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Attorney Eric Lee Clay is nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
1995 (Mar)
President Bill Clinton nominated attorney Eric Lee Clay to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which hears cases from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Clay, a 1969 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina, earned his law degree from Yale University Law School in 1972. From June 1972 to June 1973, the prominent Detroit attorney served as the law clerk for exiting Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judge Damon Keith. Since 1973, Clay had been an attorney and member of the Board of Directors of Lewis, White, and Clay, where he chaired the litigation department. He also represented the Museum of African American History and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and was a member of the State Bar of Michigan, American Bar Association, Detroit Bar Association, and National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.