Anita Josey-Herring | |
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Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office October 16, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Robert E. Morin |
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office November 11,1997 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Colleen Kollar-Kotelly |
Personal details | |
Born | Anita Marie Josey [1] September 19,1960 [1] Portsmouth,Virginia,U.S. [1] |
Education | Virginia Commonwealth University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Anita Marie Josey-Herring (born September 19,1960) is the chief judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. [2] [3]
Josey-Herring received her Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1982 and her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987. [1]
After graduating,she served as a law clerk for Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr. on the D.C. Superior Court. [3]
On September 2,1997,President Bill Clinton nominated Josey-Herring to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. On October 30,1997,the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On November 5,1997,the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On November 7,1997,the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. [4]
On September 11,2012,the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint her to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court. [5]
On July 21,2020,the Nominating Commission selected Josey-Herring to be the next Chief Judge of the Superior Court. [6] She was sworn in on October 16,2020. [7]
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