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Jennifer Mary Anderson (born May 28, 1959) is an Irish-American jurist who is a senior associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Anderson earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Mount St. Mary's College in 1981, and her Juris Doctor from Columbus School of Law in 1984.

After graduating, she joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as an associate. In 1991 she became an assistant at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia.

D.C. Superior Court

On November 16, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated her to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Her nomination expired on December 8, 2004, with the end of the 108th United States Congress.

President George W. Bush renominated her on February 14, 2005, to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Steffen W. Graae. On July 11, 2006, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On July 27, 2006, the committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On August 3, 2006, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. She was sworn in on October 27, 2006.

Anderson assumed senior status on March 22, 2024.

Personal life

Anderson was born in Dublin, Ireland; her family later immigrated in 1967 to the United States and settled in Baltimore, Maryland.

References

1. Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental (2007). Nominations of Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Phyllis D. Thompson, and Jennifer M. Anderson: Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, on the Nominations of Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby and Phyllis D. Thompson to be Associate Judges, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Jennifer M. Anderson to be Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, July 11, 2006. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-16-078942-7.
2. "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
3. ^ "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
4. "PN2060 - Nomination of Jennifer M. Anderson for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)". www.congress.gov. 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
5. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
6. "PN191 - Nomination of Jennifer M. Anderson for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006)". www.congress.gov. 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
7. "Former prosecutor to be sworn in as Associate Judge of D.C. Superior Court | District of Columbia Courts". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
8. "Notice of Judicial Vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". jnc.dc.gov. February 5, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
9. "THE HONORABLE JENNIFER M. ANDERSON SENIOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" (PDF). District of Columbia Courts. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

• 1959 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American judges
• 21st-century American women judges
• Columbus School of Law alumni
• Irish emigrants to the United States
• Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• Lawyers from Baltimore
• Mount St. Mary's University (Los Angeles) alumni