Catharine F. Easterly

Catharine Friend Easterly (born December 18, 1970) is an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia.

Biography Early life Easterly was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Harry and Patsy Easterly, and raised in Richmond, Virginia, where she graduated from St. Catherine's School. She majored in history at Yale College, graduating in 1992, and received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996.

Career During her law school summers Easterly worked at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. After law school, Easterly worked as an appellate public defender in New York for four and a half years, first at the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County and then at the Office of the Appellate Defender in New York City. and confirmed by the Senate on November 18, 2011.