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Anita Josey-Herring
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Tenure
2020 - Present
Years in position
5
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Years in office: 1997 - 2020
Anita Josey-Herring is the chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She assumed office as the chief judge on October 1, 2020.[1] She was appointed to the court as an associate judge in 1997 by President Bill Clinton.[2]
Education
Josey-Herring received her undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1982 and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987.[2]
Career
- 2020-present: Chief judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- 1997-2020: Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- 1994-1997: Deputy Director, Public Defender Service
- 1988-1994: Staff attorney, District of Columbia Public Defender Service
- 1987: Clerk, Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
- 1985-1987: Law clerk, United States Department of Energy Solicitor's Office
- 1984-1985: Paralegal specialist, United States Department of Labor
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