In early February, Corinne Ann Beckwith and Catharine Friend Easterly were formally sworn in as Associate Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. They are the first new judges to be appointed to the court since 2009. Judge Beckwith was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 31, 2011 to fill a vacancy due to
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On January 25, 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 Joan Zeldon. The individuals recommended by the JNC are Maria-Claudia Theresa Christina Amato who is
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In December 2011, three individuals were reappointed as members of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (“JNC”), and one individual was appointed as a new member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure (“CJDT”). The reappointed members of the JNC are William Lucy, Natalie O. Ludaway, and Reverend Dr. Morris L.
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