On April 12, 2012, the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (“JNC”) announced that it has recommended to President Barack Obama three individuals to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia due to the retirement of Judge Zinora Mitchell-Rankin. The individuals recommended by the JNC are Teresa Ann Howie who
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On March 21, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Rainey Ransom Brandt to serve as an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Ms. Brandt currently is Special Counsel to the Chief Judge of the Superior Court, Lee F. Satterfield. Ms. Brandt was nominated to fill a vacancy due to the retirement of
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On March 6, 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a confirmation hearing on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Roy W. McLeese III to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Obama nominated Mr. McLeese on November 17, 2011, to fill a vacancy due to the retirement
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