Dana Douglas, confirmed this week as the first Black woman on the New Orleans-based federal appeals court, grew up in a law enforcement family before opting for another sort of legal career.
Her uncle served as the first Black superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. Another uncle was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent and her mother worked for the local sheriff’s office.
“I never could see myself running around with a badge and a gun and a pair of stilettos, so I decided to try to take a different turn,” Douglas said during a March 2021 Miami University panel ...
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