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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release February 23, 1995

                 PRESIDENT NOMINATES INEZ SMITH REID TO
                  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

The President yesterday nominated Inez Smith Reid to serve on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The President is authorized by statute to nominate D.C. Court of Appeals judges from a list of three individuals submitted by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.

Inez Smith Reid, 57, has been in private practice since 1986 and is now a member of the law firm of Lewis, White & Clay. Previously, Reid served as D.C. Corporation Counsel from 1983 to 1985. She also served as Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency; as Deputy General Counsel for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare; and as General Counsel for the New York State Executive Department. Reid received a B.A. from Tufts University, an LL.B. from Yale University, an M.A. (political science) from U.C.L.A., and a Ph.D. (law and government) from Columbia University.

If confirmed, Reid would fill the vacancy on the D.C. Court of Appeals created by the resignation of Judge Emmet Sullivan who now serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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