The Judicial Nomination Commission has released the list of applicants for the three open spots on D.C. Superior Court, and it is a long one. Thirty-seven applicants, including eight magistrate judges, have thrown their hats in the ring for the vacancies created by the retirements of Judges Kaye Christian, Brook Hedge, and Judith Retchin.
From the list of applicants, the commission will submit the names of nine applicants to President Barack Obama, who will then nominate three individuals. The nominees must then be confirmed by the Senate.
To aid the public comment process, the commission created a Web-based “Applicant Evaluation Form” to facilitate the opportunity to provide comments on the applicants’ qualifications. Comments can also be submitted by visiting the commission’s website at jnc.dc.gov. All comments must be received by no later than Oct. 26.
The full list of applicants is after the jump.
The applicants are:
Maria-Claudia Amato (General Counsel, D.C. Department of Corrections)
Alfred Belcuore (Law Offices of Alfred F. Belcuore)
Joseph Beshouri (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Rainey Ransom Brandt (Special Counsel, D.C. Superior Court)
Diane Brenneman(Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Claudia Crichlow (Judge, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings)
Jennifer Di Toro (Legal director, Children’s Law Center)
Catharine Easterly (Public Defender Service for the District Of Columbia)
Diana Miriam Harris Epps (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Andrew Fois (Managing director, National Crime Prevention Council)
Michael Geffroy (Assistant director for enforcement, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department)
Sharon Goodie (Judge, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings)
Jeffrey Gutman (George Washington University Law School Community Legal Clinic)
Paul Handy (Judge, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings)
Robert Hildum (Deputy attorney general for Public Safety, D.C. Attorney General’s Office)
Teresa Howie (Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia)
Karen Howze (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Dorsey Jones II (Law Offices of Dorsey Jones Jr.)
Je Yon Jung (Trial lawyer, Justice Department)
Samuel Kaplan (Assistant deputy attorney general for Civil Litigation, D.C. Attorney General’s Office)
John McCabe Jr. (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Aida Melendez (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Donna Murphy (Trial attorney, Justice Department)
Nathan Neal (Supervising attorney, D.C. Law Students in Court)
William Nooter (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Robert Okun (Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia)
Lori Parker (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
Valencia Rainey (Associate, Gebhardt & Associates)
Armando Rodriguez-Feo (Trial attorney, Justice Department)
Elizabeth Jane Shapiro (Deputy director, Federal Programs Branch, Justice Department)
Sean Staples (Attorney, Children’s Law Center)
Arabella Teal (Judge, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings)
Gary Thompson (Partner, Reed Smith)
Vytas Vergeer (Legal clinic director, Bread for the City)
Steven Michael Wellner (Judge, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings)
Yvonne Williams (Counsel, Miller & Chevalier)
Elizabeth Wingo (Magistrate, D.C. Superior Court)
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