale College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Neal Elliot Kravitz (born October 18, 1957) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2] [3]

Education and career

Kravitz earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

After graduating, he served as a law clerk for Henry Anthony Politz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In 1984, Kravitz joined the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia as a staff attorney.

D.C. Superior Court

President Bill Clinton nominated Kravitz on May 1, 1998, to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Paul Rainey Webber, III. On September 3, 1998, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On September 24, 1998, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On October 21, 1998, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[4]

On August 21, 2013, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint him to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: States . United . Nominations of Natalia M. Combs Greene, Patricia A. Broderick, and Neal E. Kravitz: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, September 3, 1998, Nominations of ... to be Associate Judges, D.C. Superior Court, Washington, DC. . Affairs . United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental . 1998 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 978-0-16-057684-3 . en.
  2. Web site: District of Columbia Superior Court Judges. www.dccourts.gov. January 23, 2020.
  3. Web site: Bio. www.dccourts.gov. 2020-01-23.
  4. Web site: PN1076 - Nomination of Neal E. Kravitz for The Judiciary, 105th Congress (1997-1998). 1998-10-21. www.congress.gov. 2020-01-23.
  5. Web site: Honorable Neal E. Kravitz 2013 Reappointment Report cjdt. cjdt.dc.gov. 2020-01-23.