Rufus G. King III | |
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Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office October 1, 2008 | |
5th Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
In office October 1,2000 –September 30,2008 | |
Preceded by | Eugene N. Hamilton |
Succeeded by | Lee F. Satterfield |
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
In office 1984–2008 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Succeeded by | Marisa Demeo [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | June 16,1942 New Haven,Connecticut |
Spouse | Barbara Stevens |
Alma mater | Princeton University (B.A.) Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) |
Rufus G. King III (born June 16,1942) is the former chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
King was born in New Haven,Connecticut,and grew up in Chevy Chase,Maryland. [2] He graduated from the Landon School in 1960. [3] His father,Rufus King Jr.,was a lawyer,but King majored in biology at Princeton University and planned to become a doctor. After graduating in 1966,King worked as a bailiff and docket clerk at the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions,soon to become the Superior Court. After briefly clerking for Judge Austin L. Fickling,King spent three years clerking for Judge William C. Pryor while attending law school at night at Georgetown University. [3] [4]
After graduating law school,King entered private practice. He was an associate at Karr &Greensfelder from 1971 to 1973 and then spent four years as a solo practitioner. [3] In 1977,he formed a partnership with his father,King &King,which in 1979 became King &Newmyer and then merged into Berliner &Maloney in 1983. His practice included both civil and criminal litigation.[ citation needed ]
In 1984,King was nominated and confirmed to be a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He served in most divisions of the court but primarily in the Civil Division,of which he became presiding judge in 1997. [3] In 2000,King was named chief judge of the court. In that capacity,he worked to restructure the Family Division into a separate Family Court. [2] [5] He was reelected chief judge without opposition in 2004 and stepped down in 2008. Stanley Woodward served as a law clerk for him. [6] The Washington Post credited him with improving court operations and improving public access to information,including by creating the court's first website. [7] In 2008,King took senior status and began working in alternative dispute resolution with the McCammon Group. [2]
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