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Leslie Abrams' Biography

Contact Information

Office

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.

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

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