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Oral History of Katherine Mazzaferri
Index
9/11, 105
ABA, 59, 84
Abramson, Fred, 104, 107
Access to Justice Commission (ATJ), 96, 99-100
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 47-48
Aquino, Florence (aunt), 6-7, 15-16, 22, 46
Aquino, Michael (Michele) (maternal grandfather), 1
Armed Services, 95
Arnold & Porter, 88
AT&T (case), 22-25
Baker, Carrie, 46
Bank, Rita, 83, 89
Bazelon, Judge David, 107
Beatrice Rosenberg Award, 35, 106
See also Rosenberg, Beatrice
Bem, Drs. Sandra and Daryl, 23-25, 48
Benitez, Brigid, 78, 94, 110
Bernstein, Caryl, 87
Bess, Amy, 109
Blount, Ada, 30
Branson, Ann (Quaker school principal), 8
Brennan, William, 107
William Brennan Award, 106-107
Bureau of Consumer Protection, 54
Bryson, William, 106
California Bar, 104
Carlos Rosaro School, 94
Carolyn (aunt), 5-7, 33
Catholic University Law Review, 60
Center for Law and Social Policy, 42-43, 46
Center, Larry, 62
Civil Rights Act, 34
Clauss, Karen, 43
CLE Program, 61-62, 64
Clients’ Security Fund, 64, 66-67, 69, 103
Cohen, Barry, 68
Consortium of Legal Services Providers, 93
Copus, David, 23
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Cutler, Charles, 111
Dan (uncle), 5
D.C. Bar, 1, 11, 36, 38, 45, 58, 61, 66-71, 77, 79, 83, 85-86, 88, 92-93, 96, 98, 101-117
Advice and Referral Clinic, 74, 86-88, 95
Board (of Governors), 67-70, 72-75, 78-82, 85, 92, 104-105, 109, 111-113
CED (Community Economic Development) Project, 89-90
Civility Committee, 108-109
CLE (Continuing Legal Education) Committee, 61-62, 64, 70
Disciplinary System Review Committee, 65, 68
Family Law Task Force, 82
Foundation and the Public Service Program, 79-80
Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program, 79, 92
Judicial and Bar Conference, 76
Landlord Tenant Task Force/Resource Center, 87-88, 101
Law Firm Pro Bono Clinic, (renamed as the Advocacy and Justice Clinic), 84, 95, 97
Leadership Development Committee, 72-74, 110, 115
Minorities in the Legal Profession Conference, 107-108
Pro Bono Center (previously pro bono program and later Public Service Activities Program), 79,
92, 99, 101, 112-113, 115
Pro Bono Bankruptcy Clinic, 85, 87
Pro Se Divorce Clinic, 82-88, 87, 89
Right to Housing Initiative, 100-101
Technology to help provide legal services, 93
Women in the Legal Profession Summit, 108
Department of Commerce, 43
Determan, Sally, 80, 115
diversity, 8, 38, 107-108, 114
Dorian, Linda Colvard
co-chair Women’ Rights Committe, 19
East, Catherine, 23
Eastman, Hope, 21
Edelman, Peter, 96, 100
Edwards, Mary Fran, 62, 64
EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), 20, 22-28, 30-31, 34-38, 41, 44, 48-49, 53,
57, 114
intern, 22
Trial Division, 28
Ferren, Linda, 59-61, 118
Finkelstein, Linda, see Ferren, Linda
Florence (aunt), See Aquino, Florence
Ford Foundation, 40-41, 47
Fort, Joanne Doddy, 109
Friedenthal, Jack, 62
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Friedman, Paul, 60
FTC (Federal Trade Commission), 50-54, 56-58
Improvements Act of 1980, 52
Georgetown University Law Center, 61
Gesell, Gerhard, 51
Gilliam, Rebecca, 74
Gitt, Cindy, 21
Gorelick, Jamie, 86, 96
Graff, Joan, 41
Grandmother Mazzaferri (see also Kaplan, Roberta), 1-5
Greenberger, Marcia, 46
Harvey, Alexander, 28-29, 31-32
Hayes, Joanne, 40
Heneghan, John, 43-45, 48-49
Herman, Alexis, 43
Higuchi, Shirley, 89
Hill, Cynthia, 62-64, 72, 107-108, 118
Isbell, David, 108
Jones, Elaine, 107
Jones, George, 87, 98, 108
Jones, Jim, 90, 109
Jordan, Vernon, 108
Kaplan, Rebecca (maternal grandmother), 1-5
Katherine Mazzaferri Emerging Legal Needs Fund, 112-113
Keenan, Kim, 72, 75, 87, 109-110
Kennedy (John) assassination, 13
Kessler, Gladys, 20-22, 59-60
Klineberg, Geoff, 67
Kohn, Margy, 46
Komisar, Lucy, 21
Kramer, Al, 54
Kramer, Robert, 20, 22, 26
Kuhn, Cynthia Goodrich, 45
Lacovara, Philip, 66, 73, 92, 110
Lawyer Assistance Program, 64-65, 69, 113, 115
Levy, Trudy, 39-40; 46-47, 118
Lichtman, Judith (Judy), 22, 37, 40-42, 118
Liss, Susan, 55
Longshoremen (case), 28-30, 32-33, 49
MacNeil, Robin, 45-46
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MacNeil/Lehrer Report (television news), 45-46
Makepeace, Suzanne, 65
Marks, Andrew, 91, 108
Marshall, F. Ray, 43
Marshall, Thurgood, 107-08
Thurgood Marshall Award, 106107-
Martin Luther King.assassination, 13
Mazzaferri , Joseph (father), 4
Mazzaferri, Katherine – Personal
birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1
cello, 5, 12-14, 116
experience at law school as minority, 17
father’s death, 11
George Washington Law School (previously National Law Center), 17-20, 25-26, 37, 62
Guadalajara, Mexico studying Spanish, 14
Mobilization for Youth, 16-17
New School of Music, 12
New York University (NYU), 6, 12, 14, 16-17, 19, 20
Latin American Literature, 14
Quaker elementary school, 8, 106, 114
Unitarian Universalist congregation, 117
Vietnam War and demonstrations, 18
Women’s Rights Committee, 19, 26
Mazzaferri, Katherine – Professional
AT&T (case), 22-25
Children’s Advertising Rulemaking, 50-51
DC Bar
CEO Emeritus, 113, 115
Executive Director, 58, 61
Leadership Development Committee, 72
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. See EEOC
Federal Trade Commission, 50-54, 56-58
Assistant Director for Product Reliability, 55
Katherine Mazzaferri Emerging Legal Needs Fund, 114
League of Women Voters, 39, 42
Education Fund (LWVEF), 39, 47, 63
United States Regulatory Council, 54
Used Car Rule, 55-57
Washington Council of Lawyers Board, 58
Women in the Law course at Antioch Law School, 37
Women’s Legal Defense Fund (now National Partnership for Women and Families), 21, 33, 37,
42, 48, 59
Employment Counseling Committee, 40
Mazzaferri, Rose (mother), 4
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Mazzaferri, Valerie (sister), 5, 7, 12
Mazzaferri, Domenico (paternal grandfather), 1
McKinney, Meg, 89
McQuade, Martha, 108
Meyer Foundation, 91
Minsker, Marty, 67
Mormando, Angela (paternal great grandmother), 1
Moss, Susan, 64
Mottley, Darrell, 110
Moultrie, Carl, 59
Multi-door concept, 59-60
National Organization for Women (NOW), 20-21
Norbury, Julie, 108
Owens v. Brown (case), 47
Payton, John, 73, 98, 105-106
Pertschuk, Michael, 51
Pollak, Stephen, 80-81, 92, 113, 115, 118
Possessky, Laura, 110
Potter, Judy, 21, 24, 118
Prettyman, Barrett, 104
Race and gender, 22, 34
Reno, Janet, 86, 94
Rezneck, Dan, 106-107
Ridings, Dot, 40
Robertson, James, 107
Romano, Amelia, 7
Rosenbaum, Jess, 100
Rosenberg, Beatrice (Bea), 35-36
Beatrice Rosenberg Award, 36, 106
Ross, Sue, 20-23, 47-48, 118
Ruff, Chuck, 36, 63, 104, 106
Sanders, Frank, 59
Sandman, Jim, 75, 88, 98, 100
Schachter, Esther, 40
Schechter, Ron, 71
Schiffer, Lois, 43
Shishkevish, Lalla, 72
Singer, Linda, 84
Sirica, John, 47
Sobeck, Eileen, 73
Stanley, Nancy, 20-21, 118
Steadman, John, 71
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Stein, Jake, 113-114
Steward, Annamaria, 74-75, 78
Stockford, Marjorie
author The Bell Women, 25
Strand, Joan, 84
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 59-60, 81, 83-84, 95, 97, 101
Supreme Court of the United States, 28, 56
Syracuse, Maureen, 63, 82-83, 87, 91, 95, 98-99, 118
Taylor, William, 107
Terry, John, 71
The Advocate (Georgetown University school newspaper, 26
The Evolution of a Multi-Door Courthouse
by Linda Finkelstein and Gladys Kessler, 60
Thompson, Phyllis, 87
Title VII, 26, 34, 41
Tucker, Marna, 102
Tuohey, Mark, 96
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 36, 56, 97, 107
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 28
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 35
Varma, Monika Kalra, 99-100, 118
Velasquez, Victor, 78
Venturi, Rocco (paternal great grandfather), 1
Venturi, Antoinette (paternal grandmother), 1
Wagner, Annice, 71, 114
Washington, Eric, 114
Webster, Tim, 78, 110-111, 113
Weiner, Rob, 68, 97, 108
Wilbourne, Beverly, 90
Williamson, Tom, 75
WLDF (Women’s Legal Defense Fund), 21, 40, 48
Women’s Bar Association, 108