May 09, 2023
Retired D.C. Superior Court Judge Sylvia Adelaide Bacon, who served more than two decades on the bench and was once the highest-ranking woman in any U.S. Attorney’s Office, died on April 29 at age 91.
May 09, 2023
The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary seeks comment on the professional qualifications of D.C. Court of Appeals Associate Judge Loren AliKhan, who has been nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
May 09, 2023
Family and friends of the late George Washington Jones Jr. will gather at Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home on May 13 to celebrate his life and legacy as a lawyer, advocate, and family man. Jones was a valuable member of the D.C. Bar with a long history of service, including as general counsel, member of its Legal Ethics Committee, member of the Board of Governors, and, finally, president of the Bar.
May 04, 2023
Increasing member engagement and strengthening access to justice were the two main talking points of the two candidates running for D.C. Bar president-elect for the 2023–2024 term.
May 04, 2023
On May 3 the D.C. Bar Intellectual Property (IP) Community honored Judge Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with its Champion of Intellectual Property Award.
May 04, 2023
The D.C. Court of Appeals closed more than 1,100 cases in 2021 and 2022 and reduced the median time on appeal in both years. The court still has one judicial vacancy, which has existed for 10 years. Meanwhile, in 2022 D.C. Superior Court disposed of more than 15,000 cases in the Civil Division, approximately 8,000 in the Domestic Violence Division, 9,329 in Family Court, 2,811 in the Probate Division — a 15 percent increase from 2021 — and nearly 10,000 in the Criminal Division.
May 03, 2023
D.C. Superior Court is reestablishing its Criminal Justice Act Panel in 2024. Attorneys who are members of the District of Columbia Bar and are committed to providing quality representation to indigent persons with matters in the court’s Criminal Division and Domestic Violence Division may apply.
May 03, 2023
On May 2 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued a series of orders regarding the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel.
May 03, 2023
On May 3 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Promulgation Order 23-01.
May 02, 2023
At a crucial moment when the need for affordable legal services continues to rise, a panel of the District of Columbia’s top advocates of legal services met to discuss the importance, the challenges, and the future of access to justice in Washington, D.C.
