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Imagine, if you will, a “Mission: Impossible”-type movie set in the early 20th century. The Impossible Missions team must thwart an attempt to kidnap President Theodore Roosevelt that they know will take place at the District Courthouse at Fifth and ...

Meagan Fitzgerald of NBC4 visited our Marriage Bureau on February 14, 2017 and produced this story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-tsCw1iYMA

A 22-year judge in the District was selected Thursday as the head of the DC Court of Appeals. Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, 55, was named chief of the DC Court of Appeals after the current chief, Eric T. Washington, announced he would not seek a ...

March 13, 2017 WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission just announced that DC Court of Appeals Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby will be the court’s next chief judge, taking on that role when current Chief Judge Eric T. ...

Maribeth Raffinan, 46, is a judge for the DC Superior Court. She lives in the District with her husband and two children. As a judge presiding over criminal cases in the District you see society at its worst on a daily basis. Does that weigh on you? ...

The 2017 Youth Law Fair will take place this year on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue from 9:30am-2:30pm. This year’s theme is “OMG, I thought I deleted this!” will focus on social media profiles, pictures, ...

WASHINGTON – DC Superior Court Chief Judge Robert E. Morin officially gave the oath of office to Tanya M. Jones Bosier and Heide L. Herrmann as Magistrate Judges. Tanya M. Jones Bosier has been a member of the DC Bar for the past 15 years. Most ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2017 - LOWER COST, MORE EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS - On January 3, 2017, the DC Superior Court raised the dollar amount limit for cases that may be filed in the Small Claims Branch from $5,000 to $10,000. This change allows ...

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, marked the very first Drug Court Graduation of the year, complete with motivation and a great deal of applause. Courtroom C-10 was filled with guests and supporters of the program including Chief Judge Robert Morin and ...

The DC Courts are proud to have received the award from the Conference of State Court Administrators, one of just six courts nationwide to receive the award. The DC Courts is one of just six court systems to win a Court Statistics Project 2016 ...