John A. Terry

{{Short description|American judge (1933–2021)}}

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| name = John A. Terry

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| office = Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

| term_start = February 2006

| term_end = 2016

| office2 = Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

| termstart2 = 1982

| termend2 = 2006[http://jnc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/jnc/publication/attachments/Record-JNC-Recs-Desigs-Oct13.pdf Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission]

| nominator2 = Ronald Reagan

| predecessor2 = Stanley S. Harris

| successor2 = Phyllis D. Thompson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|05|06}}[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=42479 Nomination of John A. Terry To Be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ], May 5, 1982.

| birth_place = Utica, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|5|1933|5|6}}

| death_place = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Yale College (BA)
Georgetown University Law Center (JD)

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John Alfred Terry{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0000unse_i8t7/page/774/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Law, 1998-1999|year=1998|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=775|isbn=978-0-8379-3513-3 }} (May 6, 1933 – September 5, 2021) was a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia.

Born in Utica, New York, Terry was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended John Burroughs School. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1954 before enrolling at Georgetown University Law Center in 1957.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/remembering-d-c-court-of-appeals-judge-john-a-terr?|title=DC Bar - Remembering D.C. Court of Appeals Judge John A. Terry}} In 1962, he joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Beginning in 1969, he served as chief of the appellate division for 13 years until he was appointed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in 1982. He took senior status in 2006. Terry died in September 2021.{{cite news |title=John Terry, appeals court judge, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-terry-appeals-court-judge-dies-at-88/2021/09/28/871c9bea-1d75-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=9 October 2021}}