Judith Smith | |
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Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office 2022 | |
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
In office October 17,2010 –January 14,2022 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Geoffrey M. Alprin |
Succeeded by | Leslie Meek |
Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
In office September 15,2008 –October 17,2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Columbus,Ohio,U.S. [1] | October 2,1963
Education | Pennsylvania State University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Judith Anne Smith (born October 2,1963) is a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and former magistrate judge of the same court. [2] [3]
Smith earned her Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University in 1985,and her Juris Doctor 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 Judge A. Franklin Burgess of the D.C. Superior Court. 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]
On September 15,2008,Chief Judge Rufus G. King III,of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia,appointed Smith as a magistrate judge of 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] She retired on January 14,2022. [7] Starting in February 2022,she was evaluated for an appointment as a senior judge and assumed office later that year. [8]
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