Ann Aldrich

Who was Ann Aldrich?

Ann Aldrich was a United States federal judge.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Aldrich received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1948 and an LL.B. from the New York University School of Law in 1950. She also attended the Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1951. She was an Attorney on the General Counsel's Staff for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in Washington, D.C., from 1951 to 1952. She served as a research assistant for Professor Edmond N. Cahn of the New York University Law School from 1952 to 1953, and for Arthur T. Vanderbilt of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1952 to 1953.

After a brief stint in private practice in Washington, D.C. she served as a civilian attorney at Subic Bay Naval Station from 1954 to 1956, and as an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission from 1953 to 1960.

Aldrich returned to private practice in Darien, Connecticut from 1961 to 1968. In 1965, she argued for the plaintiff in United Church of Christ v. Federal Communications Commission, which established a private party's standing, before the Federal Communications Commission, to intervene in license renewal proceedings.