John Townsend Rich

Civil, Mediation
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, District of Columbia 20036


Civil

Admitted

1970, New York; 1972, District of Columbia

Law School

Yale University, LL.B., 1969

Law School Graduation Year

1969

College

Harvard University, A.B., 1965; University College, Oxford, England, 1969-1970

Memberships

The District of Columbia Bar (Co-Chairperson, Publications Committee, 1989-1991; Secretary, 1984-1985; Member, Steering Committee, Division IV, 1983-1984; Co-Chairperson, Division IV Court Rules Committee, 1981-1983; Co-Chairperson, D.C. Affairs Division, 1976-1978); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; International Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law); American Society of International Law; Washington Council of Lawyers.

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Yale Law Journal, 1968-1969. Law Clerk: Chief Judge David L. Bazelon, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1970-1971; Justice Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court, 1971-1972. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1972-1975. Special Master, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1985-1988. Associate Independent Counsel, 1989-1990.

Military