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Roger Anthony Fairfax Jr. is an American legal scholar.

Family

Roger Fairfax Jr. is the eldest son of Roger Sr. and Charlene Fairfax.[1] Fairfax Jr.'s youngest brother, Justin Fairfax,[2] served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. The Fairfax family can trace its ancestry to Simon Fairfax, a slave freed by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.[3]

Roger Fairfax Jr. and his wife Lisa Fairfax raised three children.[1][4]

Career

Roger Fairfax Jr. attended Harvard College before completing a master's degree from the University of London.[5][6] He also attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C.[7] While a student at Harvard Law School, Fairfax edited the Harvard Law Review. He was a law clerk for Patti B. Saris and later Judith W. Rogers.[8] Fairfax is an elected member of the American Law Institute.[9] Fairfax was a federal prosecutor and worked for O'Melveny & Myers before joining the George Washington University Law School faculty, where he served as Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law until 2021,[10] when he was appointed dean of the Washington College of Law at American University.[11][12] Fairfax is also the chair of Archbishop Carroll High School's board of directors.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs". www.banking.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. ^ Wilson, Patrick (March 18, 2017). "How outsider Justin Fairfax broke through the Democratic Party in bid for lieutenant governor". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Schneider, Gregory S. (January 27, 2018). "Poised to make history, Justin Fairfax got a powerful reminder of his own heritage". Washington Post. Retrieved March 22, 2022. Republished as: Schneider, Gregory S. (February 8, 2018). "Fairfax cherises paper that emancipated his ancestor". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Ackerman, Andrew (2016-03-14). "SEC Nominee Lisa Fairfax Is Diversity Advocate and Law Professor". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. ^ Green, Erica L. (March 20, 2022). "Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices While at Harvard". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2022. Roger A. Fairfax, who was two years behind her [ Ketanji Brown Jackson ]..."
  6. ^ "Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. Dean and Professor of Law". Washington College of Law. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Board of Directors". www.archbishopcarroll.org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  8. ^ "Roger A. Fairfax, Jr". William S. Richardson School of Law. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  9. ^ "Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr". American Law Institute. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Professor Fairfax Named Dean of American University Washington College of Law". George Washington University Law School. April 21, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "Roger A. Fairfax Jr. Named Dean of Washington College of Law". American Law Institute. April 22, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "American University Names Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. as Dean of Washington College of Law". Washington College of Law. April 6, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Anthony_Fairfax_Jr.