Patricia McGowan Wald
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Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991.
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John O'MalleyAlso won Henry Allen Moe Prize
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Fidelia FieldingAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
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Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated, having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. From 1999 to 2001, Wald was a Justice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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United StatesCategory
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2019 · aged 90
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