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José M. López (judge)
José M. López (born May 29, 1949) is a former associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Education and career López earned his Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College in 1973, and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1977. D.C. Superior Court President George H. W. Bush nominated López on April 19, 1990, to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On July 20, 1990, the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On August 2, 1990, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On August 4, 1990, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by unanimous consent. He retired from the court on December 31, 2021. Personal life López was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in Brooklyn, New York (State), New York. References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Superior Court Of The District Of Columbia Judges
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, landlord and tenant, probate, tax and driving violations (no permit and DUI). All appeals of Superior Court decisions go to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (though magistrate judge opinions are first appealed to a Superior Court Associate Judge). History The first judicial systems in the new District of Columbia were established by the United States Congress in 1801. The Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (not to be confused with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which it later evolved into) was both a trial court of general jurisdiction and an appellate court, and it heard cases under both local and federal law. Congress also established justices of the peace and an orphans' court, which we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
