Judge Joyce Hens Green (born 1928) is a Senior United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.
Green was born in 1928 in New York City. Her father was a psychiatrist and her mother was a homemaker. She had one brother. Her parents encouraged her to go to college and to medical school, but she elected to attend law school.
Judge Green graduated from the University of Maryland, receiving a B.A. in 1949. She entered the University o...
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Judge Joyce Hens Green (born 1928) is a Senior United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.
Green was born in 1928 in New York City. Her father was a psychiatrist and her mother was a homemaker. She had one brother. Her parents encouraged her to go to college and to medical school, but she elected to attend law school.
Judge Green graduated from the University of Maryland, receiving a B.A. in 1949. She entered the University of Maryland Law School and transferred to the George Washington University Law School, receiving a J.D. from that institution in two years, in 1951. She also received an honorary Doctor of Laws from George Washington in 1994 and has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Towson High School.
Green was married to attorney Samuel Green (d.1988) and had three children: Michael Green, June Green, and James Harry Green. She has several grandchildren.
Judge Green practiced law in the District of Columbia and Virginia until she was appointed Associate...
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