Background
Hope, Judith Richards was born on November 30, 1940 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Joseph Coleman and Eve Gertrude (Kemp) Richards.
Hope, Judith Richards was born on November 30, 1940 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Joseph Coleman and Eve Gertrude (Kemp) Richards.
Wellesley College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1961). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964).
Associate, Williams & Connolly, Washington, 1964-1967;
deputy director, California Rural Development Corporation, Los Angeles, 1968-1969;
counsel, Law Offices of Richard M. Coleman, Los Angeles, 1970-1975;
associate director domestic counsel, The White House, Washington, 1975-1977;
partner, Wald-Harkrader & Ross, Washington, 1977-1981;
senior partner, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Washington, Los Angeles, New York City, since 1981. Adjunct Professor constitutional law Pepperdine U., Malibu, California, 1972. Adjunct Professor transportation regulation, 1978-1979, of constitutional law, 1995, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, 1978-1979.
Lecturer trial advocacy Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982. Board directors The Budd Company, Troy, Michigan, Union Pacific Corporation, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, General Mills Inc., Minneapolis. President and fellowHarvard College (Harvard Corporation), Russell Reynolds Associations, Zurich Reinsurance Center Holdings, Inc.
Member, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Courts, 1984-1988. Deputy Director, California Rural Development Corporation, 1968. Associate Director, The Domestic Council, The White House, 1975-1977.
Member, National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, 1977-1978. Vice-Chairman, President's Commission on Organized Crime, 1983-1986. Member, The Harvard Corporation (The President and Fellows of Harvard College), 1989.
President, International Law Institute. Trustee, United States. Supreme Court Historical Society.
Member, National Board, American Arbitration Association. Director, International Law Institute. Member: American Law Institute.
American Bar Foundation. Council on Foreign Relations.
Children: ZacharyRichards, Miranda Townes.