Phyllis A. Kravitch

Background

Kravitch, Phyllis A. was born on August 23, 1920 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Aaron and Ella (Wiseman) Kravitch.

Education

Bachelor, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1941. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Goucher College, Baltimore, 1981. Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1943.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Emory University, Atlanta, 1998.

Career

Practice law, Savannah, 1944-1976; judge, Superior Court, Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, 1977-1979; judge, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit), Atlanta, 1979-1981; judge, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit), since 1981; senior judge, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit), since 1996. Member Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules, since 1994.

Achievements

• Bar: Georgia 1943, United States District Court 1944, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1948, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1962.

Membership

Trustee Institute Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1979—1982. Member Board Education, Chatham County, Georgia, 1949—1955. Member council Law School, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1985.

Member visiting committee Law School, University Chicago, 1990—1993. Board visitors Georgia State University Law School, 1994—2009. Member regional review panel Truman Scholarship Foundation, 1993—2000.

Member visiting committee Goucher College, since 2000. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Member: American Bar Association (Margaret Brent award 1991), National Association Women Lawyers (Arabella Babb Mansfield award 1999), University Pennsylvania Law Society, American Law Institute, American Judicature Society (Devitt award committee 1998-1999), State Bar Georgia, Savannah Bar Association (president 1976).

Connections

Father:

Aaron Kravitch

Mother:

Ella (Wiseman) Kravitch