Oral History of Reggie B. Walton INDEX African Americans, 1–2, 3, 86 drug problems, 19 judge election, 61 lawyers, 4–5 and Seminole Nation, 43 sentencing disparities, 48, 72 Bacon, Sylvia, 57 Bennett, Robert, 19 Bennett, William, 19, 21, 32 Boudin, Michael, 21 Braman, Leonard, 17, 57 Bryant, William B., 25 Bush, George H. W., 19, 21, 22 Bush, George W., 22 Capute, Victor, 14 Carter, Francis, 17 Clinton, William J., 45 cocaine sentencing disparity, 48, 53, 72 Council on Legal Education Opportunity Program (CLEO), 5, 8–9 court administrators, 58 courts, specialized, 63–64 Crime Control Bill, 21 District of Columbia Court of Appeals judges, 34–36, 62 Drug Czar. See Bennet, William electoral system of judges, 59–61 Federal Trade Commission, 40 Fielding, Fred, 15 First Amendment, 31–32, 65 A-1 Griffey, Ken, Sr., 1 Guantanamo Bay detainees, 23, 44 Hatfield, Steven, 42 Hogan, Thomas F., 25 Horning, George, 11 Howard University Law School, 5, 8 Interior Department, 43 judges appointment terms, 62–63 case assignment, 45–46 demands on, 63 District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 34–36, 62 electoral system of, 59–61 impact on public policy, 53, 79 and juries, 76 qualities of, 55–57 role in society, 78 Russian, 68–69 salaries, 77–78 Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 33–34, 62 and teaching assignments, 66–67 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 25 Judicial Nominations Commission, 15 juries, 29–31, 73–74, 76 Russian, 69–70 and technical cases, 75 Justice Department, 12 Kessler, Gladys, 25 King, Martin Luther, 4 Lamberth, Royce C., 25 law clerks, 37–39, 46, 70–71 A-2 lawyers, 60–61 ethics of, 76–77 qualities of, 57–58, 66 Libby, I. Lewis (“Scooter”), 23, 26, 28, 42 Louisiana Angola State Prison, 80 Bar Association, 59 Marshall, Thurgood, 4 Martinez, Robert (“Bob”), 21 media, 26, 28, 29, 31–32, 65 Moultrie, H. Carl, Jr., 17, 18, 57 Mundy, Kenneth, 17 Musial, Stan, 1 National Criminal Law Committee, 52–53 National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, 53, 80–81 national security, 44–45 New Jersey, 41–42 Office of National Drug Control Policy, 19, 20–21, 32 Ogren, Robert, 17 Owens, James, 17 Packel, John, 12 Philadelphia judicial system, 13 press. See media pro se litigants, 49–50 Reagan, Ronald, 15 Ruff, Charles, 13–14, 15, 17 Schuelke, Henry F. (“Hank”), 17 Seminole Nation, 42–43 September 11, 2001, 44–45 Shorter, John, 17 Shuker, Robert, 17, 18 A-3 Soviet Union judicial system, 67–70 Sullivan, Emmet G., 25 Sununu, John, 21 Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 14–15, 33, 35, 62 comparison with U.S. District Court, 22–23 quality of representation, 23–25 United States Attorney’s Office, 6–7, 13–14, 36 Career Criminal Unit, 14, 16 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 21 caseload, 64–65 collegiality at, 33–34 comparison with Superior Court, 22–23 judges, 25 problems of, 76–78 quality of representation, 24–25 relationship with District of Columbia Court of Appeals judges, 34–36 relationship with United States Attorney’s Office, 36 Walton, Reggie B. – Personal American University Law School, 4–5, 9–11 and athletics, 3–4 bar examination, 10, 12 behavior problems, 5–6 birth, 1 brother, 2, 3, 82–83, 85 childhood, 1–3 Council on Legal Education Opportunity Program (CLEO), 5, 8–9, 10 daughter, 82 father, 2, 82–84, 85, 86–87 grandparents, maternal, 84–85 grandparents, paternal, 85–86 law enforcement experiences, 6–8 mother, 1–2, 82–83, 84, 86–87 sister, 2, 3, 82–83, 85 summer jobs, 10 West Virginia State College, 4, 8–9 wife, 19–20, 81–82 A-4 Walton, Reggie B. – Professional Assistant United States Attorney, 6–7, 13–14, 73 Chief of Career Criminal Unit, 14, 16 mentor judges, 17, 57 Associate Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 19–21, 32 Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 8, 15–16, 22, 32, 35 attorney in Philadelphia Public Defender’s Office, 11–12, 73 Circuit Judicial Council member, 52 Deputy Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division, 18–19 Executive Assistant United States Attorney, 14, 18 and jurors, 29–31, 73–76 and law clerks, 37–39, 40, 46, 70–71 and the media, 26, 28, 29, 31–32, 65 National Criminal Law Committee member, 52–53 National Judicial College professor, 62–63 National Prison Rape Elimination Commission chair, 53, 80–81 opinion writing, 70–71 political philosophy, 79–80 and pro se litigants, 49–50 Senior White House Advisor for Crime, 21, 32 sentencing views, 48, 71–72 teaching, 62–63, 66–67 Soviet Union experience, 67–70 United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 22–26, 32–33 administration techniques, 50–51 caseload, 64–65 case management, 46–47, 51–52 cases discrimination, 41 Guantanamo Bay detainees, 23, 44 high-profile, 25–26, 27–28 Libbey Glassware antitrust, 40, 49 Libby, 23, 26, 28, 42, 49 national security, 44–45 Native American community, 42–44 patent, 41, 49 reviews of agency decisions, 41 Steven Hatfield case, 42 A-5 court collegiality, 33–34 pretrial conferences, 47 relationship with court staff, 37 A-6