Jennifer M. Anderson
{{Short description|American judge (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jennifer M. Anderson
| office = Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| term_start = March 22, 2024
| term_end =
| office1 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| president1 = George W. Bush
| term_start1 = October 27, 2006
| term_end1 = March 22, 2024
| predecessor1 = Steffen W. Graae
| successor1 = vacant
| birth_name = Jennifer Mary Anderson
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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| education = Mount St. Mary's College (BA)
Catholic University of America (JD)
| awards =
}}
Jennifer Mary Anderson (born May 28, 1959) is an Irish-American jurist who is a senior associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/judges#associate|title=District of Columbia Superior Court Judges|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=December 18, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2019-03/DCSC_Bio_Anderson.pdf |title=Bio |last=|first=|date=|website=www.dccourts.gov|language=en|access-date=December 19, 2019}}
Education and career
Anderson earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Mount St. Mary's College in 1981, and her Juris Doctor from Columbus School of Law in 1984.
After graduating, she joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as an associate. In 1991 she became an assistant at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia.
= D.C. Superior Court =
On November 16, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated her to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Her nomination expired on December 8, 2004, with the end of the 108th United States Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/108th-congress/2060|title=PN2060 - Nomination of Jennifer M. Anderson for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)|date=2004-12-08|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2019-12-19}}
President George W. Bush renominated her on February 14, 2005, to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Steffen W. Graae.{{Cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050214-7.html|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov|access-date=2019-12-18}} On July 11, 2006, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On July 27, 2006, the committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On August 3, 2006, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/109th-congress/191|title=PN191 - Nomination of Jennifer M. Anderson for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006)|date=2006-08-03|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2019-12-19}} She was sworn in on October 27, 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/press-releases/former-prosecutor-be-sworn-associate-judge-dc-superior-court-1|title=Former prosecutor to be sworn in as Associate Judge of D.C. Superior Court {{!}} District of Columbia Courts|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=2019-12-19}}
Anderson assumed senior status on March 22, 2024.{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Notice of Judicial Vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |url=https://jnc.dc.gov/release/notice-judicial-vacancy-superior-court-district-columbia-7 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=jnc.dc.gov}}{{Cite web |title=THE HONORABLE JENNIFER M. ANDERSON SENIOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/DCSC_Bio_Anderson.pdf |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=District of Columbia Courts}}
Personal life
References
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Category:21st-century American judges
Category:21st-century American women judges
Category:Columbus School of Law alumni
Category:Irish emigrants to the United States
Category:Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia