John Payton | |
|---|---|
| President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Sherrilyn Ifill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1946 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 22, 2012 (aged 65) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Pomona College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
John A. Payton (December 27, 1946 – March 22, 2012)[1] was an African-American civil rights attorney.[2] In 2008, he was appointed the sixth president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund serving in that post until his death. Prior to this, he was a partner at the law firm WilmerHale for 20 years.[citation needed]
Payton was tapped to be the lead counsel for the University of Michigan in defending its law and undergraduate schools' use of race in their admissions processes. For more than six years, Payton handled the two high-profile cases in the trial court and in the court of appeals, and argued Gratz v. Bollinger before the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]
- ^ "In Memoriam: John A. Payton (1946-2012)". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "Obama pays tribute to NAACP's John Payton". Politico.Com. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ^ https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/02-516.pdf Archived 2017-07-04 at the Wayback Machine IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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