Oral History of J. Patrick Hickey
INDEX
African Americans, 51, 58
All Deliberate Speed, 58
Ardrey, Robert, 60
Babcock, Barbara, 66
Bail Reform Act, 53, 54–55, 62, 67
Bazelon, David L., 69
Bellow, Gary, 24, 25, 66
Bostwick, Phillip D., 21
Bryant, William B., 18, 28, 68, 69
Campbell v. Magruder case, 29, 30, 59, 61–63, 64
Caputy, Victor, 69
Casner, A. James, 13
Charnoff, Gerald, 21, 32–33
civil liberties, 67
Code of Professional Responsibility, 56, 66
Connolly, Paul, 41
Criminal Justice Act, 55–56
abuses, 23–24, 43, 54
Dash, Samuel, 27, 41
District of Columbia, 24
Court of General Sessions, 17, 22, 28–29, 56, 68
continuity of counsel at, 52–54
Department of Corrections, 61, 63, 65
jail conditions, 29, 30, 59–63, 64–65
judges, 56–57
Superior Court, 23, 24, 31, 52, 56, 62, 68, 69
Fauntleroy, John D., 58
Fifth Streeters, 22, 52, 53
Frankfurter, Felix, 12
Freed, Daniel J., 54
Freund, Paul A., 13
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Georgetown University Law School, 7, 8, 23
Prettyman Fellowship program, 16–18, 20, 53–54, 66
Gesell, Gerhard A., 69
Glickman, Stephen H., 31
Goldfarb, Ronald, 59
Greene, Harold H., 23, 69
Greenhalgh, William W., 17, 18, 66
Hardy, Kenneth, 61, 62
Harvard Law School, 7–9, 14–15
professors, 12–13, 24
women students, 13–14, 51
Helena, Montana, 3
District of Columbia contacts, 4–5
Hickey, J. Patrick – Personal
Air Force enlistment, 18, 47–49
birth, 1
Carroll College, 3–4, 5
childhood, 1–2
children, 37, 46, 58
father, 2, 7, 11
Harvard Law School, 7–9, 14–16
award for oral argument, 15
professors, 12–13
hobbies, 58
law clerk, 11–12
law school decisions, 7–8
law school jobs, 9–10, 12
Navy JAG Reserve lieutenant, 18–19, 48–50
musical skills, 3, 5
Prettyman Fellow, 16–18, 19, 20, 54, 66
siblings, 3, 5
sports, 3
St. Patrick’s Grade School teacher, 6
St. Patrick’s High School, 2–3
summer jobs, 6–7
typing skills, 9–11, 40
Hickey, J. Patrick – Professional
adversaries, 69–70
article in Georgetown Law Journal, 67
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on changes in court operations, 68
on changes in law profession, 66–67
D.C. bar admittance, 16, 17, 66
influences on, 65–66
and judges, 28, 68–69
Legal Aid Agency attorney, 19–20, 24–25, 28–29, 41–42, 49
Public Defender Service, 39–41, 58, 66, 68
Deputy Director, 23
Director, 23, 31
Director of Criminal Justice Act Program, 22–23, 26–27
Campbell v. Magruder case, 29–30, 36–37, 58–65
relationship with clients, 26, 27–28
Shaw Pittman, 71
associate, 21–22, 49
Campbell v. Magruder case, 63
chair of pro bono program, 35, 37–38, 50
changes at, 43–46
partner, 30, 31–36
recruiting committee member, 50–51
senior counsel, 36, 46
Holder, Eric, 39
Holtzoff, Alexander, 25, 28
Horsky, Charles A., 5
Jolson, Al, 2
Jones, William B., 4
Kennedy, John F., 19
Kintner, Earl W., 41
law schools
and minorities, 51
and women, 13–14, 50–51
Leach, W. Barton, 13–14
Legal Aid Agency, 19–20, 22, 66
history of, 24–25, 42
rehabilitative programs, 27
See also Public Defender Service
Leventhal, Harold, 69
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McGuire, Matthew F., 24–25
Menninger, Karl, 60
Murphy, Timothy, 69
Murray, Charles B., 20
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 33
Ogletree, Charles J., 58, 66
Penn, John Garrett, 69
Pillsbury Winthrop, 43
Pine, David A., 25
Pittman, Steuart, 45, 70
Potts, Ramsay, 45, 70
Prettyman, E. Barrett, 16
Prison Litigation Reform Act, 64–65
Public Defender Service, 19, 42, 51, 62, 66
applicants, 40–41
attorneys, 31, 58
caseload, 25, 57
Criminal Justice Act Program, 22–23, 43, 56
Defender Rehabilitation Group, 39
Pye, A. Kenneth, 16, 17
Robinson, Spottswood, 28
Sachs, Sidney, 41
Schaeffer, William, 66
Shadoan, George W., 17, 66
Shaw, Brackley, 70–71
Shaw Pittman, 21
changes at, 34–36
lawyers, 32, 34
merger, 44–46
partners, 70–71
pro bono program, 35, 37–38
retirement age, 45–46
white collar crime work, 38
Silbert, Earl, 69–70
Sirica, John J., 28
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St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 20, 31
Tamm, Edward A., 4
Taylor, William, 59, 66
Territorial Imperative, The, 60
Three Mile Island, 33
Trowbridge, Fox, 70–71
University of Michigan Law School, 7
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 4, 31, 63, 68, 69
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 17, 20, 24, 28, 31, 52, 61, 68, 69
Vera Institute of Justice, 54
Vietnam, 47–48, 50
Vinson, Fred M., 41
Walla Walla, Washington, 2, 5, 11
Warner, John, 17
Webster, Daniel, 22
Weinberg, Robert L., 34
Weisberg, Frederick H., 31
white collar crime, 29, 38–39
Williams, Edward Bennett, 15, 34, 38, 41, 65–66
Williams & Connolly, 34, 38
Winthrop Stimpson, 44, 45
women
and law, 13–14, 43, 50–51
as support staff, 39–40
Youngdahl, Luther, 28
Zuckerman Spaeder, 59

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