How to Address an Associate Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
How to Address an Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court?
The given name of an associate justice is not used unless there are two justices with the same surname, You can use these forms of address for any mode of communication: addressing a letter, invitation, card or Email.
—-Envelope, official, or address block on an email:
——–Justice (Surname)
——–The Supreme Court
——–One First Street, NE
——–Washington, DC 20543
—-Letter salutation:
——–Dear Justice (Surname):
See alsoChief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Justice is a title and honorific for a judge of an appellate court. The given name of an associate justice is not used unless there are two justices with the same surname. Judges of lower courts are addressed asThe Honorable (full name), but current justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are not. However a retired associate justice is addressed as the Honorable (full name) and in a salutation or conversation asJustice (surname).
—-– Robert Hickey,Honor & Respect How to Address Associate Justice Supreme Court
Robert Hickey author of“Honor & Respect”
How to Address a Retired Associate Justice?
A retired associate justice will be speaking at our annual conference. How do we list the retired associate justice’s name and title in our program?
This is what I plan to write:
—-(Full Name)
—-Associate Justice (Retired), U.S. Supreme Court
—-—-—-—-– Naomi Willis.
Dear Ms. Willis,
In the program use
—-—-The Honorable (Full Name)
—-—-Retired Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
—-#1) By tradition, when on the bench they are not addressed as ‘the Honorable’ … but when retired they are.
—-#2) The correct name of the court is the ‘Supreme Court of the United States’ … not the ‘U.S. Supreme Court’.
—-#3) Avoid the parentheses.
—-#4) In conversation you can address her formally as ‘Justice (Surname’ or simply ‘Justice’.
I include all the forms of address in my book –official and social envelopes, letter, salutation, invitation, place cards, introductions –if this sort of thing comes up often.
– Robert HickeyHow to Address an Associate Justice Supreme Court
How to Address an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Robert Hickey author of“Honor & Respect”
When Should You Use the Forms on this Page?
You can use these forms of address for any mode of communication: addressing aletter, invitation, card orEmail.(If there are differences between the official and social forms of address, I will have mentioned the different forms.) The form noted in the salutation is the same form you use when you say their name in conversation or when yougreet them.
___What I don’t cover on this site aremany thingsI do cover in my book:all the rules of forms of address, about names, international titles, precedence, complimentary closes, details on invitations, place cards, all sorts of introductions,etc. I hope you’ll get acopy of the book if you’d like the further detail.
Not Finding Your Answer?
—-#1)At right ondesktops,at the bottom of every pageontablets andphones, is a list of all the offices, officials & topics covered on the site.
—-#2) If you don’t see the official you seek included or your question answeredsend me an e-mail. I am pretty fast at sending a reply: usually the next day or so (unless I am traveling.)Note: I don’t have mailing or Email addresses for any of the officials and I don’t keep track of offices that exist only in history books.
—-#3) If I think your question is of interest to others, Sometimes I post the question – but always change all the specifics.
— Robert Hickey
Robert Hickey author of“Honor & Respect”
Recommended Resources: The Protocol School of Washington (PSOW) and Protocol and Diplomacy International – Protocol Officers Association (PDI-POA) For more information see theProtocol Resources page.
