Background
Prettyman, Junior, E. Barrett was born on June 1, 1925 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Prettyman, Junior, E. Barrett was born on June 1, 1925 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1953).
Worked at Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Appellate Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1954, District of Columbia. Phi Delta Phi. Winner, Moot Court Competition, Best Law Review Note, 1953.
Decisions Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1952-1953. Co-Editor, Justice Jackson's The Supreme Court in the American System of Government, 1955. Author: Death and The Supreme Court, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1961.
Winner, Mystery Writers of America and Scribes Awards. Law Clerk to Justice Jackson, 1953-1954, Justice Frankfurter, 1954-1955 and Justice Harlan, 1955, United States. Supreme Court. Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1963 and to the White House, 1963-1964.
Member, Board of Trustees, Executive Committee: American University, 1972-1987, Trustee Emeritus, 1987. Chairman, Committee to Write Bicentennial History of D.C. Circuit, 1976. Member, Board of Governors, St. Albans School, 1957-1963, 1965-1971, Chairman, 1965-1967.
Member, Advisory Board: Media Law Reporter, 1976. Institute for Communications Law Studies of Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, 1982. Special Counsel to House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 1980-1982.
Outside Counsel to Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1978. Special Consultant to Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1967-1968. Trustee and Member, Executive Committee, 1982 and Vice President and Chairman, Program Committee, 1991, Supreme Court Historical Society.
Member, International Advisory Group, Toshiba Corporation Member, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, Washington Journalism Center, 1974-1993. Member, National Advisory Committee, National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law, 1985-1991. Member, PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board, President, 1990-1993.
President, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1992-1993. President, Lawyers Club. Member: District of Columbia Bar (President, 1972-1973.
Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1974). Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Member, Board of Directors, 1965-1967). American Judicature Society (Vice-President.
Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, 1989-1994). Fellow: District of Columbia Bar Foundation (Successively President, Vice-President and Treasurer)1983. American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, Board of Trustees, Executive Committee: American University, 1972-1987, Trustee Emeritus, 1987. Chairman, Committee to Write Bicentennial History of D.C. Circuit, 1976. Member, Board of Governors, St. Albans School, 1957-1963, 1965-1971, Chairman, 1965-1967.
Member, Advisory Board: Media Law Reporter, 1976. Institute for Communications Law Studies of Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, 1982. Special Counsel to House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 1980-1982.
Outside Counsel to Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1978. Special Consultant to Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1967-1968. Trustee and Member, Executive Committee, 1982 and Vice President and Chairman, Program Committee, 1991, Supreme Court Historical Society.
Member, International Advisory Group, Toshiba Corporation Member, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, Washington Journalism Center, 1974-1993. Member, National Advisory Committee, National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law, 1985-1991. Member, PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board, President, 1990-1993.
President, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1992-1993. President, Lawyers Club. Member: District of Columbia Bar (President, 1972-1973.
Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1974). Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Member, Board of Directors, 1965-1967). American Judicature Society (Vice-President.
Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, 1989-1994). Fellow: District of Columbia Bar Foundation (Successively President, Vice-President and Treasurer)1983. American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers.
