Eric T. Washington

Eric T. Washington
Washington in 2012
Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office March 20, 2017
Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office August 6, 2005 – March 18, 2017
Preceded by	Annice M. Wagner
Succeeded by	Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office July 1, 1999 – March 18, 2017
Nominated by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Warren R. King
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office 1995–1999
Nominated by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Ricardo Urbina
Succeeded by	Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-02) December 2, 1953 (age 63) Jersey City, New Jersey
Alma mater	Tufts University, (B.A.) Columbia University (J.D)

Eric T. Washington (born December 2, 1953) is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest appellate court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed to the D.C. Court of Appeals in 1999 by President Bill Clinton and served as Chief Judge from August 6, 2005, to March 18, 2017.

Washington was born and raised in New Jersey. He graduated in 1976 from Tufts University and received his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1979.

In 1979, Washington began his legal career with the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston, Texas, where he engaged in a general labor and employment practice prior to relocating to Washington, D.C. to serve as Legislative Director and Counsel to U.S. Congressman Michael A. Andrews of Texas. He subsequently rejoined Fulbright & Jaworski in Washington, D.C. prior to serving as Special Counsel to the Corporation Counsel (now Attorney General for the District of Columbia) and later as Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel between 1987 and 1989. From January 1990 to May 1995, Washington was a partner in the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, which concluded with his 1995 appointment to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. As an Associate Judge in the Superior Court, he presided over various criminal trials as well as cases from the Drug Court, Domestic Violence Unit, tax and probate matters on certification from other judges, and cases involving children who were victims of abuse and neglect.

Washington previously served as co-chair of the Strategic Planning Leadership Council for the District of Columbia Courts and as a member of the Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the Courts, as well as the Access to Justice Commission.