Beryl Alaine Howell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Senior status. Born 1956.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jul 14, 2010
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Dec 22, 2010
- Commissioned
- Dec 27, 2010
- Senior status
- Feb 1, 2024
Education
- B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1978
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 1983
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1983-1984
- Private practice, New York City, 1985-1987
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1987-1993
- U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-2003
- senior counsel, 1993-1996
- general counsel, 1997-2003
- Executive managing director and general counsel, Stroz Friedberg, 2003-2009
- Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2004-2013
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2023
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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