Carol Dalton

Carol Ann Dalton is a former Magistrate Judge and Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1][2]

Carol Dalton
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
August 2008 – February 2020
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byNoël A. Kramer
Succeeded byvacant
Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
April 2002 – August 2008
Preceded bySeat established by Family Court Act of 2001
Personal details
EducationCity College of New York (B.A.)
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)
George Washington University’s National Law Center (LL.M.)

Education and career

Dalton earned her Bachelor of Arts from City College of New York, Juris Doctor from New York Law School and her Master of Laws degree from George Washington University’s National Law Center.

After graduating, she worked in private practice.[2]

D.C. Superior Court

In April 2002, Dalton was appointed as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to the Family Court Act of 2001 which created the seat.[3]

On November 9, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated her to be an associate judge on the same court. Her nomination expired on December 9, 2006, with the end of the 109th United States Congress.[4]

President George W. Bush renominated her on January 9, 2007, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Noël A. Kramer. On July 23, 2008, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination.[5][6] On July 30, 2008, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On August 1, 2008, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[7]

References
  1. "Judges | District of Columbia Courts". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  2. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  3. "Family Court 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. March 31, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  4. "PN1054 - Nomination of Carol A. Dalton for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006)". www.congress.gov. 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. "Hearings before Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs" (PDF). www.hsgac.senate.gov. July 23, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  6. Nominations of Carol A. Dalton, Anthony C. Epstein, and Heidi M. Pasichow hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session on the nominations of Carol A. Dalton, Anthony C. Epstein, and Heidi M. Pasichow to be associate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, July 23, 2008. S. hrg. ;. U.S. G.P.O. 2010.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. "PN7 — Carol A. Dalton — The Judiciary". United States Congress. August 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2019.


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