Sarah L. Wilson (born October 2, 1959) is a former judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims.
Born in New York City, Wilson received a
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in 1981, from
Williams College in Massachusetts, where she was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa.
[U.S. Government Printing Office, ''Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002)'' (October 2002), p. 860.] She received a
Master of Philosophy in American Studies from
Yale University in 1986, and a
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
Columbia Law School in 1990. She was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and member of the ''Columbia Human Rights Law Review''.
From 1990 to 1991, she served as law clerk to Judge
Richard Leroy Williams
Richard Leroy Williams (April 6, 1923 – February 19, 2011) was Virginia state judge and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Education and career
Born in Morrisville, ...
of the
. She was a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the
United States Department of Justice from 1991 to 1994 and again from 1996 to 1997, in the interim serving as a
Judicial Fellow in the
Federal Judicial Center
The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts. It was established by in 1967, at the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
According to , the main areas of respo ...
from 1994 to 1995.
She was Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development from 1997 to 1998, and Associate Counsel and Senior Counsel to the President in the
Office of the White House Counsel
The White House counsel is a senior staff appointee of the president of the United States whose role is to advise the president on all legal issues concerning the president and their administration. The White House counsel also oversees the Of ...
from 1998 to 2001.
On January 19, 2001, President
Bill Clinton gave Wilson a
recess appointment to a seat on the
United States Court of Federal Claims. Wilson entered duty on January 22, 2001,
but was not confirmed by the
United States Senate, and her nomination to the position was not resubmitted by Clinton's successor,
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
. She was succeeded by
Mary Ellen Coster Williams
Mary Ellen Coster Williams (born April 3, 1953)Joint Committee on Printing, Official Congressional Directory, 2009-2010: 111th Congress', p. 866. is a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, appointed to that court in 2003 by ...
.
Wilson is the daughter of New York lawyer and politician
Jerome L. Wilson. She is married to Louis Lappin, with whom she has two daughters, Kate and Elizabeth Lappin.
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1959 births
Living people
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Columbia Law School alumni
Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Article I federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton
Recess appointments
Lawyers from New York City
People associated with Covington & Burling