Lesley B. Wells

Lesley Brooks Wells (born October 6, 1937) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education[]

Wells earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Chatham College (now Chatham University) in 1959 and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University in 1974. She was employed as a federal court intern through the from 1973 to 1974.^[1]

Career[]

Wells maintained a private law practice for six years (1975–1978 and 1980–1983) in Cleveland, interrupted by two years (1979–1980) as director of the ABAR III Civil Rights Litigation Support Center at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She was adjunct professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (1980–1981) and adjunct assistant professor, College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University (1980–1983 and 1990–1992).^[1]

Judicial service[]

After more than a decade as a Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge (1983–1994), President Bill Clinton nominated her on November 19, 1993, for a judgeship vacated by John Michael Manos.^[1] She was confirmed by the Senate on February 10, 1994, and received her commission the following day. Twelve years later, on February 14, 2006 she became a senior judge.^[1] She retired from active service on October 2, 2015.

Personal[]

Wells was married to the late Charles F. Clarke, a partner in the multinational law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. He died in January 2014.

References[]

External links[]

• Lesley B. Wells at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.