Roy Wallace McLeese III (born December 7, 1959) is an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. He received his Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1981 from Harvard College, and his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1985 from the New York University School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. He spent his legal career at the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office in the District of Columbia before his nomination to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2011.

See also

List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9)

Roy W. McLeese III

References

1959 births

Living people

21st-century American judges

Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Harvard University alumni

Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

New York University School of Law alumni

Lawyers from Evanston, Illinois

Roy W. McLeese III