OFFICIAL  “CELEBRATION OF LIFE”  HOSTS

Organizations, Agencies, and Related

Hosts will be listed in the RSS National Live Feed, Formal Program, On-Line Website, Announcement to 58,412 Contact emails of Judge Burnett, GYJ Newsletter to 154K, Also Graphics, Official Memorial Websites, and Official Hosts each get 5 Minutes to Speak at the Memorial as it is being taped for Several Projects on Judge Burnetts Life, so it is important we Document Official Roles Judge Burnett as involved with, as the Family want to make sure it is factually accurate. We are also getting a Group photo at the end, and photos will be taken during the Memorial.  A final project will also be created on the worldwide web, and more.

Because of Judge Burnett’s long career and life’s work, totaling about 70 of his 89 years, the internet does not have as much during a critical period in America (1950-1975) which Judge Burnett played a large role, some of it now just being released, upon his death.

The Family approved everyone we are reaching out too.  Of course, anyone not able to participate, we will reach out to them for more info on Judge Burnetts role.  Please Confirm by Wednesday, 3/13/2024 at 6pm EST

This CELEBRATION OF LIFE is also the PUBLIC MEMORIAL for Judge Burnett, as there will be no Funeral or Wake. The Family is having a one hour memorial at their church in DC on Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 11-12.  The only other

QUESTIONS:  Scott B. Peterson, CEO, Global Youth Justice, Inc. at 202.468.3790 and Scott.Peterson@GlobalYouthJustice.org

If you need to urgently reach me – please text me at that number above – as I always see that.  Thank You.

JUDGE ARTHUR L BURNETT, SR

https://dcchs.org/judges/honorable-arthur-burnett-sr/

“Celebration of an Amazing and Historical Life”

Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr.

A Lifetime of Public Service

1969 – 1st African American United States Magistrate

1980 – United States Magistrate Judge

1987 – Associate Judge, Superior Court District of Columbia

2002 – Senior Court, Superior Court District of Columbia

FAMILY

JUDGE BURNETT’S WIFE ANN

and

4/5 CHILDREN ATTENDING

WIFE

Married to Frisbieann “ANN” Lloyd, May 14, 1960, Oakland, California.

FATHER OF FIVE (5) CHILDREN, ALL GROWN

Darnellena Christalyn Burnett, Esq., C.P.A.;

Dr. Arthur Louis Burnett, II;

Darryl Lawford Burnett, M.P.H. (Public Health Administrator);

Darlisa Ann Burnett, M.B.A. (Economist);

and Dr. Dionne Elizabeth Burnett Roberts, D.V.M.

Resident of Washington, DC

December, 1968 to November 17, 2023

EDUCATION

John J. Wright High School, Class Valedictorian.

Howard University, Summa Cum Laude/Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

New York University, School of Law, Top 10 Percent of Class.

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AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

U.S. Presidential Appointment – President Nixon – 1969

1^st  African American United States Magistrate in History of the Nation

United States Magistrate, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, First African American United States Magistrate (Judge) in the history of the Nation. 

U.S. Presidential Appointment – President Jimmy Carter – 1975

Assistant General Counsel – United States Civil Service Commission

White House Counsel Office – Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

U.S. Presidential Appointment – President Reagan – 1980

United States Magistrate “Judge”, United States District Court for the District of Columbia

2^nd 8 Year Appointment in this Role, Title Switched to U.S. Magistrate Judge, First was in 1969

U.S. Presidential Appointment – President Reagan – 1987

Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

U.S. Presidential Appointment – President Clinton – 1995

Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

OFFICIAL JOBS

Liaison to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, reporting on significant developments in the civil rights movement

Associate General Counsel, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Civil Service Commission

1^st General Counsel, District of Columbia, Metropolitan Police Department

Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Columbia, USDOJ

Staff Attorney and Acting Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Adjutant General Corps Officer, First Lieutenant, United States Army, USDOD

Attorney General’s Honors Program, U.S. Department of Justice

Judge Burnett’s involvement in the USDOJ Honors Programs, led to him serving as Special Assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for an extended period of time, reporting back on Martin Luther King Jr, and on significant developments in the civil rights movement,

Judge Arthur Burnett would end up being with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, when he learned his brother, President John F. Kennedy was killed.  Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, would swear Judge Arthur Burnett in as Deputy Attorney General, that day, for 24 Hours, while he stayed at USDOJ, would go home to his wife and children.

1^st Executive Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.

1^st African American to Chair a Conference of Judges in the American Bar Association.

Briefing Judge, U.S. Department of State

Arthur Burnett became the Assistant General Counsel in charge of the Legal Advisory Division of what was then the United States Civil Service Commission to act on harmonizing the Affirmative Action and Merit Systems; and, President Jimmy Carter had Arthur take a lead role in establishing a major initiative to revise the Federal Civil System, Arthur Burnett was assigned to work with the White House Counsel’s Office and was the principal drafter of the legislation that became the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, leading to the creation of the Office of Personnel Management, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the Office of Special Counsel to deal with Hatch Act allegations.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW

Howard University School of Law

Columbus School of Law at Catholic University