John M. Campbell (judge)
{{short description|American judge}}
{{similar names||John Campbell (disambiguation){{!}}John Campbell}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = John M. Campbell
| office = Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| office1 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| president1 = Bill Clinton
| term_start1 = November 11, 1997
| term_end1 = May 19, 2023
| predecessor1 = John H. Suda
| successor1 = Katherine E. Oler
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
| death_place =
| party =
| spouse =
| relations =
| education = Yale University (BA, JD)
| awards =
}}
John M. Campbell (born August 5, 1953) is a senior judge of 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=January 22, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2017-03/DCSC_Bio_Campbell.pdf|title=Bio|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=2020-01-22}}
Education and career
Gardner earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, in 1981.
After graduating, he served as a law clerk for Jon O. Newman on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was the head of the public corruption unit in the office of United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Eric Holder and oversaw prosecutions related to the Congressional Post Office scandal.{{cite news |last1=Locy |first1=Toni |title=Kolter Guilty in Post Office Scandal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/05/08/kolter-guilty-in-post-office-scandal/a712baa5-36e1-4bb8-8255-7bb7ebb373a7/ |access-date=31 May 2023 |work=The Washington Post |date=May 8, 1996}}
= D.C. Superior Court =
President Bill Clinton nominated Campbell on September 2, 1997, to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by John H. Suda. On October 30, 1997, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On November 5, 1997, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On November 7, 1997, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/105th-congress/569|title=PN569 - Nomination of John M. Campbell for The Judiciary, 105th Congress (1997-1998)|date=1997-11-07|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2020-01-22}}
On September 11, 2012, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint him to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.{{Cite web|url=https://cjdt.dc.gov/publication/honorable-john-m-campbell-2012-reappointment-report|title=Honorable John M. Campbell 2012 Reappointment Report {{!}} cjdt|website=cjdt.dc.gov|access-date=2020-01-23}} Campbell retired from the court on May 19, 2023.{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Judicial Tenure Commission Conducts Fitness Reviews of D.C. Superior Court Judges Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., John M. Campbell, and Hiram Puig-Lugo |url=https://cjdt.dc.gov/release/judicial-tenure-commission-conducts-fitness-reviews-dc-superior-court-judges-herbert-b-dixon |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=cjdt.dc.gov}} Starting in August 2023, he was evaluated for an appointment as a senior judge and assumed office the following year.
References
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