WHAT: Investiture of the Honorable Roy W. McLeese III 

WHEN: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 4:00 pm 

WHERE: Ceremonial Courtroom Historic Courthouse  430 E Street, NW 

WHO:  Judge Florence Pan, DC Superior Court   David Fein, US Attorney for Connecticut   Virginia Seitz, Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice  

Biography:  

Judge Roy W. McLeese III was appointed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in 2012 by President Barack Obama.  

Judge McLeese received his B.A. cum laude in 1981 from Harvard College, and his J.D. cum laude in 1985 from the New York University School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review.  

After graduating from law school, Judge McLeese served as a law clerk to then-Judge Antonin Scalia, on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then clerked for Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1987, Judge McLeese joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. After rotating through various sections of that Office, he became Deputy Chief of the Appellate Division in 1990. From 1997 through 1999, Judge McLeese served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, briefing and arguing cases in the Supreme Court. After returning to the United States Attorney’s Office, he became Chief of the Appellate Division in 2005. In 2010, Judge McLeese served for five months as Acting Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, supervising the criminal litigation of the United States in the Supreme Court. He then returned to the United States Attorney’s Office, where he again served as Chief of the Appellate Division until he was appointed to the DC Court of Appeals.  

While working in the Department of Justice, Judge McLeese received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award and the John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement for Handling of Appeals. He also received the Harold Sullivan and John Evans Awards from the Assistant United States Attorneys Association.  Judge McLeese is married to Virginia Seitz, and they have two children.