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Shellie Bowers - The Honorable
Judge graduated from Sumner High School in St. Louis, Missouri in 1953. He
went to Lincoln University that same year and graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in government with a minor in mathematics in 1957. Following a
two-year tour of active duty as an Army artillery officer, he matriculated
at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C. on a Regent scholarship and in
June 1962 received a Bachelor of Law degree. He was thereupon awarded the
prestigious E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship in Trial Advocacy and upon
completion of this program at Georgetown received a Masters of Law in 1963.
After a one-year stint as a trial attorney at
the United States Department of Justice, in the Organized Crime and
Racketeering Section of the Criminal Division, Bowers entered the private
practice of law, where he distinguished himself exhibiting exceptional legal
skill and judicial prowess for the next fourteen years. In 1979, his
outstanding legal abilities came to the attention of the Carter
administration. President Jimmy Carter appointed Judge Bowers to the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, where he has distinguished
himself for the past twenty-two years.
In addition to his judicial service, Judge
Bowers taught Trial Advocacy as an adjunct professor for one year at Antioch
School of Law (1977-1978) and for twenty years (1978-1998) at Howard School
of Law. Since 1996 he has taught Trial Advocacy as a member of the Teaching
Team at the winter Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School.
Judge Bowers has an extensive record of
community service. Prior to becoming a judge, he served as co-chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Legal Service Program; a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Public Defender Service; a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society; a member of the Board of
Trustees of Family and Child Services; a member of the Board of Directors of
the national Capital Area and the American Civil Liberties Union. Judge
Bowers has received several outstanding service awards from the above
mentioned organizations for dedication and commitment to helping indigent
city residents.
Judge Bowers is married to Florence Shyne
Bowers also a Lincolnite. |
