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National Capital Revitalization Corporation Board of Directors James L. Hudson Confirmation Resolution of 2003
PR 15-0220

Chairman Linda W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 1N THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the appointment of Mr. James L. Hudson to the National Capital Revitalization Corporation Board of Directors.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "National Capital Revitalization Corporation Board of Directors James L. Hudson Confirmation Resolution of 2003".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Mr. James L. Hudson
2200 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-5004
(Ward 1)

as a public citizen member of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation Board of Directors, established by section 4 of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation Act of 1998, effective September 11, 1998 (D.C. Law 12-144; D.C. Code Official § 2-1219.03), replacing Marie Drissel, whose term ended July 14, 2002, for a term to end July 14, 2007.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

JAMES L..HUDSON

2200 Twentieth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-5004
Tel: (202) 234-0431 Fax: (202) 234-0433

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

BA., Morehouse College (1961)
J.D., Boston University School of Law (1965)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chairman, JAH Development Co. Current activities include involvement in real estate and investor directed entities. JAH's principal activities are venture capital projects including real estate holdings, energy, bio-mass development, and broadband communications (1985 - present).

Senior Partner, Hudson Leftwich & Davenport. Principal area of practice: Municipal representation. Special Legislative Counsel for the cities of Detroit, New Orleans, Oakland and Kansas City. Provided legal and executive department support on city finance and economic development plans. Principal city liaison with the U.S. Congress and the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Labor and Transportation (1970 - 1982).

(a) Finance Counsel, District of Columbia Government (1974 -1982)

Research Fellow, The Urban Institute. Principal area of research: The study of the management of housing services. Research concerned housing management and ownership; evaluating housing systems; deriving program implications from the evaluation (1968 1970).

Member of the Firm, Rhyne & Rhyne. Principal area of practice: Municipal legal problems involving all phases of city government; advertising city legal officers and preparation of city law briefs; counsel to municipal officials on city government problems; counsel to municipal officials on Federal government contracts (1966 -1968).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

(Current Associations)

District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission
Chairman, Delta Bluff, LLC
District of Columbia Bar Association

(Past Associations)

Chairman, Morehouse College Board of Trustees
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, Board of Directors
Smithsonian Institution, Board, National Museum of African Art
Alfresco Financial, Inc. (Board)
Georgetown Day School (Board)
Levine School of Music (Board)
District of Columbia General Hospital (Board)
Municipal Finance Forum of Washington
District of Columbia National Bank (Advisory Board)
Carson Products, Inc. (Board)

PUBLICATIONS

Associate Editor, Law and Judicial Systems of Nations (1965), a one-volume edition of the legal systems of virtually every independent country in the world. The volume contains basic information concerning the requirements to practice law, the organizations of the Bar, information dealing with schools, law students, and court systems.

Associate Editor, 1967, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers Law Review. A collection of articles and court decisions on municipal law, which reflects the experience of city attorneys.

Associate Editor, 1968, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers Law Review.
Municipal Regulation of Cable Communications (1972).
Legal Issues in New Community Governance (1974).
Capital Project Financing: A Critical Analysis of a New Approach. A report on Bond Financing for the District of Columbia under the Home Rule Act (1975).
"The Residential Real Property Transfer Excise Act of 1978." Realtor, February 1979.
"District of Columbia Revenue Bonds." Realtor, June 1983.

BAR ADMITTANCE

District of Columbia Bar
U.S. Supreme Court