Emmet G. Sullivan

Emmet Sullivan
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office April 3, 2021
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office June 16, 1994 – April 3, 2021
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Louis F. Oberdorfer
Succeeded by	Jia M. Cobb
Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office 1992–1994
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	James A. Belson
Succeeded by	Inez Smith Reid
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office 1984–1992
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Position created[1]
Succeeded by	Brook Hedge
Personal details
Born	Emmet Gael Sullivan (1947-06-04) June 4, 1947 (age 76) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	Howard University (BA, JD)

Emmet Gael Sullivan (born June 4, 1947)^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]