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The Superior Court of the District of Columbia resides in Washington, D.C. It is a trial court of general jurisdiction established by the U.S. Congress in 1970.[1]

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Jurisdiction

The Superior Court handles all local trial matters. This includes topics such as:[1]

Judges


Office Name Party Date assumed office
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Janet Albert Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Geoffrey M. Alprin Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jennifer Anderson Nonpartisan 2006
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Errol R. Arthur Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judith Bartnoff Nonpartisan September 14, 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia John H. Bayly Jr. Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Ronna L. Beck Nonpartisan January 8, 2021
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Julie Helene Becker Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Joseph E. Beshouri Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Rahkel Bouchet Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Rainey Ransom Brandt Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Diane Brenneman Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Julie Breslow Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Zoe Bush Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia John M. Campbell Nonpartisan 1998
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Russell F. Canan Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Erik P. Christian Nonpartisan 2001
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Kaye K. Christian Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jeanette Clark Nonpartisan 2017
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Natalia M. Combs Greene Nonpartisan 2013
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Laura A. Cordero Nonpartisan 2005
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Laura Crane Nonpartisan February 13, 2023
Superior Court of the District of Columbia James Crowell Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. Nonpartisan December 16, 2015
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Linda Kay Davis Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Danya Ariel Dayson Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Marisa Demeo Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Tyrona Dewitt Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jennifer Di Toro Nonpartisan 2011
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Herbert B. Dixon Jr. Nonpartisan April 28, 2015
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Stephanie Duncan-Peters Nonpartisan 2011
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Todd E. Edelman Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Stephen F. Eilperin Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Anthony C. Epstein Nonpartisan 2008
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Tara Fentress Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Gerald I. Fisher Nonpartisan 2001
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Henry F. Greene Nonpartisan 2004
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Brook Hedge Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Heide Herrmann Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Andrea Hertzfeld Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Kelly Higashi Nonpartisan 2018
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Alfred S. Irving Nonpartisan March 21, 2025
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Craig Iscoe Nonpartisan 2004
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Deborah J. Israel Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Gregory Jackson Nonpartisan 2017
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Noel Johnson Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Tanya Jones Bosier Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Kimberley S. Knowles Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Peter Arno Krauthamer Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Neal E. Kravitz Nonpartisan 1998
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Milton C. Lee Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Lynn Leibovitz Nonpartisan 2001
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Diane Lepley Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Cheryl M. Long Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jose M. Lopez Nonpartisan 1990
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judith N. Macaluso Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Shana Frost Matini Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia John McCabe Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Juliet McKenna Nonpartisan 2005
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Leslie Meek Nonpartisan December 15, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Zinora M. Mitchell-Rankin Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Gregory Mize Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Robert E. Morin Nonpartisan October 1, 2020
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Truman A. Morrison III Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Thomas J. Motley Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Shelly Mulkey Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Lloyd U. Nolan Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Adrienne Noti Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Ann O'Regan Keary Nonpartisan 2015
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Robert Okun Nonpartisan 2013
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jason Park Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Heidi M. Pasichow Nonpartisan 2008
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judith Pipe Nonpartisan June 21, 2024
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jonathan Pittman Nonpartisan 2018
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Hiram E. Puig-Lugo Nonpartisan 1999
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Rupa Ranga Puttagunta Nonpartisan February 25, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Maria Elizabeth Raffinan Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Michael L. Rankin Nonpartisan 2019
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Renee Raymond Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Rhonda Reid-Winston Nonpartisan September 30, 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judith Retchin Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Robert I. Richter Nonpartisan 2014
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Robert R. Rigsby Nonpartisan 2002
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Mary Grace Rook Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Carl Ross Nonpartisan December 15, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Maurice A. Ross Nonpartisan 2001
Superior Court of the District of Columbia J. Michael Ryan Nonpartisan 2004
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Fern Flanagan Saddler Nonpartisan 2003
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Robert A. Salerno Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Veronica Sanchez Nonpartisan February 13, 2023
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Lee F. Satterfield Nonpartisan February 17, 2017
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Ebony Scott Nonpartisan February 25, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Kenia Seoane López Nonpartisan February 25, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Nan R. Shuker Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judith A. Smith Nonpartisan 2010
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Darlene Michele Soltys Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Sean Staples Nonpartisan February 25, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Robert S. Tignor Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Sherry Trafford Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia D.W. Tunnage Nonpartisan February 25, 2022
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Linda D. Turner Nonpartisan 2009
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Jorge Vila Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Curtis Von Kann Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Steven M. Wellner Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Ronald P. Wertheim Nonpartisan 1992
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Katherine Wiedmann Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Yvonne Williams Nonpartisan 2011
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Charles Willoughby Nonpartisan August 19, 2024
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Susan R. Winfield Nonpartisan 2006
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Elizabeth Carroll Wingo Nonpartisan 2016
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Melvin R. Wright Nonpartisan
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Patricia A. Wynn Nonpartisan 2002
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Joan Zeldon Nonpartisan 2012
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring Nonpartisan October 1, 2020


Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in Washington, D.C.

Judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia are selected through the assisted appointment method. The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (JNC) releases a notice of judicial vacancy, and interested individuals submit application materials to the commission. The JNC is composed of seven members, each serving six-year terms, except the member appointed by the President who serves a five-year term.[2] The commission evaluates applicants and may choose to conduct interviews or solicit feedback from the public.[3] Three individuals are recommended to the President of the United States by the commission for each vacancy. The President names an appointee from that list who then, like federal judges, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.[3]

Judges serve for 15 years after their appointment. Eligibility for reappointment is determined by the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. The commission solicits feedback on and evaluates judges interested in another term. If a judge is found to be "well qualified," he or she is automatically reappointed. "Qualified" judges may be reappointed and go through the same process as a first-time nominee. If the President chooses to not reappoint a judge, or if the commission determines that a judge is "unqualified," the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission starts a new search.[4]

Qualifications

To serve on the superior court, a judge must be:

  • a U.S. citizen;
  • a D.C. area resident for at least five years prior to his or her appointment;
  • an active member of the D.C. bar for at least 5 years, or a professor at a D.C. law school, or an attorney employed by the U.S. or D.C. government; and
  • under the age of 74 (retirement at 74 is mandatory).[4][5]

Selection of the chief judge

The chief judge of the court is designated by the judicial nominating commission. He or she serves in that capacity for four years.

Vacancies

When a vacancy occurs, the President of the United States appoints a successor from a list of names provided by a nominating commission. The appointment requires confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

See also



External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District of Columbia Courts, "About the Superior Court," accessed March 30, 2021
  2. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: District of Columbia; Judicial Nominating Commissions," archived October 2, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named jnc
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 American Judicature Society, "Judicial selection in Washington, D.C.," archived October 2, 2014
  5. ↑ Judges must retire from active service at 74. They may apply for appointment as a senior judge after age 74.
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