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Charles R. Richey
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Name: Honorable Charles Richey
Position: District Judge
Appointed: 1971
By: President Nixon
City: Washington, D.C.
Born: October 16, 1923 in Logan County, Ohio
Died: March 19, 1997 in Washington, D.C.
Education
Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio,
LL.B., Bachelor of Law, 1948
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, B.A.
Bachelor of Arts, 1945
Honors: Delta Sigma Rho
Fraternities/Sororities: Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi
Past Positions
Maryland P. S.C. General Counsel, 1967-1971
Richey & Clancy, Private Practice, 1964-1971
Charter Revision Commission, Montgomery County, Vice Chairman, 1967-1968
Montgomery County Board of Appeals, Chairman, 1966-1967
Montgomery County Board of Appeals, Member, 1965-1967
Montgomery County, Maryland, Special Counsel on Redistricting, 1965-1966
D.C. Urban Renewal Council, Affiliate Member, 1961-1964
Citizens Housing Committee, Affiliate Member, 1961-1964
Law Offices of Charles R. Richey, 1949-1964
Francis P. Bolton, M.C., Legislative Counsel, 1948-1949
War Department, Contract and Personnel Specialist, 1944
Awards and Honors
Montgomery County for Outstanding & Dedicated Public Service, 1960 and 1968
Certificate of Distinguished Citizenship from the Governor, 1971
Outstanding Federal Trial Judge – U.S. Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1979
Annual Award of Merit, Administrative Law Judges of the U.S., 1979
Humanitarian of the Year – Howard University Law School Alumni Association, 1980
Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1979-Present
Honorary Member, Montgomery County Bar Association
Honorary Member, Lawyers’ Club
Supreme Court Justice Harold Burton Award – Cleveland Club of Washington, 1990
Moultrie Award for Judicial Excellence, D.C. Area Trial Lawyers Association, 1990
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Instructor
Speech and Debate Coach, American University, 1954-1955
Instructor, Administrative Law, National Judicial College, 1973-1975
Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy and Practice, Georgetown University Law School,
1975-1997
Faculty, National Advocate Institutes of the American Trial Lawyers’ Association and
American Bar Association’s CLE National Institutes
Faculty, Federal Judicial Center
Faculty and/or Chair, Trial Practice and Evidence and Employment
Discrimination Law and Civil Rights Actions in the Federal and State Courts, ALI-ABA
Faculty, United States Attorney General’s Trial and Appellate Advocacy Institutes
Writings
Manual on Employment Discrimination Law and Civil Rights Actions in the Federal
Courts, January, 1988
The Federal Judiciary: Essays from the Bench, 52 Indiana Law Journal 111, 1976
Appellate Review of Sentencing: Recommendation for a Hybrid Approach, 7 Hofstra Law
Review 71, 1978
The Crime-of-Violence Exclusion in the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act, The Case of
Larry R. Turner, and Equal Protection of the Laws, 70 The Brief: Phi Delta Phi
Quarterly 68, Winter, 1974-1975
A Modern Management Technique for Trial Courts to Improve the Quality of Justice:
Requiring Direct Testimony to be Submitted in Written Form Prior to Trial, 72
Georgetown Law Journal 73, 1983
Rule 16: A Survey and Some Considerations for the Bench and Bar, 126 F.R.D. 599,
1989
Rule 16 Revisited: Reflections for the Benefit of the Bench and Bar, 139 F.R.D. 525, 1991
Affiliations
American Bar Association
Member, Council of Criminal Justice Section, 1976-1980
National Conference of Federal Trial Judges
Chairman, 1980-1981
American Bar Association
Council Member, Judicial Administrative Division, 1981-1982
Administration of the Probation System
Member, Judicial Conference Committee
American Bar Association
Member, House of Delegates, 1981-1985
Bar Associations of the District of Columbia
Member
Maryland Bar Association
Member
Ohio Bar Association
Member
Supreme Court Historical Society
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Founding Member
American Judicature Society
Member
Charter Revision Committee of Montgomery County
Vice-Chairman, 1967-1968
American Bar Association
Chairman, Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 1974-1976
American Bar Association
Chairman, Committee on Sentencing, Probation & Parole, 1976-1977
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
Member (Sat by Designation), 1972-1975, 1977-1985
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals
Member, 1983-1984
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member
District of Columbia Circuit
Member, Judicial Council, 1989-1994
Judicial Conference, District of Columbia Circuit
Chair, Arrangements Committee, 1975, 1992
Edward B. Williams American Inn of Court, District of Columbia
Founding Member, Master, 1989-Present
Sentencing Institute, District of Columbia First and Third Circuits
Co-Chair, 1984
Sentencing Institute, District of Columbia, Third and Seventh Circuits
Co-Chair, 1992
Immaculata College, Washington, District of Columbia
Trustee, 1970-1973
Suburban Hospital Association
Trustee, 1967-1971
Boys Club of Greater Washington
Member, Board of Directors and/or General Counsel, 1957-1971
Potomac Conservation Foundation
Trustee
Young Republican National Federation
Executive Director, 1949-1950
Case Western Reserve University
Member, Society of Benchers
Sidwell Friends School
PTA Chairman, 1968-1970
Potomac, Maryland Elementary School
PTA President, 1966-1967
District of Columbia Bar Association
Member
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American Bar Association, Project Advocate
Chairman, Advisory Board, 1976-1979
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Judicial Conference of the United States
Member, Committee on Criminal Law & Administration of Probation System,
1984-1989
Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit
Member, 1970-Present
Civil Justice Reform Act
Ex-Officio Member, Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, 1991-Present
The Counsellors
Member
United States Presidential Campaign
Assistant Director, Republican Youth Activities, 1948