Chambers of Judge Leslie J. Abrams
201 West Broad Avenue
Albany, GA 31701
Full Name:
Leslie Joyce Abrams
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
1974
Birth Place:
Madison, WI
Home City:
Atlanta, GA
JD, Yale Law School, 1999-2002
Attended, University of Michigan, Rackham School of Public Policy, 1997-1998
BA, Brown University, 1993-1997
No political experience information on file.
No caucus information on file.
Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 2014-present
Assistant, United States Attorney's Office Northern District of Georgia, Crime Division, 2010-2014
Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, March 11, 2014
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, November 18, 2014
Associate, Skadden, Arips, Slate, Meagher, and Flom, Limited Liability Partnership, 2003-2006, 2007-2010
Associate, Kilpatrick Stockton Limited Liability Partnership (now Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton), 2006-2007
Law Clerk to Judge Marvin J. Garbis, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2002-2003
Summer Associate, Powell, Gordstein, Frazer, and Murphy Limited Liability Partnership (now Bryan Cave), 2000-2002
Intern, Yale Law School, 2001
Teacher Assistant, Yale Law School, 2001
Research Assistant, Yale Law School, 2000
Consumer Protection Fellow, Greenlining Institute, 1998-1999
Intern, National Black Business Council, 1999
Intern, TheScience.com (now defunct), 1999
Residential Counselor, University of Michigan, 1998
Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 19960 present
Board of Trustees, Central United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012-present
Member, American Bar Association, present
Member, District of Columbia Bar
Member, Gate City Bar Association
Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
Member, Georgia Bar
Member, National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
Board of Directors, Young Women's Christian Assocaiation of the National Capital Area
Associate Trustee, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, 2008-2010
Student Representative, BarBri, 2000-2002
Awards:
United States Attorney's Award for Performance as Community Outreach Coordinator (2013)
Young Leaders Conference, Council to Italy and the United States (2012)
Selected for LEAD Atlanta Class of 2007
Earl Warren Legal Training Fellowship (1999)
Rackham Merit Fellowship (1997-1998)
Institute for the recruitment of Teachers Fellowship (1996)
Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship (1995)
Publications:
As a member of the Yale Law Women, I co-authored, "YLS Faculty and Students Speak about Gender: A report on Faculty-Student Relations at Yale Law School" April 2002