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John Robert Risher Jr. (September 23, 1938 – February 21, 1999) was an attorney who served, from 1976 until June 1978, as the first Corporation Counsel for Washington, D.C. appointed after it was granted Home Rule by the United States Congress.
22. Feb. 1999 · John R. Risher Jr., 60, a prominent Washington lawyer who was a former federal prosecutor and D.C. corporation counsel and who also had been a leader in Washington area cultural, civic and...
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John Robert Risher Jr. (September 23, 1938 – February 21, 1999) was an attorney who served, from 1976 until June 1978, as the first Corporation Counsel for Washington, D.C. appointed after it was granted Home Rule by the United States Congress.
Born in Washington, Risher graduated from John Carroll High School in 1956, Morgan State College in 1960, and the University of Southern California law school in 1963. After a short tenure as an Army officer in Korea, he became an attorney with the federal government at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, then in the criminal fraud section of the Justice Department before being assigned to be a prosecutor in the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Upon leaving federal service in 1968, Risher joined Arent Fox in 1968 as a civil litigator. In 1973, he became the second or third African-American ever to become a partner in one of the 50 largest law firms in the United States. He served as partner of the firm, specializing in civil litigation and dealings with the District government, from 1973 until his death, except for his tenure in government.
Risher married Sarah Walker and they had two sons, John David and Michael Risher. After their divorce, he married Carol Seeger and they had two sons, Mark Eliot and Conrad Zachary.
21. Feb. 1999 · John Robert Risher Jr. (September 23, 1938 – February 21, 1999) was an attorney who served, from 1976 until June 1978, as the first Corporation Counsel for Washington, D.C. appointed after it was granted Home Rule by the United States Congress.
6. Juni 1978 · D.C. Corporation Counsel John R. Risher Jr. announced yesterday that he will resign from office June 25 because he does not want his future actions as the city's chief lawyer to be clouded by...
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8. Sept. 1977 · District and federal officials usually go to District Corporation Counsel John R. Risher Jr., the city's top legal officer. His opinion, as long as it is not obviously contradicted by a...
3. Nov. 2017 · Dr. John Risher, Virginia’s oldest living football player, died Friday morning in Lynchburg. He was 107 years old. A 1932 graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in chemistry, Risher attended UVA’s School of Medicine, earning his medical doctorate in 1936.
