Anita Josey-Herring

Anita M. Josey-Herring is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1][2]

Anita Josey-Herring
Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
November 11, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byColleen Kollar-Kotelly
Personal details
EducationGeorgetown University Law Center (J.D.)

Education and career

Josey-Herring earned her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987.

After graduating, she served as a law clerk for judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. on the D.C. Superior Court.[2]

D.C. Superior Court

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.[3]

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.[4]

References
  1. "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "PN570 - Nomination of Anita M. Josey for The Judiciary, 105th Congress (1997-1998)". www.congress.gov. 1997-11-07. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  4. "Honorable Anita Josey-Herring 2012 Reappointment Report | cjdt". cjdt.dc.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-23.


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