Kimberley S. Knowles
Kimberley S. Knowles | |
|---|---|
| Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 9, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Zinora Mitchell-Rankin |
| Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office May 10, 2010 – November 9, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kimberley Sherri Knowles October 7, 1970[1] Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Howard University (JD) |
Kimberley Sherri Knowles (born October 7, 1970) is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2] She is a former magistrate judge of the same court.
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[3] On July 20, 2012, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination.[5] 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.[6] She was sworn in on November 9, 2012.[4]
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.[7] She is the adoptive parent of one son.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. June 15, 2011. p. 58. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PN1731 — Kimberley Sherri Knowles — The Judiciary". United States Congress. August 2, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Opening Statement of Judge Kimberley S. Knowles" (PDF). United States Senate. July 20, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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