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David S. Tatel Shares His Book, "Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice"
JUDGE DAVID TATEL has served nearly 30 years on America’s second highest court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where many of our most crucial cases are resolved—or teed up for the Supreme Court. He has championed equal justice for his entire adult life; decided landmark environmental and voting cases; and embodied the ideal of what a great judge should be. Yet he has been blind for the past 50 of his 80-plus years. His story of fighting for justice over many decades, with and without eyesight, is an inspiration to us all.
JUDGE DAVID TATEL served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to 2023. Prior to that, his three-decade career as a civil rights lawyer included private and government positions, and focused heavily on equal educational opportunity and access to justice. He served as Director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and then Director of the National Committee. He was the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the Carter Administration. When he returned to private practice in 1979, Judge Tatel joined Hogan & Hartson, where he founded and headed the firm’s education practice until his appointment to the D.C. Circuit. Judge Tatel also co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law. Judge Tatel and his wife, Edie, have four children and eight grandchildren. They live in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
ERWIN CHEMERINSKY is the dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. The author of "Presumed Guilty", "The Conservative Assault on the Constitution", and "The Case Against the Supreme Court", among many other works. His latest book is "No Democracy Lasts Forever". Erwin lives in Oakland, California.
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