Robert A. Salerno
{{Short description|American judge (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Robert A. Salerno
|image = Robert A. Salerno.jpg
|office1 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
|president1 = Barack Obama
|term_start1 = March 11, 2016
|term_end1 =
|succeeding1 =
|predecessor1 = Robert Isaac Richter
|successor1 =
|birth_name = Robert Alan Salerno
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|09|14}}{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg98987/pdf/CHRG-114shrg98987.pdf |access-date=June 15, 2021 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs |page=75}}
|birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
|death_place =
|party =
|spouse = Juanita
|relations =
|children = 2
|education = Brown University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)
|awards =
}}
Robert Alan Salerno (born September 14, 1961) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2017-03/DCSC_Bio_Salerno.pdf |title=Bio |last=|first=|date=|website=www.dccourts.gov|language=en|access-date=November 27, 2019}}
Education and career
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Salerno graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in 1979.[https://archive.org/details/gov.gpo.fdsys.CHRG-114shrg98987 Nominations Of Hon. Carol Waller Pope, Robert A. Salerno And Darlene M. Soltys - Hearing Before The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs United States Senate One Hundred Fourteenth Congress], United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, December 3, 2015. Accessed November 28, 2019. "Seton Hall Preparatory School; 1975 to 1979; High School Diploma, 1979."
Salerno earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, in 1983, and Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1990.{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/29/president-obama-announces-intent-nominate-robert-salerno-serve-superior- |title=President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Robert A. Salerno to Serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |last=|first=|date=September 29, 2014|website=White House|language=en|access-date=November 27, 2019}}
After graduating law school, Salerno worked in various law firms in Washington, D.C.
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On September 29, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Salerno to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Isaac Richter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/424 |title=PN424 — Robert A. Salerno — The Judiciary |last=|first=|date=December 17, 2015|website=United States Congress|language=en|access-date=November 27, 2019}} On December 3, 2015, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On December 17, 2015, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor and later that day, the Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on March 11, 2016.
Personal life
Salerno has been a resident of Washington D.C. since 1990 and lives there with his wife Juanita. They have two children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Prepared%20Statement-Salerno-2015-12-03.pdf |title=Opening Statement of Robert A. Salerno |last=|first=|date=December 3, 2015|website=United States Congress|language=en|access-date=November 27, 2019}}
References
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Category:21st-century American judges
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Category:Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey
Category:Lawyers from Washington, D.C.