Patricia A. Dean
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Patricia A. Dean was an attorney, a partner with the Arnold & Porter law firm in Washington, a law clerk
for Justice Byron White
of the United States Supreme Court from 1982 to 1983, and a deputy clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1978 to 1981, the first woman to serve in that position. She died of cancer on October 27, 2004.
Law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most law clerks are recent law school graduates who...
for Justice Byron White
Byron White
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...
of the United States Supreme Court from 1982 to 1983, and a deputy clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1978 to 1981, the first woman to serve in that position. She died of cancer on October 27, 2004.