Kimberley S. Knowles

Kimberley Sherri Knowles is a former Magistrate Judge and current Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1]

Kimberley S. Knowles
Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
November 9, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byZinora Mitchell-Rankin
Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
May 10, 2010 – November 9, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Personal details
BornBronx, New York
EducationCornell University (B.A.)
Howard University School of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Knowles earned her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1992, and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1996.[2]

After law school, Knowles clerked for then D.C. Superior Court judge Eric T. Washington. She then went on to work in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia. In 2004, she became the Deputy Chief of the office’s Sex Offense/Domestic Violence Section.[3]

D.C. Superior Court

On May 10, 2010, Superior Court of the District of Columbia chief judge Lee F. Satterfield appointed Knowles as a magistrate judge on the court.

President Barack Obama nominated Knowles on June 11, 2012, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Zinora M. Mitchell.[2] On July 20, 2012, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination.[4] On August 2, 2012, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor and later that day, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[5] She was sworn in on November 9, 2012.[3]

Personal life

Knowles was born and raised in Bronx, New York. She moved to Washington D.C. to attend law school and has remained there since.[6] She is the adoptive parent of one son.[3]

References
  1. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. "President Obama Nominates Judge Kimberley S. Knowles to Serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". White House. June 11, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. "Magistrate judge – and former domestic violence deputy chief in the DC US Attorney's office – to be sworn in a superior court judge". www.dccourts.gov. November 8, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. "Nominations of Walter M. Shaub Jr. to be Director, Office of Government Ethics; Kimberley S. Knowles and Rainey R. Brandt to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia". United States Senate. July 20, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. "PN1731 — Kimberley Sherri Knowles — The Judiciary". United States Congress. August 2, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. "Opening Statement of Judge Kimberley S. Knowles" (PDF). United States Senate. July 20, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.


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