Gregory M. Sleet
Gregory M. Sleet | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
In office May 1, 2017 – September 28, 2018 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
In office 2007–2014 | |
Preceded by | Sue Lewis Robinson |
Succeeded by | Leonard P. Stark |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
In office April 30, 1998 – May 1, 2017 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Joseph J. Longobardi |
Succeeded by | Maryellen Noreika |
United States Attorney for the District of Delaware | |
In office 1993–1998 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | William C. Carpenter, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Carl Schnee |
Personal details | |
Born | Gregory Moneta Sleet March 8, 1951 Rutgers School of Law–Camden (J.D. ) |
Gregory Moneta Sleet (born March 8, 1951, in New York City, New York) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Education and career
Sleet was born in
Federal judicial service
Sleet was a United States District Judge of the
Experience and academic career
Due to the expertise and experience in patent law that Sleet has acquired from hearing numerous patent cases during his tenure as a District Judge and Chief Judge of the
Other service and honors
In 1995, Sleet was appointed by then U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno for a 2-year term to the Attorney General's Advisory Committee ("AGAC"), a group designed to set policy and strategy for the United States Department of Justice, and also a group which Sleet was made Vice Chair of in 1995-1995 by Reno in August 1995.[2] In 1998, Delaware Today magazine selected Judge Sleet as "Delawarean of the Year" and in 2000, he was named one of "Fifty of the Finest" graduates in the first fifty years of Rutgers University.[2]
Additionally, Judge Sleet was presented the Distinguished Service Award in 1994 by the
Sleet is also a member of the Third Circuit Committee on Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions, the Third Circuit Judicial Council Automation & Technology Committee, the Third Circuit Judicial Council Facilities and Security Committee and Member of the Third Circuit Judicial Council Case Management Committee.Personal
He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Moneta Sleet Jr.[1]
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Delaware
References
- ^ a b "Gregory Sleet becomes first Black chief judge in Delaware". Jet.
- ^ a b c d e "Sleet, Gregory Moneta - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ "Sleet Announces Plan to Retire From Del. Federal Bench This Fall | Delaware Law Weekly". Delaware Law Weekly. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ Patent Litigation, Duke University School of Law, https://law.duke.edu/academics/course/683/
- ^ The History Makers, The Honorable Gregory Sleet, http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/honorable-gregory-sleet
External links
- Adjunct Professor Profile - Rutgers University School of Law Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Gregory M. Sleet at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.