D.W. Tunnage
Donald Walker Tunnage is an American lawyer from Washington, D.C. who is a nominee to be a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
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| Education | Morehouse College (BA) Duke University (JD) Harvard University (MPP) |
Education
Tunnage received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Morehouse College in 1990, his Juris Doctor from Duke University Law School in 1992 and his Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2000.[1]
Legal career
From 1993 to 1998, he was assistant public defender in Florida’s office of the public defender in Miami. From 2000 to 2009, he was a civil trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Since 2009, he has been a criminal trial attorney in the same division.[1]
Nomination to D.C. Superior Court
On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Tunnage to serve as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. President Biden nominated Tunnage to the seat vacated by Judge Russell F. Canan, whose term expired on February 3, 2018.[2] His nomination is pending before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. On November 18, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[3]
References
- "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Nominations of Erik A. Hooks to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the Honorable Michael Kubayanda to be a Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission; Laurel A. Blatchford to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget; and Ebony M. Scott and Donald W. Tunnage to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. November 18, 2021.