Ebony M. Scott

Ebony M. Scott
Ebony M. Scott
Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 17, 2020
Appointed by	Robert E. Morin
Personal details
Education	University of Rochester (BA); Washington College of Law (JD)

Ebony M. Scott is a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia who is a nominee to be a judge of the same court.

Early life and education

Scott was born in Buffalo, New York.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in 2000 and her Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law of American University in 2006.[2]

Legal career

From 2006 to 2007, Scott served as a law clerk for Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. From 2007 to 2012, she was a civil litigator at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. From 2012 to 2016, Scott served as an assistant attorney general for the Office of the Attorney General in the Housing and Community Justice section. From 2016 to 2018, she served as general counsel for the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights. From 2018 to 2019, Scott served as a deputy director in the District of Columbia Mayor’s office of legal counsel.[2]

Judicial career

D.C. superior court magistrate judge service

She has served as a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since January 17, 2020.[1][2]

Nomination to D.C. superior court

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Scott to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. President Biden nominated Scott to the seat vacated by Judge Rhonda Reid Winston, whose term expired on September 30, 2016.[3] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. On November 18, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[4]

References

"THE HONORABLE EBONY M. SCOTT" (PDF). Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
"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.

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[Bio-1] "THE HONORABLE EBONY M. SCOTT" (PDF). Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[WHBio-2] "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.

[September30-3] "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.

[4] "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.