Roy Wallace McLeese III (born December 7, 1959) is an associate judge of the

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, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. He received his Bachelor of Arts ''

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'' in 1981 from Harvard College, and his

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'' 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.Nomination of Roy Wallace McLeese III to be an Appellate Judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeese, Roy W. 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 Lawyers from Evanston, Illinois New York University School of Law alumni

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