MSJDN has been very open about their strong support for Patricia Ann Millett‘s nomination for U.S. Appeals Court for the Washington, D.C., Circuit. Plus now that there is an increasing number of women in general counsels’ Offices and corporate life generally, businesses seem to be just as comfortable with hiring women as men to handle their important appeals and Supreme Court review. No Legal Advice Provided.Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Our member survey data reinforced MSJDN’s regular assertion that being a military spouse while trying to maintain a career can be a very disheartening prospect.Numerous MSJDN members are under-employed, and feel frustrated that they are able to offer so much more to their communities. Solicitor General’s Office, that provide a solid launching pad for developing a Supreme Court or appellate practice later in a private firm; (ii) the concept of a specialized appellate and Supreme Court bar in private law firms is itself a relatively recent phenomenon; (iii) women have only recently arrived in significant numbers in corporate general counsels’ offices; and (iv) all the other factors (whatever they may be) that reduce the number of women in private practice generally. I also try to spend time walking around the office halls (it used to be the Justice Department halls) doing a question-and-answer dialogue non-stop for ninety minutes or so in my head.
Her most recent appearance before the Court was last month, on behalf of the petit . Circuit comes from a place of understanding a military spouse perspective is incredibly important.Having a smart, capable military spouse attorney in a high-visibility position will change the perception of the military spouse. She knows the topics first hand because she has lived them, and she understands how her decisions will affect every day life for service members. It is to try to overcome the frustrations.Help a military spouse attorney find employment - share an open position on the MSJDN jobs board.MSJDN conducted a survey of its members in September of this year, which collected information about how perceptions have stunted their careers. And now that women are so actively hired,and gaining extensive Supreme Court practice, in government (like the Solicitor General’s Office), and in public interest groups that have a heavy Supreme Court presence (people like Pam Karlan at Stanford and Allison Zieve at Public Citizen), we are getting a deeper bench of women with the required skill set for those private clients to hire. Patricia Ann Millett (US i //, born September 1963) is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Some of our member stories include:Representation is motivating and inspiring. People like Deanne Maynard at Morrison & Foerster, Kathleen Sullivan at Quinn Emanuel, and Lisa Blatt at Arnold & Porter have exceptional reputations in the Supreme Court bar and are doing extremely well spearheading private appellate and Supreme Court practices. On October 31, 2013, Pattie’s nomination was blocked by Senate Republicans because of unrelated party politics.

Circuit Judge Amy Berman Jackson, United States District Court for D.C. So I look forward to being quickly overtaken in these numbers, and to the time when no one pays attention to women’s numbers as distinct from men’s numbers. Circuit Court. She can help. Pattie has extensive experience in arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and has been called […] Advocates Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell, P.C. Born November 2, 1921 in Wheaton, IL to Mildred and Fredrick Lewis, P Will she address MSJDN specific issues directly, and will all her decisions be in line with their way of thinking? She has argued more cases (thirty-one) before the Court than any other woman in history. I hope to become statistically irrelevant soon!Posted Fri, May 25th, 2012 10:33 amAwarded the Silver Gavel Award by the American Bar Association for fostering the American public’s understanding of the law and the legal system.On Monday, July 6, 2020, Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post delivered the Chautauqua Institution’s 16th annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court.Awarded the Sigma Delta Chi deadline reporting award for online coverage of the Affordable Care Act decision.The shortage in private appellate practices is probably attributable to a number of factors:  (i) it was not until around my generation that women were getting hired in significant numbers in the governmental offices, like the U.S. MSJDN members are very proud of their service members’ selfless service and the supportive role they are able to play. Military Spouse JD Network. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and served as an occasional blogger for SCOTUSblog. Having Pattie Millett succeed in being confirmed to the D.C.