Background
Van Ness, Gretchen was born on June 23, 1958 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.
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Gretchen Van Ness
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Wilson College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1980). Boston College (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1988).
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1988, Massachusetts. 1989, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts. 1992, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
1995, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Boston College Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: "Expanding the Boundaries of Equality: Taking Pregnancy Into Account in California Savings and Loan Ass"n v.
Guerra," 28 Bachelor of Civil Law Review
783, 1987; "Parades adn Prejudice: The Incredible True Story of Boston"s Saint Patrick"s Day Parade and the United States Supreme Court," 30 New Engineer.L.R. 625, 1966. Company-Author: "A Road Not Taken: Reconsidering Mandatory Arbitration of Securities Disputes," 36 Boston Bar Journal 24, 1992.
Company-Author: West Massachusetts Employment Litigation Practice Forums, 1994. Law Clerk to: Honorable Andrew A. Caffrey, United States.
District Court, District Of Massachusetts, 1988-1989.
Honorable Bailey Aldrich, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1989-1990. Honorable A. David Mazzone, United States.
Sentencing Commission and United States.
District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1990-1991. Instructor, Harvard University Extension School, 1993-1995.
Suffolk University Law School, 1995-1996. Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, 1993-1995.
Member: Boston and American Bar Associations.
Women"s Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1996). Fellow, American Association of University Women.
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Membership
Member: Boston and American Bar Associations. Women"s Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1996). Fellow, American Association of University Women.
Fellow, American Association of University Women.
