Background
Argrett, Loretta Collins was born on October 7, 1937 in Carlisle, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Joseph Daniel and Katie Marie (Jones) C.
educator assistant attorney general
Argrett, Loretta Collins was born on October 7, 1937 in Carlisle, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Joseph Daniel and Katie Marie (Jones) C.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Howard University, 1958. Student, Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1958. Postgraduate, Howard University, 1967.
Postgraduate, George Washington University, 1968. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1976.
Chemist, National Institutes of Health, 1958-1959, 59-61;
teacher, Duval County Board Instruction, Florida, 1961-1962;
chemist, Hazleton laboratories, Reston, Virginia, 1965-1966;
chemist, Food and Drug Administration, 1966-1968;
chemist, supervisor laboratory, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 1968-1973;
summer associate, Mahoney, Hadlow, Chambers & Adams, Jacksonville, Florida, summer 1975;
summer associate, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, summer 1975;
associate, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, 1976-1978;
associate, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Washington, 1978-1979;
legislation attorney Joint Committee on Taxation, United States Congress, 1979-1981;
partner, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, 1981-1986;
private practice, Washington, 1986;
associate professor, then professor, School Law, Howard U., Washington, since 1986;
Assistant Attorney General in Tax Division, unites states department of Justice. Secretary board meetings Opportunity Funding Corporation, 1984-1993. Adjunct Professor Georgetown Law Center, Washington College Law, 1986-1988, American U., 1988.
Member visiting committee Harvard Law School, 1987-1993. Appointed member of advisory committee graduate tax program U. Baltimore Law School, since 1986. Member special commission on gender District of Columbia Circuit Task Froce on Gender, Race and Ethnic Bias, 1992-1995.
Board trustees Free the Children Trust. Board directors Jubilee Enterprise of Greater Washington, Inc. Advisory board Jubilee Support Alliance.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Public Defender Service of District of Columbia. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (section on taxation, chair task force capital cost recovery 1985, vice chair committee women and minorities 1993-1995, lobbyist), National Bar Association, Washington Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association (member attorney client arbitration board 1984-1990, legal ethics committee since 1993), Harvard Law School Alumni Association, Sigma Xi (associate), Beta Kappa Chi.
Married James H. Argrett Junior, March 28, 1959 (divorced). Children: Lisa Argrett Ahmad, Brian E. Married Vantile E. Whitfield, May 29, 1993.