Kathryn A. Oberly

Montag, 22. Mai 1950

Kathryn Anne Oberly (born May 22, 1950) is a former Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. Oberly was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Park Ridge, Illinois, where she attended the same Methodist church as a young Hillary Clinton. The two became lifelong friends, and then-Senator Clinton testified in favor of Oberly's judicial nomination in the United States Senate. After graduating from high school in 1967, Oberly attended Vassar College for two years before switching to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin, where she was an articles editor for the Wisconsin Law Review. After law school she clerked for Donald P. Lay, a judge on