Judge Wesley Brown

Deaths

Non-Sequiturs: 01.24.12

* Everybody is having a pants party today over these five careers U.S. News thinks you can do with a law degree. But here’s the thing, for every one J.D. holder who fills one of these positions despite their law degree, I can name ten people who have the same job and DIDN’T have to […]

7th Circuit

What Is To Be Done About Super-Old Judges?

When I clerked on the Ninth Circuit years ago, one of the judges on the court at the time was extremely old — and didn’t seem very “with it.” His law clerks seemed to take on a large amount of responsibility. One of his clerks that year, a law school classmate of mine I’ll call […]

Federal Judges

Judge of the Day: Wesley Brown — He’s 103!

What’s the judge wearing underneath his robe? In the case of Judge Wesley E. Brown of the District of Kansas, the oldest living federal judge, the smart money is on these. Judge Brown, the subject of a front-page profile in the New York Times (the news cycle is a little slow right now), is a […]