Robert Alan Salerno (born September 14, 1961) is an associate judge of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United States. It hears cases involving criminal and civil law, as well as family court, landlor ...
.
Education and career
Born in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[Seton Hall Preparatory School
Seton Hall Preparatory School, generally called Seton Hall Prep or "The Prep", is a Roman Catholic all boys' high school located in the suburban community of West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, operating under the supervision of the Arch ...]
in 1979.
Salerno earned his
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...
from
Brown University, in 1983, and
Juris Doctor from the
University of Virginia School of Law in 1990.
After graduating law school, Salerno worked in various law firms in
Washington, D.C.
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D.C. superior court
On September 29, 2014, President
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
nominated Salerno to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United States. It hears cases involving criminal and civil law, as well as family court, landlor ...
to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Isaac Richter.
On December 3, 2015, the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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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
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.
He was sworn in on March 11, 2016.
Personal life
Salerno has been a resident of
Washington D.C.
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since 1990 and lives there with his wife Juanita. They have two children.
References
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1961 births
Living people
21st-century American judges
Brown University alumni
Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey
Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
Seton Hall Preparatory School alumni
University of Virginia School of Law alumni