Background
Wells, Lesley Brooks was born on October 6, 1937 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Daughter of James Franklin and Inez Simpson Wells.
Wells, Lesley Brooks was born on October 6, 1937 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Daughter of James Franklin and Inez Simpson Wells.
Pennsylvania College for Women (Bachelor of Arts). Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Juris Doctor).
Division); children: Lauren Elizabeth, Caryn Alison, Anne Kristin, Thomas Eliot. Bachelor, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, 1959. Juris Doctor cum laude, Cleveland State University, 1974.
Certified National Judicial College, Reno, 1983, 85, 87, 89. Bar: Ohio 1975, United States District Court(northern district) Ohio 1975. Private practice, Cleveland, 1975.
Partner Brooks & Moffet, Cleveland, 1975-1979. Director, attorney ABAR Litigation Center, Cleveland, 1979-1980. Associate Schneider, Smeltz, Huston & Ranney, Cleveland, 1980-1983.
Judge Court of Common Pleas Cleveland, 1983-1994. Judge, United States District Court (northern Ohio)6th Circuit, Cleveland, 1994. Adjunct Professor law and urban policy Cleveland State University, 1979-1982.
Editor, author: Litigation Manual, 1980. Past president Cleveland Legal Aid Society. Legal chairman National Women's Political Caucus, 1981-1982.
Chairman Governor's Task Force on Family Violence, Ohio, 1983-1987. Member biomedical ethics committee Case Western Reserve U. Medical School, 1985-1994. Master Burton Inn of Court, 1989, president, 1998.
Master Northwest Ordinance United States Constitution Commission, Ohio, 1986-1988. Trustee Miami University, 1988-1992, Urban League of Clevel., 1989-1990, Rosemary Center, 1986-1992, Chatham College, 1989-1994.
Member American Bar Association (section litigation county 1996), American Law Institute, Ohio Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association (Merit Svc. award 1983), Cuyahoga County Bar Association, National Association Women Judges, Philosophical.
Married Arthur V.N. Brooks, June 20, 1959. Children: Lauren Elizabeth, Caryn Alison, Anne Kristin, Thomas Eliot.