Background
Ferren, John Maxwell was born on July 21, 1937 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Jack Maxwell and Elizabeth Anne (Hansen) Ferren.
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John Maxwell Ferren
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AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1959; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Associate, Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, 1962-1966; director, Neighborhood Law Office Program, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1968; teaching fellow, director, Neighborhood Law Office Program, Harvard Law School (Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Program), Cambridge, 1968-1969; lecturer law, director, Neighborhood Law Office Program, Harvard Law School (Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Program), Cambridge, 1969-1970; partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, 1970-1977; associate judge, District of Columbia Court Appeals, 1977-1997; associate judge, Corporation Counsel, Washington, since 1997; member disciplinary board, District of Columbia Court Appeals, 1972-1976; member Executive Committee, board directors, Council on Legal Education for Professional Responsibility, 1970-1980. Executive Committee Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1970-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Treasurer, board directors Firman Neighborhood House, Chicago, 1964-1966. Legislation subcommittee on consumer credit Chicago Commision on Human Rels. Committee on New Residents, 1964-1966.
Board directors Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation, 1991-1997, People's Development Corporation, Washington, 1970-1974, George A. Wiley Memorial Fund, 1974-1984, National Resource Center for Consumers of Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1973-1977, Center for Law and Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989-1994. Originator, chairman Neighborhood Legal Advice Clinics, Church Federation Greater Chicago, 1964-1966. Executive Committee of legal advising committee National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1974-1977.
Steering committee National Prison Project of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, 1975-1977. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (Commision on National Institute Justice 1972-1980, member consortium on legal services public 1972-1973, 76-79, chairman 1979-1982, chairman special commission on public interest practice 1976-1978), American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Ann Elizabeth Speidel, September 4, 1961 (divorced). Children: Andrew John, Peter Maxwell. Married Linda Jane Finkelstein, June 17, 1994.
