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Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
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2015 - Present
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Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. was an associate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He was originally appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and was reappointed by President Bill Clinton in 2000.[1] Dixon retired from the bench on April 28, 2015, assuming senior status.[2]
Education
Dixon received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Howard University and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.[1]
Awards and association
- Senior judicial advisor, Courtroom 21 Project, William & Mary Law School's
- Liaison to the Website Committee, Washington Bar Association (WBA) Judicial Council
- Board of trustees, Foundation of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Member, Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production
- Member, WBA Hall of Fame
- Former chair, National Conference of State Trial Judges
- Member, American Bar Association House of Delegates
- Former member, Planning Board for ABA Techshow[1]
Noteworthy cases
From 1987 to 1997, Dixon presided over the lengthy case of Elizabeth Morgan where the U.S. Congress intervened and changed local D.C. law via the District of Columbia Civil Contempt Imprisonment Limitation Act leaving Dixon with no means to enforce his court decisions of giving visitation rights to the father of Morgan's daughter. Morgan fled the U.S. to protect her daughter from the father who had been sexually abusing her. Morgan later returned after a second Congressional intervention known as the Elizabeth Morgan Act. Dixon was left without any means of compelling Morgan to comply with his earlier decisions.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 District of Columbia Courts, "Superior Court Judges: Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.," accessed November 24, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "D.C. Superior Court Judge Herbert Dixon announces retirement," November 20, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Post, "The Man Who Stood Beside Elizabeth Morgan," October 5, 1989
