Tara Fentress

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Tara Fentress

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Nonpartisan

Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

Wesleyan University, 1986

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1989

Tara Fentress is a magistrate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She was appointed to the court in 2002.

Education

Fentress received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in 1986 and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1989. Fentress completed a study abroad program with the City of London Polytechnic in 1985.

Career

• 2002-Present: Magistrate, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• 1995-Present: Appointed member, D.C. Mayor's Advisory Committee on Child Abuse and neglect
• 1992-2002: Founder and practitioner, private practice
• 1998-2002: Appointee, Rule of Professional Conduct Review Committee, D.C. Bar
• 1989-1992: Attorney, private practice

Awards and associations

• Former president, Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association
• Member, Greater Washington Area Chapter
• Member, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Member, Superior Court Domestic Violence Committee

See also

• Washington, D.C.

External links

• District of Columbia Courts, "Judges: Tara J. Fentress"
• Official website of the Superior Court of D.C.

Footnotes

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