Judith Anne Smith
Judith Smith | |
|---|---|
| Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office October 17, 2010 – January 21, 2022 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey M. Alprin |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office September 15, 2008 – October 17, 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1963[1] Columbus, Ohio[1] |
| Education | Pennsylvania State University (BA) Georgetown University Law Center (JD) |
Judith Anne Smith (born October 2, 1963) is a former associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and former magistrate judge of the same court.[2][3]
Education and career
Smith earned her Bachelor of Arts from The Pennsylvania State University in 1985, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1992.[4] While attending law school, she interned at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, National Criminal Justice Association and at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.[3]
After graduating, she clerked for D.C. Superior Court judge A. Franklin Burgess. In 1993, Smith opened a law practice. From 1994 to 2001 she returned to the Public Defender Service as a staff attorney and later as a special education attorney. In 2001, she went to work in the Office of Special Education of the District of Columbia Public Schools as an executive director.[4]
D.C. Superior Court
On September 15, 2008, Superior Court of the District of Columbia chief judge Rufus G. King III appointed Smith as a magistrate judge on the court.
President Barack Obama nominated Smith on March 25, 2010, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Geoffrey M. Alprin.[4] On April 20, 2010, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination.[5] On April 28, 2010, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On June 22, 2010, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[6] Her term expired on January 21, 2022.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. April 20, 2010. p. 142. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ "Judges | District of Columbia Courts". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ a b "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c "President Obama Nominates Two as Associate Judges for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". White House. March 25, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Nominations of Hon. Dennis Walsh to be Chairman, Special Panel of Appeals; Hon. Dana Bilyeu and Michael Kennedy to be Members, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Milton Lee, Judith Smith, and Todd Edelman to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia". www.hsgac.senate.gov. April 20, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "PN1584 - Nomination of Judith Anne Smith for The Judiciary, 111th Congress (2009-2010)". www.congress.gov. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Notice of Judicial Vacancies on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-03.