KAREN
LECRAFT HENDERSON
Judge Henderson was appointed United States Circuit Judge in July 1990. She
received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her law degree from
the University of North Carolina. Following
law school, she was in private practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. From 1973 to 1983, she was with the Office of
the South Carolina Attorney General, ultimately in the position of Deputy
Attorney General. In 1983, she returned
to private practice as a member of the firm of Sinkler,
Gibbs & Simons of Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. In June 1986, Judge Henderson was appointed
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina where she
served until her appointment to the D.C. Circuit.