Chairman
Linda W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Mr. Lynn E.
Cunningham to the District of Columbia Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "District of Columbia Housing
Authority Board of Commissioners Lynn E. Cunningham Confirmation Resolution of 2000".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of
Columbia confirms the appointment of
Mr. Lynn E. Cunningham
3403 Ordway Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
(Ward 3)
as a public commissioner member of the
District of Columbia Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, established by section 12
of the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Act
13-254; 47 DCR 1325), for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first
members are sworn-in.
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.
RESUME
LYNN E. CUNNINGHAM
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF’ CLINICAL LAW
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HIGHLIGHTS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE
2/1/95 To Present, Terris Pravlic &
Wagner Of Counsel 1121 12th Street, NW, Washington. DC 20005
8/77 to 2/95, Neighborhood Legal Services,
Washington D.C., Managing attorney and housing law Specialist, Law Reform Unit.
5/75 to 6/77, Florence Wagman Roisman,
Esq. Washington. D.C. Associate attorney handling housing litigation for low income
clients.
9/72 to 1/74, Lovejoy, Wesson, Lundgren
& Ashton, New York, New York, Law Associate in Corporate Litigation.
HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
3/87 to Present, St. Margaret’s Episcopal
Church, Member of Adjunct Clergy
8/97 to Present, D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, Co-Chair
5/92 to 2/1/93, Legal Renounce Center for Non-Profit Housing Development, Member of Board
of Directors
5/89 to 1992, Church’s Conference on Shelter And Housing, Member of Board of Directors
9/86 to 9/87, Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Commission On Public Housing, D.C. Member of Commission
1/80 to 12/90, Rent Control Steering Committee/Housing Action Council Of D.C., Advisor to
tenant organizations on rent control and other tenant protections.
I/75 to 4/75, Emergency Interfaith Housing Committee, Coordinator of a major
interdenominational group to involve New York City churches and synagogues in housing
issues of low income persons.
EDUCATION
1972, Columbia Law School, N.Y., N.Y.,
J.D.
1969, Union Theological Seminary, N.Y., N.Y., B.D.
1966, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.. A.B.
1964-65, Cambridge University, England. Studies in history.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
State:
New York, admitted 10/13
District of Columbia, admitted 12/75
Federal District Courts:
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
District of Columbia
United States Circuit Courts of Appeals:
District of Columbia Circuit
Second Circuit
United States Supreme Court
BAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES:
D.C. Bar Section 6 (D.C. Affairs).
Steering Committee, 1992 to present, Co-Chair, 1993-95.D.C. Bar Division 15 (Real Estate),
Steering Committee, 1980-83.American Civil Liberties Union, National
Church-State Relations Committee, 1972-74.Conducted Continuing Legal Education
training for D.C. Bar members in landlord tenant law, annually, 1977 to 1995.
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS:
"HUD Utility Allowance Program Spawns
Major Disputes," Clearinghouse Review, October, 1985. (co-author)"Part A and EPSDT: Helping At-Risk
Infants and Toddlers," Clearinghouse Review. May, 1993. (co-author)"Receivership as a Remedy for Poor
Agency Performance," Clearinghouse Review, March, 1996. (co-author)."Washington, D.C.’s Successful Public
Housing Receivership", Journal of Affordable Housing, Winter, 1999.Neighborhood Legal Services Program
Landlord and Tenant Manual. (500 pages) Managing editor, compiler, and contributing
author. 1992.
AWARDS & HONORS:
Stuart Stiller Award
Jerrold Scout Prize, 1994