Lee F. Satterfield
{{Short description|American judge (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox judge
| name = Lee Satterfield
| image = Lee_Satterfield.jpg
| caption = Satterfield in 2009
| office = Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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| term_start = February 1, 2017
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| office1 = Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| president1 =
| term_start1 = September 2008
| term_end1 = October 1, 2016
| succeeding1 =
| predecessor1 = Rufus G. King III
| successor1 = Robert E. Morin
| office2 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| president2 = George H. W. Bush
| term_start2 = November 1992
| term_end2 = February 1, 2017
| predecessor2 = Robert McCance Scott
| successor2 = Sean C. Staples
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|12|17}}
| birth_place = Washington D.C., U.S.
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| education = University of Maryland (BA)
George Washington University (JD)
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Lee F. Satterfield (born December 17, 1958){{Cite book |last1=States |first1=United |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-UMM4iDay8C&q=Nomination+of+Lee+F.+Satterfield |title=Nominations for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on Nominations of Brook Hedge, to be an Associate Judge ... and Lee F. Satterfield, to be an Associate Judge ... September 30, 1992 |last2=Affairs |first2=United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental |date=September 20, 1992 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-040135-0 |pages=21 |language=en}} is a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/judges#senior|title=District of Columbia Superior Court Judges|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=January 6, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/fcconference/2009_family_court_conference/BIOS/LeeSATTERFIELD.htm |title=Honorable Lee F. Satterfield |last=|first=|date=|website=www.dccourts.gov|language=en|access-date=January 6, 2020}}
Education and career
Satterfield earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of Maryland in 1980 and his Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1983.
After graduating, he served as a law clerk for D.C. Superior Court judge Paul R. Webber, III.
Since 1991, Satterfield taught Criminal Trial Practice and Advanced Criminal Procedure at the Catholic University Columbus School of Law as an adjunct professor for over twenty years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/press-releases/chief-judge-lee-f-satterfield-reappointed-second-term|title=Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield reappointed to a second term {{!}} District of Columbia Courts|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=2020-01-06}}
= D.C. Superior Court =
President George H. W. Bush nominated Satterfield on June 19, 1992, to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Robert McCance Scott. On September 30, 1992, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On October 2, 1992, the committee reported his nomination favorably to the Senate floor. On October 8, 1992, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/102nd-congress/1242|title=PN1242 - Nomination of Lee F. Satterfield for Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 102nd Congress (1991-1992)|date=1992-10-08|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2020-01-06}}
In 2008, Satterfield was appointed to a four-year term as chief judge of the D.C. Superior Court.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/press-releases/dc-native-lee-f-satterfield-be-sworn-chief-judge-dc-superior-court|title=D.C. Native Lee F. Satterfield to be Sworn in as Chief Judge of D.C. Superior Court {{!}} District of Columbia Courts|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=2020-01-06}} On July 26, 2012, he was reappointed to a second four-year term as chief judge. In 2016, he requested to be appointed to a third term but the Judicial Nomination Commission chose Robert E. Morin as chief judge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/washington-dc-legal/breaking-chief-judge-satterfield-to-retire-63592|title=Chief Judge Lee Satterfield To Retire|website=Bisnow|language=en|access-date=2020-01-06}}
Personal life
Satterfield has been a lifelong resident of Washington D.C.
References
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