Background
Dark, Okianer Christian was born on December 8, 1954 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Marshall Taylor and Vivian Louise (Rier) Christian.
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Okianer Christian Christian Dark
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor magna cum laude, Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, 1976; Juris Doctor, Rutgers University, Newark, 1979.
Career
Trial attorney antitrust division, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1979-1984;
trial attorney civil division, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1984;
assistant professor, U. Richmond (Virginia) Law School, 1984-1987;
associate professor, U. Richmond (Virginia) Law School, 1987-1990;
professor antitrust, torts and white collar crime, U. Richmond (Virginia) Law School, since 1990. Visiting professor, scholar Washington College Law, American U., Washington, 1991-1992. Professor Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Washington, 1985, 91, 92.
Assistant team leader southeastern regional program National Trial Advocacy Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1989, 90. Consultant C.L. Harris & Associations, Maryland., since 1991. Speaker, panelist and workshop leader in field.
Achievements
Politics
The Lord has given His people the mission of making disciples from every nation.
Views
Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.
Membership
Member Richmond Commission to Study Minority Participation in Construction Industry, 1989-1992. Board directors Jewels of Ann Private Day School, Washington, 1991-1992, Daily Planet, Richmond, 1987-1995, Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, 1993-1995, Classroom Law Project, since 1996, N.W. Health Foundation. Trustee Young Men’s Christian Association Greater Portland, St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, since 1989.
Trustee, chair minority affairs committee Law School Admission Council, 1991-1995. Assessment specialist United Way Greater Richmond, 1987-1992. Member American Bar Association (former vice chairman commercial torts subcommittee torts and insurance section), Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association (commission on lawyer professionalism), OldDominion Bar Association, Virginia Association Black Women Attorneys (board directors), Virginia Womens Association Foundation (board directors), Association American Law Schools (minority affairs committee law school admission county, committee torts and insurance section, antitrust and economics regulation section), Oregon State Bar (Oregon Supreme Court genderfairness task force), Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Lawrence J.Dark, June 20, 1981. 1 child, Harrison Edward.
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Educator award University Richmond, 1990, 93, Distinguished Faculty award Virginia Women Attorneys Association Foundation, 1991, Distinguished Woman in Lawaward Young Women’s Christian Association, 1991, Hope for People award Hope Fair Housing Center, Lombard, Illinois, 1991, annual Afro-American Achievement award Dale City Christian Church, 1992, Award of Excellence, National Alliance of Fair Housing Association, 1997.Recipient Distinguished Educator award University Richmond, 1990, 93, Distinguished Faculty award Virginia Women Attorneys Association Foundation, 1991, Distinguished Woman in Lawaward Young Women’s Christian Association, 1991, Hope for People award Hope Fair Housing Center, Lombard, Illinois, 1991, annual Afro-American Achievement award Dale City Christian Church, 1992, Award of Excellence, National Alliance of Fair Housing Association, 1997.