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    Hon. Amy Berman Jackson
    Firm: United States District Court, District of Columbia
    Address: 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, DC 20001
    Phone: (202) 354-3460
    Fax: (202) 354-3067
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    Web site: http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/
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    Amy Berman Jackson was appointed as a United States District Judge in March of 2011. Prior to joining the Court, she was engaged in private practice in Washington, D.C. as a member of Trout Cacheris, where she specialized in complex criminal and civil trials and appeals. Earlier, she was a partner at Venable, Baetjer, Howard, and Civiletti. From 1980 to 1986, Judge Jackson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where she received Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards for her work on murder and sexual assault cases.

    Judge Jackson received her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979 and her A.B. cum laude from Harvard College in 1976. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She has lectured on corporate criminal investigations and has been a regular teacher at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the Georgetown University Law Center CLE Intensive Session in Trial Advocacy Skills, and the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy workshop.

    During her years in private practice, Judge Jackson was elected to serve as a D.C. Bar delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, and she was active in the ABA Litigation Section, the ABA Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime Committee, and D.C. Bar and Women’s Bar Association committee activities. Judge Jackson has been a member of the Parent Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders, and she served on the Board of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center and other educational and community organizations.
    Current Employment Position(s):
    District Judge


    Bar Admissions:
    District of Columbia, 1979
    Virginia, 1986
    U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1980
    U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1980
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1986
    Education:
    Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

    Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976
    A.B.
    Honors: cum laude

    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1985 - 1991

    Trial Advocacy Workshop, Harvard Law School, 1984 - 1989

    Honors and Awards:
    Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards

    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    American Bar Association
    Section of Litigation

    American Bar Association, 1989 - 1990
    Co-Chair, Training the Advocate

    American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1986 - 1989
    Delegate for D.C. (Under 35)

    Women's Bar Association of District of Columbia
    Member

    American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
    Member, White Collar Crime Committee

    Parent Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
    Member

    Past Employment Positions:
    District of Columbia, Assistant United States Attorney, 1980 - 1986

    Judge Harrison L. Winter, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980

    Trout Cacheris, Member

    Venable, Baetjer, Howard, and Civilett, Partner

    Birth Information:
    1954, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
    Profile Last Updated:
    11/4/2012
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